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Between freeze and thaw

YELLOWKNIFE, N.W.T. - In the nether world of ice road trucking there are many contradictions and events that cannot be explained by the evidence of the senses: cracks in the road wide enough to swallo...

B.C. Ferries ignores injunction, continues expansion

WEST VANCOUVER, B.C. - Work on B.C. Ferries' Horseshoe Bay expansion project is going full-steam ahead, despite a court injunction filed by an angry group of local parents.The B.C. Supreme Court has b...

Penny-pinching may lead Ottawa to offload transportation funding

For most municipalities, the 1990's were characterized by rampant government offloading.With the federal and provincial governments struggling under mountains of debt, programs were cut and responsibi...

Don’t mistake this for sexy, mainstream journalism

In the past few days, I too have seen the pictures.Trucks jackknifed all over the 401 west and east of Toronto.While neither the trucks nor their drivers were implicated, per se, a picture being worth...

Thanks to my highway hero

Dear Editor,I was in Ignace, Ont. with temperatures of -30 C on Dec. 31 when my engine suffered an airlock caused by frozen lines in my fuel tank.So I had to start transferring fuel from the tank on t...

Span on guard for thee

FORT ERIE, Ont. - The border closest to the country's economic engine and one of the busiest on the Canada-U.S. frontier is getting a much-needed tune up.But exactly when the Peace Bridge gets running...

Drivers divided

WINDSOR, Ont. - A plan to move tollbooths to the same side of the Ambassador Bridge as the U.S. Customs facilities has met with a lukewarm reception from truckers.On a blustery March afternoon, trucke...

An International performing sensation

Just ask the more than 2,500 invited guests who witnessed the launch of International's new High Performance Trucks, it was an entrance that will echo through the industry for some time. The new line ...

Curran kudos

Dear Editor,Regarding John Curran's column, "That boy next door does the strangest things" in the March issue of Truck News.That was one of the best anecdotes I've ever read.So amusing, yet so true. K...

The safest trucker in Alberta

EDMONTON, Alta. - Eldon Bruce Johnson is a local legend among truck drivers.He has 45 years behind the wheel without a single accident. In fact, he hasn't even received a traffic ticket in those years...

International won’t take poison pill

RYE, N.Y. - Navistar International Inc. shareholders have voted in favor of the removal of termination of a self-imposed "poison pill" - a tool public companies use to fend off takeovers.Navistar says...

Don’t believe the wild hype

Dear Editor,Two recent trucking issues got attention that involved hype and politics. The media, and more so the Canadian Automobile Association and biased railroad lobby, namely Canadians for Respons...

Undesirables unwelcome

Dear Editor,I recently the trucknews.com story, "Immigration Canada says no to border scanners," which was published on Mar. 3.This is a total travesty.Who the hell cares about a citizen's rights when...

Nat-gas heavy rig test running B.C.

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Westport Innovations is testing in Canada a low-emissions heavy-duty truck powered using liquefied natural gas.The truck uses Westport's natural gas fuel system, and is designed to o...

Stop treating all battery issues like they’re created the same

In any weather, poorly maintained batteries and electrical systems can create problems affecting starting systems.Often, the culprit is judged to be an apparently dead battery, when, in fact, the prim...