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Diesel cost ups Montreal bus fares

MONTREAL, Que. - Truckers in Quebec aren't the only ones being hit by higher diesel-fuel prices. To cover the increasing cost of running its buses, the Montreal Urban Community Transit Corp. is raisi...

N.B. to update driver training

MONCTON, N.B. - The province of New Brunswick may be getting set to replace its six-week truck driver-training program with a new, 12-week system."We are now on the threshold of getting this program a...

Thompson garners service arwad

TORONTO, Ont. - John Thompson, president of John Thompson Motor Sports, is this year's recipient of the prestigious Trailmobile Service to Industry Award.Thompson has served on the Ontario Trucking As...

Hang on, it’ll be a bumpy ’01

TORONTO, Ont. - Carriers are in for some short-term pain early next year as their costs increase just as freight volumes start to flatten, according to market researcher Martin Labbe."Fuel, wages, ins...

Holdich Creek washout repairs finally complete

REVELSTOKE, B.C. - Repairs to Hwy. 23 North at Holdich Creek, located about 36 kilometres north of Revelstoke, are finished at last, the Ministry of Transpor-tation and Highways has announced.All the ...

Connors takes over as OTA boss

BRAMPTON, Ont. - Frank Connors, president of Brampton, Ont.-based York Transportation Group, has been appointed the new chairman of the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA).The mid-sized, LTL carrier's ...

Task force releases training regime

CALGARY, Alta. - An Alberta task force is hoping that its new truck-driver training rules will lower the number of highway accidents involving heavy trucks.Crashes involving transports on the province...

Hourly pay could be over for Vancouver’s port truckers

VANCOUVER, B.C. - The Vancouver Port Authority plans to replace a year-old interim agreement that includes hourly wages for truckers with a permanent agreement which does away with the pay guarantees....

WS trucks get new suspensions

DALLAS, Tex. - Western Star 4964SX and 4964EX models with Freightliner-designed suspensions and are evidence of the changes underway since Freightliner bought the company earlier this year.Despite the...

It’s like totally tubular, dude

DALLAS, Tex. - Designed to minimize the often tragic results of rollover accidents, Freightliner Trucks has introduced a new tubular side airbag system on its Century Class S/T and Argosy heavy-duty m...

Sonntag hears industry woes

REGINA, Sask. - After a speech that covered a wide range of trucking issues, Saskatchewan Highways and Transportation Minister Maynard Sonntag found himself getting a relatively easy ride from represe...

CTA/Royal & Sun Alliance award handed out

TORONTO, Ont. - Bison Transport and Trimac have won this year's Canadian Trucking Alliance/Royal & Sun Alliance National Fleet Safety Awards, handed out at the Ontario Trucking Association's annual co...

TCT Logistics, Kraft Canada in Chocolate Pact

CALGARY, Alta. - TCT Logistics Inc. has launched an E-commerce pilot project to deliver chocolates baked by Kraft Canada Inc.'s Jacobs Suchard Canada division in time for Christmas.TCT Logistics says ...

Wingfoot commercial tire okayed

AKRON, Ohio - The recently announced joint venture to createWingfoot Commercial Tire Systems, the world's largest network of commercial tire service outlets and truck tire retreading facilities, has b...

Manitoba looks at aging drivers

WINNIPEG, Man. - A two-year University of Manitoba study is taking a look at the performance of drivers of all ages.For the study, which starts next spring, two hundred drivers in Winnipeg, aged from ...