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On-line labor pain

Dear editor,I have just read your article on Internet usage for truckers (Truck News, February 2001).You have written a very useful list of Web sites of interest to drivers and owner/operators. It inc...

First thing’s … last?

DARTMOUTH, N.S. - So you're buying a new truck, eh?No matter the manufacturer you choose, the procedure for picking an engine - one with the power you need but reasonable on fuel - is the same. The or...

Hebe’s Take on the Reasons Behind the Truck Market Crash

Blaming the crash of the Class 8 truck market in North America on the overproduction of heavy-duty trucks by the OEMs is an "idiot's perception of the industry," according to Jim Hebe, president and C...

Stop the country, one truck at a time

Dear editor,I have read your editorial in the February issue of Truck News (In with a bang, but it's gone out with a whimper) and fully agree with it.I would like to join such a group for the long hau...

Western Star gets Freightliner gear

KELOWNA, B.C. - Three proprietary Freightliner features have been added to Western Star trucks.The EzyRider air-suspension seat will be made standard in all Western Star Constellation sleeper-equipped...

CN will be building a new intermodal hub in Montreal

CN Railway is building a new intermodal facility at its Taschereau Yard in Montreal as part of a $47-million consolidation of its terminals.The consolidation, scheduled for completion by year-end 2001...

Five dead in plant shooting

MELROSE, Ill. - A disgruntled ex-employee killed four employees at a Chicago-area Navistar engine factory before killing himself on Feb. 5.William Baker, aged 66, was due to begin a five-month jail te...

Rising costs more of a threat than declining freight volumes

The threat of economic recession is still more of a media-manufactured phenomenon than a statistical reality, the latest economic figures show. What's hurting carriers more than a recession-driven slo...

Highways minister shocks B.C.

VICTORIA, B.C. - Transportation and Highways Minister Harry Lali shook the B.C. government to its foundations when he suddenly quit over the government's decision to impose a moratorium on hunting gri...

Maddocks celebrating IT milestone with its 20th year in business

The lifecycle of companies in the information industry can often be measured by the number of months the company stays afloat. So when Langley, B.C.'s Maddocks Systems Inc., a leading provider of ente...

That boy next door does the strangest things

It amazes me how some kids never learn to play by the rules.Sipping my morning coffee, I often like to look out over that giant fence into the yard next door. I'm usually left scratching my head in wo...

Putting highways on the map

OTTAWA, Ont. - It's been a long time coming, but the day when Canada's federal government puts, in writing, the importance of a comprehensive highway transportation strategy may not be far away.This i...

P.E.I. lowers diesel, spends on bridges

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. - The price of diesel in Prince Edward Island has dipped after the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission authorized the lowering of prices for fuel in February.The commission,...

N.B. ag-haulers fight for rates

SALISBURY, N.B. - A new association representing owner/operators in New Brunswick says the province can forget about resuming construction on the Trans-Canada Highway between Moncton and Fredericton u...

Salted wounds

TRURO, N.S. - The Truckers Association of Nova Scotia (TANS) is claiming that the province's roads may not be getting properly salted thanks to low inventories and flawed changes to the tendering proc...