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Met’s help is on the way

MONTREAL, Que. - Almost 8 million trucks a year - 22,000 a day - move in and out of the Montreal Metropolitan Region. And many of them will take Metropolitan Boulevard, the 46-kilometre stretch of Aut...

Busted!

SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. - The former head of a Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. carrier will serve an 18-month conditional sentence for fraud after collecting advances on loads that never existed.But while it's ...

Murder on Site: Part One

The drive back east across the Prairies was uneventful, and considering the string of adventures he'd experienced of late, Mark Dalton was grateful for the respite.When he reached Sudbury, Ont. he mad...

Ontario to get Great Dane plant

SAVANNAH, Ga. - Great Dane Trailers plans to build its first manufacturing plant in Canada, with a yet-to-be-unveiled operation in Ontario, Truck News has learned."We've been looking at several locati...

Black boxes infringe on trucker rights

Never has talk on the CB been so alive with controversy, never has there been so much heated conversation around the coffee table in the all-night diner, and never has there been so much division betw...

Rail rates go up

SASKATOON, Sask. - The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) has handed down a ruling that allows for an increase in rail freight rates to a maximum of 4.5 per cent. The ruling impacts Canadian Wheat B...

Art was a loyal soldier

Dear Editor,Canada's trucking industry lost one of its loyal soldiers last month. I first met Art Joosse about 15 years ago. He made a young pup in the trucking wars feel welcome.Eventually, Art and I...

Navistar earnings exceed projections

CHICAGO, Ill. - Navistar International marked record earnings for the first six months of its fiscal year, thanks in a large part to an increase in medium-duty engine shipments.Net income for the quar...

Petro-Canada hails new ownership rules

CALGARY, Alta. - The federal government has announced plans to change the ownership rules surrounding Petro-Canada, and nobody is more pleased than the petroleum giant.The feds announced May 18 that t...

Kenworth offers instant savings

KIRKLAND, Wash. - For the fourth year in a row, Kenworth is offering a booklet containing discount coupon offers for trucking professionals. The Advantages Savings Book will be available June 1 and co...

Transcom USA continues to struggle

HOUSTON, Texas - Parts giant Transportation Components (TransCom USA) continued to struggle in the first quarter, reporting a net loss of US $63,000 on revenues of $77.8 million.Revenues for the three...

McCoy slumps

EDMONTON, Alta. - Slumping oilpatch and forestry industries and higher costs both seemed to contribute to McCoy Bros.' $2-million loss in 1999.The truck parts and service supplier collected $64.9 mill...

Spring into action

Air suspensions continue to grow in popularity and already account for about 80 to 85 per cent of Class 8 tractor suspensions and 55 to 60 per cent of trailer systems. It's easy to see why they're so ...

DDC providing engines to Ford

DETROIT, Mich. - Detroit Diesel will supply 2.5 L, 16-valve diesel engines for a Ford vehicle sold outside the U.S., the companies have announced.The direct-injected, common rail powerplants will be m...

The strength of a lightweight

You can be forgiven if you automatically assume that bigger and heavier equates to stronger and tougher. It's drilled into us from the time we're children, when we first see the comic strip with a bul...