Features

Forum to conclude meetings this month

MONTREAL, Que. - Everyone has had their say. The next step is to see what the Quebec government will do with a report on the future of the province's trucking industry, drafted by a forum that was bor...

Quebec’s diploma-granting schools focus on quality

MONTREAL, Que. - The Mack spins in the mud and slides toward a ditch. After a word with his partner, the young driver jumps from his perch, cranks down the landing gear and releases the kingpin. He sw...

Grace gone

MARKHAM, Ont. - It coughed and sputtered out of the starting gate, but Ontario's Drive Clean emissions program is now a fact of life for heavy trucks that are at least three years old.A transition per...

Slower but sure

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Trucks making the run to Vancouver Island from B.C.'s Lower Mainland will again be departing from Horseshoe Bay now that BC Ferries has decided to return C-Class conventional ferry s...

Hours-of-service concept is deeply flawed

Ever since the inception of formal Hours-of-Service regulations, there has been much controversy and debate surrounding them, and considerable discussion about how these regulations are insufficient a...

It’s time for shippers to work as partners

Ed: No other lobbyist in the trucking industry has David Bradley's profile. Love him or hate him, he never leaves any question about the stance of the associations he represents. Seldom is a major nat...

Looking overhead

It's a natural step to believe that you'll make more money by spending more time behind the wheel. That's true when you consider gross profits that come from payments based on a mileage or a percentag...

‘Sharpen your (pushrod) pencils’

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - An internal Ontario Ministry of Transportation bulletin obtained by Truck News indicates that some of the province's inspectors may not have been as accurate as they needed to b...

P.E.I. trucker won’t be charged in Quebec crash

QUEBEC CITY, Que. - A P.E.I. trucker will not be charged for a summer crash that involved 16 vehicles and killed four people on Autoroute 20 at Saint-Michel de Bellechasse, but the province's coroner'...

Hot stuff (February 01, 2000)

OTTAWA, Ont. - Members of the Bytown Fire Brigade are readying to take their show on the road. They will they spend this summer rolling coast-to-coast to celebrate the new millennium.The group will pr...

Vast majority pass on first try at test

TORONTO, Ont. - With the first wave of equipment now tested, shops are finding that truck engines built throughout the '90s are easily passing annual Drive Clean inspections. And those we contacted ar...

Tractor and trailer stolen

Crime Stoppers needs your help in solving the following crime:Some time after 6 p.m. on Dec. 31, 1999, a tractor and trailer was stolen from a Barrie, Ont. truck yard. Police responding to a fire call...

The big stick

REGINA, Sask. - Saskatchewan traffic safety officers may be speaking softly in the future, but they'll also be carrying a big stick. The provincial government recently gave in to officers' demands to ...

Truckers of a different color

After I was assigned to study racism in the trucking industry, I spent a few hours listening to Channel 19. My ears perked for any racist inference. The first session left me wondering where the racis...

Fight the gators

Next to fuel, tires represent the highest operating expense for an owner/operator. A set of 10 tires for an on-highway tractor can easily cost $3,000, so the shredded casings that line the shoulder of...