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Highway cash, tax cuts and rebate highlight budget

TORONTO, Ont. - Ontario has unveiled a balanced budget that eliminates sales taxes on insurance premiums and warranty repairs, increases spending on provincial highways, and lowers corporate income ta...

OPERATION AIR BRAKE

October 1999 resultsPROVINCENo. of brakes% of brakesinspectedout of adjustmentOntario...

Roll With It

Tires represent one of the largest cost areas for fleets but that also means they offer one of the greatest opportunities for cost savings. The challenge is to work smarter not harder in finding those...

ATA forum to chart future of safety

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) will sponsor a one-day conference in late April to help chart the future of the U.S. truck safety rating process.The U.S. Court of Appeals struck down the old ...

College brings management program to Net

SCARBOROUGH, Ont. - Centennial College has launched a new transportation management program that will be delivered exclusively on the Web through eCollege.com.The program has been designed specificall...

Manufacturers’shipments drop

OTTAWA, Ont. - Manufacturers' shipments dropped 1.8 per cent in February to $43 billion, following three months of healthy growth. Slower business in the auto, fabricated metal products, and electrica...

Major players to study E-business

TOLEDO, Ohio - Six major industry suppliers have joined together to study business-to-business Internet-enabled technologies.The companies involved - Dana Corp., Eaton Corp., Valeo S.A., TRW Inc., Mot...

Meritor abandons FleetWorks.com Internet venture

TROY, Mich.- Meritor Automotive is pulling out of FleetWorks.com, the business-to-business (B2B) Internet-based venture the company was spearheading for the commercial truck parts aftermarket.FleetWor...

Manitoba driver garners top trucker honors

WINNIPEG, Man. - There must be something in the diesel they pour around Winnipeg. Perhaps it's in the coffee they pour in the truck stops. But whatever the reason, truckers from the region have now co...

Port plan put off

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Container drivers who are awaiting a permanent licensing system for those who truck through the Port of Vancouver may have to wait until this fall to see a new system put in place, e...

Fuel prices cited in suicide

TRURO, N.S. - A 36-year-old Newfoundland trucker hanged himself from his truck's exhaust stacks in early April, leaving behind a suicide note that complained of personal problems and the high price of...

Volvo buys Mack, Renault truck businesses

GREENSBORO, S.C. -- Mack's famous bulldog has a new master.Volvo AB has taken control of North America's oldest trucking company, acquiring century-old Mack Trucks with its US $2-billion takeover of p...

French goods

MONTREAL, Que. - While Transport Canada pushes forward with plans to clear up the language surrounding Transportation of Dangerous Goods regulations, Quebec is planning an even-stricter approach with ...

Growing concerns

WHITBY, Ont. - Although the passion that marked its early days seems to have subsided, the fledgling National Truckers Association (NTA) took a few more steps last month toward its dream of becoming a...

O/Os need to be better compensated

We're facing a fundamental economic problem within our industry.Canada's shippers (our customers) have too much economic leverage, carriers are only too willing to cut rates and give away services, an...