Transportation Mack announces price increases July 1, 2001 LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. - Mack Trucks says it will institute a two per cent price increase on July 1 that will cover all models in the Mack product line.The company says the increase is intended to ensure ...
Q: What should be done about congestion at the Windsor-Detroit border crossing? preview image Transportation Q: What should be done about congestion at the Windsor-Detroit border crossing? July 1, 2001 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - One of the busiest international crossings in the world is the stretch of border between Windsor and Detroit. It's so bad that some drivers will go out of their way to avoid crossi...
Transportation Patch pickups are no picnic July 1, 2001 Dear editor,With respect to your story on trucknews.com "Prairie drivers among the worst," I've been trucking in Canada for 34 years and have seen a lot of bad drivers but I tend to disagree with this...
The ‘friendly province’ lived up to its reputation preview image Transportation The ‘friendly province’ lived up to its reputation July 1, 2001 As I boarded the plane back to Toronto recently I couldn't help but reflect on the past few days I had just spent at the 2001 Canadian Truck Show in Winnipeg.This show offered the latest new truck mod...
I don’t like Bill 50 either, but John stole my idea preview image Transportation I don’t like Bill 50 either, but John stole my idea July 1, 2001 One would assume that writing a column only once a month would make it very simple to come up with different topics.After all, there is an infinite amount of information bombarding us at all times - t...
Atlantic lumber industry eyes U.S. softwood exemption preview image Transportation Atlantic lumber industry eyes U.S. softwood exemption July 1, 2001 FREDERICTON, N.B. - The Atlantic provinces are urging the U.S. Department of Commerce that the region deserves an exemption from the countervailing duties Americans are set to impose."It's widely reco...
Toll spans seen as the answer preview image Transportation Toll spans seen as the answer July 1, 2001 MONTREAL, Que. - Fleets and commuters heading through Montreal may eventually have the option of paying to use a private bridge or tunnel between Montreal and the South Shore.Two large construction co...
Moiny receives safety award preview image Transportation Moiny receives safety award July 1, 2001 ETOBICOKE, Ont. - The Motor Vehicle Safety Association held their 18th annual Safety to Motor Transportation evening and focused on an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to road safet...
Transportation Canadian Truck Show recap July 1, 2001 WINNIPEG, Man. - It will take a while to match Arnold Bros. Transport's 43-year history, but the newly formed ABT Academy (ABTA) is going to do everything it can to live up to the standards set by its...
Transportation In search of eastern event support June 1, 2001 DIEPPE, N.B. - The Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association (APTA) is looking for sponsors for the 2001 Atlantic Truck Driving Championships being held June 2, at the Commercial Safety College in Masst...
Transportation CTA applauds push on H-o-S rules June 1, 2001 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) says it is encouraged by federal Transport Minister David Collenette's decision push ahead with proposed changes to the Hours-of-Service rules....
More cash needed to complete Trans-Labrador Hwy. preview image Transportation More cash needed to complete Trans-Labrador Hwy. June 1, 2001 GOOSE BAY, Nfld. - It's been a long time coming, and unless the federal government sends a few bucks Newfoundland's way, it will still be a long time before the Trans-Labrador Highway is completed.The...
N.B. truckers hit the street preview image Transportation N.B. truckers hit the street June 1, 2001 FREDERICTON, N.B. - Angry truck drivers swarmed New Brunswick's capital Apr. 27 in the second protest in a month over rates being charged on a government-sponsored work site.As many as 300 aggregate h...
Minden Kinsmen pull their weight preview image Transportation Minden Kinsmen pull their weight June 1, 2001 MINDEN, Ont. - The organizers of the Minden Kinsmen Truck Pull are getting ready to hold the 14th annual event in Minden, Ont. June 16.Last year, over 800 people watched the 198 participants fight it ...
Transportation Oil haulers still on the hook for municipal work June 1, 2001 ELDON, Sask. - Although the Saskatchewan government has promised more money for roads, cash-strapped rural municipalities (RMs) say they may still need to boost the number of road maintenance agreemen...
