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Adding fuel to the fire

OSHAWA, Ont. - Frustrated at the lack of progress being made at the provincial level to gain relief from escalating fuel costs for independent truckers, the National Truckers Association (NTA) has tak...

N.S. stalls on 101

HALIFAX, N.S. - The Nova Scotia Department of Transport and Public Works intends to twin Hwy. 101 for 49 kilometres, and wait before completing the remaining 74 kms. Transportation Minister Ron Russel...

CN adds fuel surcharge

MONTREAL, Que. - Canadian National Railway added a four per cent surcharge on its general cargo shipments, effective Nov. 1.The inter-modal surcharge could possibly rise as high as six per cent, depen...

OTA to offer weights and dimensions workshop

TORONTO, Ont. - With Quebec and Ontario closing in on harmonized weights and dimensions, an information session explaining the expected new rules will be presented by the Ontario Trucking Association ...

Canadians wait as ECU drops taxes

BRUSSELS, Belgium. - Diesel tax cuts offered by several European Union governments to angry truckers, farmers and other drivers have received the qualified approval of the European Commission.The cuts...

Bitter intermodal trucker strike at Montreal port

MONTREAL, Que. - Container traffic at the Port of Montreal has returned to normal after a bitter month-long wildcat strike by intermodal truckers, fighting to be recognized as a union, brought one of ...

Nfld. seeks local transport input

ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. - On Nov. 17, 2000, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador will make a submission to the Canada Transportation Act Review Panel.The Department of Works, Services and Transportat...

N.S. prohibits engine brakes

HALIFAX, N.S. - Nova Scotia's Tory government has banned the use of engine braking systems in areas with speed limits of 50 km/h or lower.Bill 28, put in place by the Department of Business and Consum...

N.B. truckers protest low aggregate weight limits

FREDERICTON, N.B. - Gravel haulers angered by New Brunswick's weight restrictions partially blocked a stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway near Frederiction in mid-November.The protesting truckers, abo...

Vancouver vehicle levy delayed

VANCOUVER, B.C. - The board of directors of TransLink, the authority that oversees public transportation in Greater Vancouver, will take a second look before imposing a levy on road users in the regio...

Oshawa school gets CTHRC nod

OSHAWA, Ont. - Transportation Resource Management is now themost recent truck driver training institution to be granted full accreditation by the Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council (CTHRC)."The...

Union angry over Paccar layoffs

STE-THERESE, Que. - Truck manufacturer Paccar's laying off 100 people at its Canadian plant located in Ste-Therese, Que., even though its increasing production, is "incomprehensible," Canadian Auto Wo...

Safety ratings now online

TORONTO, Ont. - Starting immediately, the public can use the Internet to check Carrier Safety Ratings for truck and bus operators working in Ontario, Transportation Minister David Turnbull announced."...

Boys charged for throwing bricks

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - Ontario Provincial Police in the Niagara region have charged two boys in connection with the throwing of a brick off a Queen Elizabeth Way overpass that smashed a truck's window...

Corona-tion

DALLAS, Tex. - For the most part, today's owner/operator demands both form and function from their equipment, the two key virtues Freightliner says it has built into its new Class 8 tractor, the Coron...