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Motorist gets 25 years for a fatal truck crash

WINNIPEG, Man. - A 20-year-old Manitoba man has been found guilty of murder after he deliberately drove into the path of a transport truck.Darrell Fontaine was found guilty last month of committing fi...

Are you tired of your profits slip-sliding away?

WINNIPEG, Man. - With the high cost of unscheduled repairs, there is a real need to predict mechanical failures before they occur - a fortuneteller specializing in owner/operators' trucks would be in ...

Growing fear

ANEROID, Sask. - Jerry Ruehs has a unique understanding of the tough times associated with Canadian grain: he grows it and he hauls it.As both an owner/operator and a farmer, he has to think about bot...

Lonely light boosts safety

VIRDEN, Man. - The installation of the only traffic light on the Trans-Canada Highway between Brandon, Man. and the outskirts of Regina, has eliminated a safety hazard near here.The light recently beg...

The ABCs of D-trains

BURLINGTON, Ont. - With fuel prices continuing to ratchet up and environmental controls tightening down, longer vehicles may become much more common in the coming years.One card left unplayed thus far...

Yankee adds 53-ft., high-cube cans

SASKATOON, Sask. - The Yanke Group of Companies has now announced that it has just added 100 double-stack, high-cube rail containers to its fleet.Manufactured by Stoughton Trailers of Wisconsin, the n...

N.S. hands out $20,000 unsafe-truck fine

HALIFAX, N.S. - A.W. Leil Cranes and Equipment, a Thorburn, N.S. company, has been fined under the province's Occupational Health and Safety Act for failure to maintain a motor vehicle.In early Februa...

New diodes LED the way

FALCONER, N.Y. - The trend of the last few years with trailer lighting has been the push to light emitting diode (LED) systems, which means to the illumination industry what cellular means to communic...

Reimer, parent expand PAPS use

AKRON, Ohio - Reimer Express Lines has expanded its participation in the U.S. Customs' Pre-Arrival Processing System (PAPS). Reimer drivers forward export documents to a broker, who presents the paper...

Safety audits can be scary, but they aren’t a crap shoot

Much of the time I've spent with trucking companies has been to assist them with government safety audits. While many carriers have been audited several times, one never quite gets used to them.For th...

It’s the same old waiver, just a few new rules

I've heard rumors from truckers lately about the fact the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) is changing the waiver rules and doing away with the old border crossing cards.I have writte...

Nova Permits bolsters customer service

QUEBEC CITY, Que. - Nova Permits has now made its permit and pilot car services available to Canadian and American customers 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week.Established in 1992 with only four employ...

Diesel sales jump

OTTAWA, Ont. - Statistics Canada says diesel-fuel sales reached 23.5 million cubic metres last year, a rise of 5.6 per cent over 1999.The statistics tracker also said demand increased due to greater n...

Volvo boss resigns

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Volvo Trucks North America president and chief executive officer Marc Gustafson has quit.Former-president, Karl-Erling Trogen, returned from a senior vice-president position at Volv...

Kudos to Calgary

CALGARY, Alta. - PacLease Calgary, which offers medium- and heavy-duty Kenworths for rental or leasing, has been named Paccar Leasing's Canadian Region Franchise of the Year.The full-service operation...