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The reigning wrench

WINDSOR, Ont. - Mike Sills returned to Windsor-based Wolverine Freight System the first week of May with something big to smile about - the 2001 Volvo Canadian Fleet Maintenance Manager of the Year Aw...

Nfld. eyes major Labour Act rewrite

ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. - Plans are under way that will see Newfoundland's Liberal government introduce an extensive series of changes to the Labour Relations Act.Among others, one of the updates will slap ...

Spuds still shunned by Uncle Sam

BORDEN, P.E.I. - The first two truckloads of P.E.I. potatoes were prevented from crossing at the Houlton, Me. border Apr. 30, after U.S. inspectors apparently found soil in the shipments.The loads wer...

Time bomb

WINNIPEG, Man. - The rail industry has gone to great lengths to finance those attacking the trucking industry on the issue of Hours-of-Service, but a concerned railway worker has turned the tables and...

The love not spoken of

VANCOUVER ISLAND, B.C. - Gay lifestyle issues are almost never intelligently discussed in the trucking community.While many professional and management workers have crossed that threshold - artists, r...

High fuel prices mean better roads

CALGARY, Alta. - Alberta residents shouldn't expect any help from the government to combat escalating fuel prices, but they can expect to see gas revenues reinvested in the province's highways.That's ...

APTA warns of IRP complacency

DIEPPE, N.B. - The Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association (APTA) is reminding its members they have until July 29 to get fully registered under the International Registration Plan (IRP), the new agre...

AMTA elects first board

CALGARY, Alta. - The newly formed Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA) has completed its first election, and a new board is now in place to tackle the issues facing the province's trucking indus...

Major tax cuts for business, but road users go without

QUEEN'S PARK, Ont. - Ontario's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has shed his rookie status with the release of his first provincial budget yesterday.While it contains massive tax relief for business ther...

Petroleum industry pumps out awards

EDMONTON, Alta. - The Petroleum Services Association of Canada has handed out its first annual Safe Driving and Carrier Safety Awards.On the driver side, Floyd Ray of Firemaster Oilfield Services won ...

Cooperation key to limiting freight rates

After more than a dozen years of deregulation in Canada, carriers have squeezed every ounce of productivity and efficiency out of their operations that they can.Any shipper thinking truck rates are he...

Curious about carrier ratings

Dear editor,With respect to the trucknews.com story 'Manitoba carrier ratings online,' I would like to know where on the Web I can find this info so I do not have to spend a lot of time looking.It wou...

Turning on the liquid lease tap

NORWALK, Conn. - Boasting an efficient and cost-effective alternative to exiting a lease, LeaseTrading says it's new program creates significant value for lessors, lessees, dealers and brokers.The com...

Resistance is futile

GREENVILLE, S.C. - Sometime around the fifth grade most math teachers generally pose a particularly interesting question to the class.Given the choice of two one-month-long jobs, would you rather one ...

Welcome to my world

It was just over a year ago when Ted Light planted himself in my office and the thought in my head that it would be a great career move for me to return to my roots in the trucking industry.I'd spent ...