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Economic recovery could take longer than we thought

OTTAWA, Ont. - Canada's economy may take longer to bounce back than originally expected, according to Canada's top banker and Prime Minister Jean Chretien.Although it was reported Canada's economy sho...

Build a better world for those lost in NYC

As far as I'm concerned the New Year for many of us in and around the trucking industry really begins after the Labor Day long weekend - not on Jan. 1.This is the beginning of the school year, it larg...

Chevrette grows quite camera shy

QUEBEC CITY, Que. - The Parti Quebecois cares more about votes than about saving lives charges at least one road-safety lobbyist.This criticism of the ruling party came as hearings into the provincial...

Manac names some winners with style

VILLE DE SAINT-GEORGES, Que. - Henry Tenhage Trucking of Beamsville, Ont. has won the most recent Style and Tradition contest organized as part of the rollout of Manac's aluminum platform trailer.Henr...

Dangerous Goods in plain language, finally (October 01, 2001)

OTTAWA, Ont. - Transport Minister David Collenette has announced new "clear language" regulations governing the transportation of dangerous goods in Canada.The Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regula...

Hold put on four-lane link to U.S.

FREDERICTON, N.B. - Plans for a four-lane highway link between Saint John and the U.S. border are being put on the back burner.In the past, the province has been slowly extending the two-lane highway ...

Licences and other renewals to be digitized (October 01, 2001)

QUEEN'S PARK, Ont. - Ontario has inked a deal with a Bell Canada-led group of companies that will see a host of public services delivered electronically.Beginning in late 2002, Ontarians will have con...

British drivers assault highway spy cameras

LONDON, U.K. - In recent months, British four-wheelers have attacked four surveillance cameras on a 25-kilometre stretch of highway in Gloucestershire, in western England.In three of the four cases re...

Aboriginals block northern highway (September 01, 2001)

GERALDTON, Ont. - About 100 aboriginal demonstrators detoured truckers and travellers past boarded-up homes on a Northern Ontario reserve after the band blocked the Trans-Canada Highway Aug. 10.Member...

Rock dawgs

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Mack's new Granite vocational models are probably the company's most unMacklike construction trucks ever built - roomy, quiet, comfortable, smooth riding - yet almost certainly as ru...

Got milk

INVERARY, Ont. - In many parts of the country, the plight of the trucking industry is indelibly linked to the rise and fall of the local farming community.Nowhere is this more true than in the dairy h...

It’s one step forward, and two more back

With over 70 per cent of Canada/U.S. trade moving by truck - much of it time-sensitive components and parts - an efficient border is an industry priority.The Canadian Trucking Alliance has been a stro...

Truckers mourn death of pioneer

The Canadian trucking industry lost one of its family members recently. Norman A. Plummer, 52, died after a courageous fight with cancer.Plummer was a long-time industry leader and innovator. He was t...

The feds will never pull my strings

Recently, there has been a somewhat subtle discussion going on about a new so-called "truckers' association."This is the group taking life from the dreams of Bill Wellman of the National Truckers Asso...

Plan ahead to cross Niagara bridges

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - Aug. 4 and 5 crossings at the Niagara Regional International Bridges were a huge success thanks to fleets and truckers heeding advice to plan ahead.With that in mind, the Peace B...