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Manitoba group finds tomorrow’s staff today

WINNIPEG, Man. - The Manitoba Trucking Association (MTA) is partnering with a Winnipeg high school to help develop future trucking-industry operations and non-technical staff.The St. James Collegiate ...

U.S. changes carrier reports

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has enacted an "interim final rule" governing Motor Carrier Identification Report, Form M...

Outlook 2001

DON MILLS, Ont. - After two years of thriving freight volumes and improving operating ratios, the nation's carriers head into 2001 on more uncertain terms.While it's by no means a doom and gloom situa...

Just in time – Part 4

The story so far...Johnny Jones is being stiffed on a pair of loads to the tune of $6,000 and is in danger of losing his rig, his wife and everything else he's worked for. Unsure of just what he can d...

Union-run trucker school crashes

WINNIPEG, Man. - An audit has cleared a Winnipeg driver-training school of financial wrong-doing.No stealing of money was discovered, says the person who ordered the investigation after the school los...

Extreme innovation

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - It would be difficult to name even one industry that hasn't been transformed in some way by modern technology, and the trucking industry is no exception. Processes that barely existed...

Cracking the codes

DON MILLS, Ont. - To look at a truck tire spec'ing guide, you might think that whoever comes up with the codes for the various models must have had something to do with writing codes during WW II.Unli...

Human factors picks EL screen

PORTLAND, Ore. - When considering a screen for their upgraded Truck Productivity Computer, human factors engineers from DaimlerChrysler Research and Technology North America selected Planar Systems' e...

U.S. revises drug and alcohol testing rules

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has revised its drug- and-alcohol testing rules, a change designed to make the testing process easier to carry out and to provide additio...

Founder honored

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Founder of the fleet that still carries his name, Bruce R. Smith is honored during a luncheon attended by several hundred invitees. The ceremony was part of the grand opening of th...

A new way

Pending reforms in the area of ergonomics coming from south of the border - coupled with the ever-present need to improve driver retention - are already leading original equipment manufacturers toward...

The U.S. won’t see this Canuck’s truck for a while

We have all heard the saying that the only things guaranteed in life are death and taxes. I'd like to add another item to that list: change.We all experience change in life, and even more so if one is...

Grits win big… but what does it mean for us?

Jean Chretien, the little guy from Shawinigan, confounded critics last month and led his Liberals to a third consecutive majority.According to some observers, the election, which had no overriding the...

Rarified air:

JASPER, Alta. - For the past 25 years, Ken Deans has called Jasper National Park his home.For the same length of time, he has also been an owner/operator.His life is a balance of his loves: the unspoi...

Road Hawk gets nod

MARKHAM, Ont. - RoadHawk Cartage Inc. has received Fairmount Books Inc.'s first annual Supplier of the Year award. The award acknowledges the superior level of service Fairmont gets from its suppliers...