Features

Employee awards now tax exempt (March 01, 2002)

OTTAWA, Ont. - The Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) has issued an advisory stating certain employee awards are now tax-free.Canada's many provincial associations, in conjunction with the Canad...

Feds admit to $3.3 billion gaffe (March 01, 2002)

OTTAWA, Ont. - The federal government has overpaid four provinces to the tune of $3.3 billion, and those provinces aren't exactly sounding eager to give it back.A seven-year old accounting error is to...

Grit hopeful calls for reinstatement of tolls (March 01, 2002)

GRAND FALLS, N.B. - No one will ever say Jack MacDougall's campaign to be the next Liberal leader in the province of New Brunswick wasn't controversial.Shortly after he officially joined the race to r...

Chevrette slips out the back door before shuffle (March 01, 2002)

QUEBEC CITY, Que. - Quebec's former Minister of Public Safety, Serge Menard, has been named to the transport post vacated by Guy Chevrette who resigned one day ahead of the Jan. 30 cabinet shuffle.Che...

Tory debate heats up over Ont.-Que. border (March 01, 2002)

OTTAWA, Ont. - Ontario's Labor Minister Chris Stockwell insists Ontario's border will be closed to Quebec construction workers; it is only a matter of time.During a recent Tory leadership debate, Stoc...

Fanshawe doubles size, diesel grads

LONDON, Ont. - Skills shortages in the diesel service and repair field will no longer cripple southwestern Ontario if Fanshawe College has anything to say about it.The school has a new Commercial Tran...

ICBC says cuts won’t hurt trucking programs

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Massive cuts to the Insurance Corp. of B.C. (ICBC) will have a minimal effect on the Crown Corporation's commercial vehicle affairs, according to an ICBC spokesman.Although the provi...

Enbridge has its own pipe dream (March 01, 2002)

CALGARY, Alta. - Enbridge has thrown its hat in as a surprise player in the bid to bring Arctic natural gas south.The firm's chief executive officer Pat Daniel confirms the company has pitched a US$15...

Surprise! The U.S. economy is growing

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Canada is hoping to mirror its southern neighbor as the U.S. shows signs of rebounding from the North American recession.The U.S. Commerce Department says the American economy actua...

Toys: A model operation

ETOBICOKE, Ont. - What was once a hobby for James Ronald Skeffington - his customers know him as J.R. and he knows his customers by name - is now a full time business.For 40 years Skeffington owned an...

A Day In The Life (March 01, 2002)

MILTON, Ont. - Delivering safety for all truckers and motorists in the winter months is largely a duty bestowed on the residents of the makeshift shantytowns, which seasonally spring up alongside majo...

Financial guru taps Canadian truck builder (March 01, 2002)

CALGARY, Alta. - Martin Ferguson, fund manager with Calgary-based Mawer Investment Management, says a small Canadian company customizing refuse trucks is a best buy for small-cap investors.Among stock...

Canada going to the wall over wood war

MONTREAL, Que. - Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew insists Canada is willing to meet the U.S. in court if Washington is not willing to drop its duties on softwood lumber exports.Pettigrew said legal act...

New Z program hits the street Apr. 1 (March 01, 2002)

QUEEN'S PARK, Ont. - The Ontario government is finally set to roll out improvements to its air brake program for commercial vehicles - ironically on April Fool's Day."We welcome the opportunity to wor...

Events Listings

Mar. 3-6 - the Truckload Carriers Association puts on its annual meeting at the Las Vegas Balagio Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev. For details contact William Giroux at 703-838-1950.Mar. 5-8 - the Work Truck...