Transportation Protesters threaten blockade of Newfoundland construction trucks November 1, 2001 QUIDI VIDI, Nfld. - Residents of Quidi Vidi vowed recently to jam the highway with human bodies in an effort to block cement trucks headed for a proposed housing development.The site, in a tiny fishin...
Transportation New Ontario tax credit system November 1, 2001 Vehicle age Draft credit Final creditPurchase Year (PY)2.82.143>PY + 1 year2.5...
Transportation Truckers, motorists asked to slow November 1, 2001 HALIFAX, N.S. - Highway workers across the province of Nova Scotia are upset after several close calls caused by fast driving motorist.The Department of Transportation and Public Works is asking motor...
Transportation Truck testing facility eyes expansion November 1, 2001 HUMBOLDT, Sask. - The Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) is in the midst of a feasibility study on the possibility of adding a second test track.The new facilities would, in part, be used...
Ontario fleets, O/Os to save $15 million plus preview image Transportation Ontario fleets, O/Os to save $15 million plus November 1, 2001 QUEEN'S PARK, Ont. - Ontario Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, has given the green light to new sales tax laws for all Ontario fleets and O/Os inked to the International Registration Plan (IRP).Previousl...
Hwy. 33 rerouted preview image Transportation Hwy. 33 rerouted November 1, 2001 NAPANEE, Ont. - A new waterfront park will throw a few curves at users of Hwy. 33, according to the Ministry of Transportation and Ontario Power Generation.The hereto undeveloped land west of the Lenn...
OTA convention offers range of speakers preview image Transportation OTA convention offers range of speakers November 1, 2001 TORONTO, Ont. - The countdown to the Ontario Trucking Association's 75th annual convention is on.On Nov. 14-16, the Regal Constellation Hotel in Toronto will host information sessions designed to give...
Transportation Mayor takes dig at Gardiner tunnel plan November 1, 2001 TORONTO, Ont. - Toronto city planners say a $1.8 billion tunnel is what it will take to replace most of the downtown section of the Gardiner Expressway and revitalize the neglected waterfront.The plan...
Tooth and nail preview image Transportation Tooth and nail November 1, 2001 WINNIPEG, Man. - Gaia Overland takes its name from the one of the first Viking ships to visit the New World.The firm appears to have followed its namesake into uncharted territory since applying for a...
Transportation PMTC announces board of directors (November 01, 2001) November 1, 2001 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - The Private Motor Truck Council of Canada has announced its incoming board of directors for the coming term during its 24th annual conference held in Mississauga recently.The offic...
Transportation Calgary urges Alta. to scrap tire tax November 1, 2001 CALGARY, Alta. - A Calgary city alderman is calling on the province of Alberta to scrap a $4-per tire recycling tax.Ald. John Schmal recently introduced the motion before council."To continue to charg...
Transportation ICBC hushed November 1, 2001 VANCOUVER, B.C. - Insurance Corp. of B.C. (ICBC) management have imposed a gag order on employees.An internal memo was recently released, stating that any ICBC promotion by unionized workers must be d...
End of the line? preview image Transportation End of the line? November 1, 2001 THE 49TH PARALLEL - As the world is plunged headlong over the razor-sharp edge of war, trucking is left staring over a crag only slightly less precarious and potentially just as fatal, financially spe...
Transportation Slight increase in U.S. transport fatalities November 1, 2001 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Transportation fatalities in the U.S. are slightly up with a rise of 0.2 per cent last year over those in 1999, according to preliminary figures. According to the National Transport...
There’s simply no alternative to teamwork preview image Transportation There’s simply no alternative to teamwork November 1, 2001 This past month I had the opportunity to travel to Cache Creek, B.C. to witness, first-hand, the rollover threshold testing being carried out by Innovative Vehicle Testing (IVT) and the comprehensive ...
