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Michigan enforcement under fire

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Michigan authorities that monitor truck weights were called in on the carpet recently in a performance review by the state's Auditor General.Michigan is Ontario's biggest trading pa...

FMCSA warns of potential attacks by truck

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - The possibility of trucks being used as the weapon of choice in future terrorist attacks in the U.S. is real.That's the message the U.S Department of Transportation's Federal Moto...

Budgeting is a pain, but well worth the struggle

Every year at this time, the higher-ups expect me to gaze into my crystal ball and predict the operating profit of Truck News for the upcoming year.It is a task I dread.Overestimating revenue and/or u...

Q: What changes do you expect to see in the trucking industry in 2002?

TRURO HEIGHTS, N.S. - With Christmas around the corner, and New Year's to follow very quickly, one has to wonder what the new year will have in tow for the trucking industry.While visiting the East Co...

When the going is tough, the best get it in gear

The measure of a person, a community, or for that matter a country, is not taken when things are going along fine.It is to be taken when one has to deal with difficulty.We have seen this clearly follo...

WCB rates up

EDMONTON, Alta. - Alberta fleet owners will have to reach a little further into their pockets to shell out an additional 30 per cent in Workers' Compensation Board (WCB) premiums.With rates increasing...

Manac is back

ORANGEVILLE, Ont. - Workers at Manac's semi trailer plant here got some good news recently, when they learned they'll be returning to work a little sooner than originally expected.The manufacturing pl...

Money in your pocket

MONTREAL, Que. - A new medium of advertising is catching on as fleets look for unconventional ways to boost revenues.Truck-Side advertising says it is the solution to the selling industry's problems. ...

Saskatchewan gets new boss

REGINA, Sask. - There's a new minister at the helm of Saskatchewan's Department of Highways and Transportation.Mark Wartman takes over the post from former minister, Pat Atkinson, a move made as part ...

Mockler ready for the roads

FREDERICTON, N.B. - Pressuring the federal government for highway funding is a duty new Transportation Minister Percy Mockler says he will relish.His manner of doing things, however, will differ sligh...

NTAC officially takes root (December 01, 2001)

OSHAWA, Ont. - After almost 20 months of politicking, the National Truckers Alliance of Canada (NTAC) has officially filed incorporation papers and it didn't receive a dime from Ottawa to do so."There...

Canfor slaps U.S. with $250M suit (December 01, 2001)

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Canfor Corp. is suing the U.S. government, seeking a minimum of $250 million under the North American Free Trade Agreement for losses it says it has incurred due to export duties.The...

Rail H-o-S proposal is a joke

Last month, I was talking to my cousin who had just moved to beautiful Banff, Alta. from eastern Ontario.I asked him how the drive was and, having made the drive from Ontario to Alberta recently mysel...

TransLink faces tough crowds

LANGLEY, B.C. - There's still hope that a fuel tax increase to help bail out TransLink could be defeated, as the transit body has given the public two options to choose from.The first consists of cutt...

Slinging to the east (December 01, 2001)

ANCASTER, Ont. - Bay Lynx Manufacturing says after three years of slinging all manner of loads in Ontario, Western Canada and the U.S., it is ready to introduce its Multicat Spreader to Quebec and the...