Features

TIP expands

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Transport International Pool (TIP), has acquired road and storage trailer assets and the related lease portfolio of Action Trailer Leasing.Under the agreement, Action's 3,600 trail...

Don’t give cancer a place to thrive

I don't know whether your driveway looks like mine, but there's a huge, dark spot where I usually park my car. Over the years, fuel from my gas tank, and oil slopped during oil changes have leaked or ...

Maxim continues to grow in the west (November 01, 2001)

SASKATOON, Sask. - Maxim Transportation is continuing to grow, most recently expanding their Saskatoon operation while tripling the staff size, as well.The company recently moved into new digs at 3250...

Trucking leader John Stollery receives Trailmobile Service to Industry Award

A passionate champion of the trucking industry, John Stollery, is this year's recipient of the prestigious OTA/ Trailmobile Service to Industry Award.Currently chairman of Process Capital Corporation,...

Get a CVOR warning letter?

The key element of Ontario's CVOR system that serves to get the attention of an operator is the warning letter alerting the carrier of an unacceptable level of compliance. While such a letter may be s...

Seats

The growing strategic importance of driver retention and the heightened awareness of the causes and costs of back problems among the driver force have led to a surge in seating options in recent years...

Cancom offers 30% cost reduction on mobile communications service

It has been a fourth quarter full of announcements for Cancom Tracking, starting with the changing of its name (formerly Cancom Tracking Solutions) and logo and culminating with an impressive reductio...

Toyota influence to be reflected in Hino product

With Toyota assuming a 50.1 percent controlling interest in Hino, Hino Diesel Trucks (Canada) Ltd. is undergoing some changes, including the appointment of new president Frank Suzuki, shown above with...

No ring road for the Fort

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - With northern Alberta's oilsands activity booming, Fort McMurray is seeing an increase in industrial traffic.But a recent report commissioned by the province says that the much-...

No tolls here, says minister

HALIFAX, N.S. - Although a slim majority of Annapolis Valley residents are in support of a toll to help pay for the twinning of a killer highway, Transportation Minister Ron Russell will not budge.The...

Happy, but hassled

MITCHELL, Ont. - According to Pete Rosenberg, the most frustrating parts about driving for a living are completely out of a trucker's control."The amount of paperwork we have to do is phenomenal," say...

Happiness lies in low overhead, training

CALGARY, Alta. - Gil Bourbonnais was a lease operator until three months ago, but the pressures of rising fuel prices and stagnant pay rates cost him his keys."It's safer to be a company driver than a...

Top Canadian truck drivers crowned

VANCOUVER, B.C. - The National Professional Truck Driving Championship results are in and a host of new winners have been crowned with Saskatchewan dominating the pack.The event, held Sept. 13 to 16 a...

Dalton author to host SCREAM TV (November 01, 2001)

DON MILLS, Ont. - Edo van Belkom, the acclaimed author of Truck News' fictional serial Mark Dalton Owner/Operator, has been hired as an on-air host at SCREAM, Canada's new all-horror television channe...

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