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No Nfld. highway spending requests

ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. - St. John's West Tory MP, Loyola Hearn, is eager to lobby Ottawa to improve roads around rural Newfoundland, the only catch is no one else seems to be jumping on the bandwagon.Hearn...

407ers, heed extra attention

BURLINGTON, Ont. - With schools in for another education year, those travelling Hwy. 407 should pay extra attention while rolling through the Burlington area. Parents and school officials fear Hwy. 40...

AFS Falcon sales continue to soar

CALGARY, Alta. - Alternative Fuel Systems Inc. received new orders for more than 650 of its Falcon natural gas pressure regulators from customers around the world representing a total value of over $6...

Arrow forms alliance with Heil

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Arrow Truck Sales Inc. has announced an exclusive Factory-Direct Dump-Body Program with Heil Environmental Industries Ltd.The goal of the partnership is to become an exclusive natio...

Q: How do you feel about communities restricting engine brakes?

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - No matter where you drive across the country, if you are a truck driver than you have certainly heard complaints about the loud cackle of the engine brake.More and more communities...

Cheesy trade rule pleases Murphy

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. - P.E.I.'s Agriculture and Forestry Minister Mitch Murphy is pleased Canada will suspend the normal issuance of supplementary permits for the import of breaded cheese sticks from...

B.C. business turns to Slick Willy

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Former president Bill Clinton is coming to Canada, to address a Vancouver company about global trade and commerce issues.The Portables is said to be paying more than $100,000 for som...

OTA taps two students for scholarships

TORONTO, Ont. - Kevin Shaughnessy of St. Mary's, Ontario and Michelle Jollymore of Pefferlaw, have been selected as recipients of the Bud Barr Scholarship Fund.The scholarship was established to ease ...

Fleets call on Feds to end rail secrecy

OTTAWA, Ont. - The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) has asked federal transport chief David Collenette to end rumors of a stealthy plot to use taxpayer dollars to shift Hwy. 401 freight to trains.The ...

Insurance is out of control

For the first time ever, I was the victim of a robbery last month.The truly sad part is it happened not once, but twice.First someone broke into my home in Lyndhusrt, Ont. and stole a handful of items...

Paper jam

MONTREAL, Que. - Fleets hauling newsprint may face a bumpy road with North American newspaper publishers heading into a melee with paper producers.Waning advertising dollars due to the meltdown of the...

Martin prepared to grow economy

OTTAWA, Ont. - Federal Finance Minister Paul Martin is telling Atlantic Canada's Liberal MPs he is prepared to pour as much as $4 billion into boosting the region's economy over the next decade.A Libe...

Islanders find lower prices at pumps

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. - The Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission of P.E.I. has announced decreases in petroleum product pricing.Decreases in all products in petroleum wholesalers' dealer and consu...

CPR makes $2 billion pitch to move truck freight by rail

OTTAWA, Ont. The federal government is considering a $2-billion proposal that would move freight off Hwy. 401 and onto Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) cars.CPR president Robert Ritchie recently made th...

Quebec’s standard contract nearly penned

MONTREAL, Que. - La Belle Province has always been famous for its Forums.But far removed from the once mighty ice rink, there are a number of interesting games being played by a group of the same name...