Features

Truckers get chance to snitch on unsafe drivers

TORONTO, Ont. - Truckers are about to put the shoe on the other foot and be enlisted to call in and complain about dangerous teen drivers.The soon-to-be-launched I Promise program incorporates a toll ...

Deadline nears for OTA scholarships

TORONTO, Ont. - The June 30 deadline is nearing for post-secondary students interested in applying for the Ontario Trucking Association's (OTA) Bud Barr Scholarship Fund. It provides financial aid to ...

Ontario has a plan for T.O. gridlock

QUEEN'S PARK, Ont. - Ontario's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has challenged the federal government to match Ontario's investment in transportation, outlining the province's plan for Toronto."We urge f...

Obsession or expression

WINNIPEG, Man. - The word obsession often conjures up the images strewn through fashion magazines of scantily-clad super models hocking the latest fragrance from France. But Calvin Klein has nothing o...

Trucker offers elixir of life to students, seniors

NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - When owner/operator Bruce Paton heard about the contaminated water crisis in North Battleford, Sask., he felt he had to do something about it.But all he had to offer was his ...

AirIQ protects your perishables

WINNIPEG, Man. - Running reefers and heaters can mean your mistakes are often costly, but AirIQ says its latest offering guards against temperature related losses. At the Red River Exposition Park in ...

CanAm team looks to ease congestion

WINDSOR, Ont. - Four levels of government will work together to solve a problem that threatens to slow Canada-U.S. trade on a grand scale: congestion at the Windsor-Detroit border crossing.Canada, the...

Bush haulin’ beauty

PORTLAND, Ore. - You might want to slip on your boots because you're going to think that I'm shoveling some bull when I say that all you K-whopper and Petercar fanatics now have a reason to go look at...

Sixth Sense

CALGARY, Alta. - It's not easy driving a loaded semi-truck through a snowstorm. Or hail, ice or sleet either for that matter.But it's inevitable that any long-haul trucker is going to have to face adv...

Drivers of the Purple Rage – Part 2

The story so far...After picking up a load of plastic pool toys headed for Halifax, Mark is cut off by a young man driving a 10 year-old Buick LeSabre. When Mark blasts his horn at the man, he gets a ...

Bill based on non-existent carrier safety ratings

Earlier this year, when a Bill amending the Motor Vehicle Transport Act, 1987 (MVTA) was introduced in the Senate, Transport Minister David Collenette issued the following statement:"These amendments ...

Brown baggin’ it isn’t any fun

Dear editor,Regarding the Truck Stop Question featured in the June issue of Truck News, "What techniques do you use to trim costs while on the road?"It is too bad that freight rates have gotten so low...

CPX Group announces management shakeup (July 01, 2001)

CLOVERDALE, B.C. - The CPX Group of companies has made a series of major changes: Jim Mickey is now running the show.Mickey has acquired all of the Cassidy family's half-interest in the operating comp...

Private fleet awards deadline draws near

TORONTO, Ont. - Operators of a private truck fleet domiciled and incorporated in Canada still have time to enter the Private Fleet Safety Awards.Fleets with a minimum of five power units of 4,500kg or...

N.S. eyes penalties for late fines (July 01, 2001)

HALIFAX, N.S. - Nova Scotia's Tories are mulling the idea of charging interest on the late payment of traffic fines, ranging from speeding and seat belt infractions right down to parking tickets.The p...