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Rig Review: GM releases pricing for TopKick models

OSHAWA, Ont.- It will cost a little more than $40,000 to purchase the GMC TopKick C4500 or C5500, according to the company, which released the manufacturer suggested retail prices on May 29.The C4500 ...

Highland Logistics set to hit the streets (July 01, 2002)

MARKHAM, Ont. - Highland Transport, one of Canada's largest truckload carriers, has joined the increasing number of fleets to launch an in-house logistics company."Highland has always been a customer ...

TransForce continues binge buying

MONTREAL, Que. - TransForce Inc. says it is prepared to gobble-up Canpar Transport Ltd., one of Canada's largest parcel delivery companies with a focus on non-expedited business-to-business parcels.Ca...

Ontario dealer now International’s best

BARRIE, Ont. - For the first time, a Canadian dealership has been recognized as the International Dealer of the Year.Dale Lewis of Lewis Motor Sales Inc., recently accepted International's highest dea...

Products (July 01, 2002)

Grote has announced another addition to its line of Accessory products its new red, single wall heat shrink tubing. This product is a replacement for aftermarket and original equipment manufacturers. ...

Turcotte KW revamps, opens

CHICOUTIMI, Que. - Turcotte Kenworth recently joined the Kenworth Truck Company's dealer network with the opening of its remodeled facility here.The new location, a 16,320-sq.ft. facility, is strategi...

Municipalities consider buying Coquihalla Hwy.

MERRITT, B.C. - A group of Southern Interior municipalities are considering purchasing B.C.'s only toll highway to prevent the price gauging that may result from privatization.Merritt Mayor, Bob Baird...

Looking Back: It takes a steady hand to shift this vehicle

The Truck News family would be justified in thinking that this is the year their baby comes of age. Twenty-one, after all, is an important year ... it's when we all become adults in the eyes of those ...

Rig Review: A date with a hellcat

TORONTO, Ont. - Even from a distance the 8500 is a sexy truck.Sitting off to the side of Toronto's Metro International Dealership, it instantly catches your eye from Hwy. 27.The combed-back chrome gri...

Rig Review: Truck maker scores with TopKick models

BOBCAYGEON, Ont. - With soccer's World Cup ready to shift into high gear there will be many kicks of note over the next month, but certainly none will beat GMC's redesigned line of TopKick trucks.With...

Autocar taps first Canadian dealer (July 01, 2002)

EDMONTON, Alta. - Autocar, LLC, maker of Xpeditor low-cab-over-engine (LCOE) refuse trucks, has added 16 full-line dealers including its first dealer in Canada.Calmont Truck Center in Edmonton, Alta.,...

Fueling change

WINDSOR, Ont. - Although most of us would like to believe that we are as earth-friendly as possible, if you work in trucking this may not be the case.It's a long and winding road to cut this industry'...

Hwy. 407 shareholder sees huge gains (July 01, 2002)

MONTREAL, Que. - The head of the SNC-Lavalin Group predicts the construction-engineering industry is going to be thriving over the next few years, thanks in part to the sale of Hwy. 407. Jacques Lamar...

Hazmat truck destroyed in explosion

BLAINVILLE, Que. - Six people were injured and a truck destroyed when a hazardous waste explosion occurred here on May 13. Parts of the roof and a side-wall of the Stablex Inc. plant were also demolis...

Truck collides with Via train (July 01, 2002)

KINGSTON, Ont. - Emergency crews put in some overtime on the morning of May 13, when a train and a truck collided here.A spokeswoman for Via Rail said there were no injuries after the train carrying 2...