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Star touts a sleeper you can walk through in style

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Western Star Trucks has introduced a walk-through sleeper for its Constellation Class 8 highway tractor that "even the tallest drivers will be able to do jumping jacks in," according...

Spud money

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. - The government of Canada has announced that $1.5 million of the $14.1 million going to P.E.I. to dispose of surplus potatoes is earmarked for transport. The agreement in princi...

RTAC hwy. bans worry MTA

RIVERS, Man. - Spring thaw restrictions have been placed on some of Manitoba's well-travelled RTAC routes, and the Manitoba Trucking Association (MTA) is afraid it's a sign of things to come.The two r...

Mexican border to open next year

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Officials from the U.S. Trade Representative's office and the Department of Transportation met with their Mexican counterparts Mar. 22.While exact details of the negotiations weren'...

Timber

TRURO, N.S. - Canada produces more trees than it could ever consume and the U.S. consumes more trees than it could ever produce. In that paradox lies the root of the battle over lumber that, if lost, ...

Caught in the Act

QUEBEC CITY, Que. - Since July 1999, Act 430's carrier rating system has identified thousands of trucking companies with repeated or serious violations.The consequences have ranged from receiving a si...

Garden City Skyway under repair

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - Repairs to the concrete bridge deck on the Garden City Skyway are now underway. From Mar. 19, through until June 30, the Skyway will be reduced from six lanes to four. According...

Renewing the rallying cry to Canada’s O/Os

TORONTO, Ont. - The National Truckers Alliance of Canada (NTAC) says regional priorities took a back seat at the owner/operator group's inaugural meeting held in Toronto at the end of March."Now we ha...

Truckers vital to foot-and-mouth doomsday plan

RED DEER, Alta. - A recent simulation indicates that a North American outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease could erupt from a single Texas pig farm and spread as far north as Red Deer, Alta., and Guelph...

Canucks like cops, says CSCE survey

OTTAWA, Ont. - A recent Canada Safety Council Environics (CSCE) survey shows that 55 per cent of Canadians feel current policing levels are about right.A further 38 per cent said they'd like to see mo...

Canuck captures free Pete 387

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - North Bay, Ont. owner/operator Dave Carr has won vehicle number one of Peterbilt's Model 387 Premier Edition line of only 387 rigs.Carr, one of over 14,000 entrants, was handed the k...

Rock to regulate fuel prices

ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. - The Province of Newfoundland has introduced a bill to regulate fuel prices that includes fines of up to $5,000 for retailers or wholesalers who ignore the government-set cap."We ha...

Province mulls Hwy. 7 options

KITCHENER, Ont. - It will be weeks or months before anyone knows where the new Hwy. 7 will ultimately be built, but it appears plans for a new Kitchener-to-Guelph link may be in jeopardy."We heard a l...

Highways under-spec’d: UNB

FREDERICTON, N.B. - A University of New Brunswick study says North American highways were never properly designed for commercial trucks.It indicates that the roads were made for smaller automobile tra...

Robert secures distribution centre

HAWKESBURY, Ont. - Quebec trucking giant, Robert, has secured a 170,000 square-foot facility just off Hwy. 17, just east of Ottawa, Ont.Gilles Chatelain will reportedly be in charge of managing the ne...