Economy

Air Liquide Canada taps new CEO

MONTRÉAL -- Air Liquide Group, a Paris-based global provider of industrial, medical and specialty gases, has appointed Luc Doyon, currently president and chief operating officer to the position of CEO of Air Liquide Canada.

PMTC looking for safest, most eye-catching fleets

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- The 2008 Private Motor Truck Council of Canada Awards Programs opened for entries on February 1st.

Former Gardewine GM, MTA president passes

WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba Trucking Association is wishing condolences to family and friends of George Friesen, who passed away in January at the age of 84.

Taxing process closer to favoring Canadians

TORONTO -- The Ontario Trucking Association's effort to gain reciprocity for Canadian cross-border carriers currently subject to the new Michigan Business Tax (MBT) took a big step forward.

Coquihalla still closed: reports

KAMLOOPS, B.C. -- As of early this morning, a major stretch of the Coquihalla Highway in B.C. remained closed to traffic.

MSM Transportation named to Platinum Club – again

BOLTON, Ont. -- For the fifth straight year, MSM Transportation has been named to the Platinum Club of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies award program, honoring sustained excellence and leadership in Canadian business.

Ice road on the rocks?

YELLOWKNIFE -- Global warming is supposedly melting away the Arctic's ice roads. But fossil fuels can't be blamed if this particular ice route in the N.W. T. is soon history.

Million dollar club loses members in 2Q of ’07

TORONTO -- There were an estimated 3,482 Canadian for-hire trucking companies with annual revenues of $1 million or more in the second quarter of 2007, down from 3,570 carriers in the second quarter of 2006.

Court rules that rental trailers not subject to 407 tolls

TORONTO -- The company that owns the private highway north of Toronto may have to reimburse millions of dollars in fees after an Ontario judge ruled against how the company collects tolls for trailers.

Ice Road Truckers may get boost to the big screen

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- Looking to cash in on the popularity of the History Channel's breakthrough series on ice road truckers, Twentieth Century Fox has secured the rights to spin the premise of the reality show into an action feature film, the Hollywood gossip magazine Variety reports.

Coquihalla stays closed indefinitely; Hwy 97 also shut down

HOPE, B.C. -- A major stretch of the Coquihalla between Hope and Merritt, B.C. will more than likely remain closed for the rest of the week, transportation officials told local media.

Gov’t watchdog report balks at P3 highway plans

ARLINGTON, Va. -- The American Trucking Associations is applauding the findings of the Government Accountability Office's just-released report on highway public-private partnerships,

CPR, Consolidated Fastfrate extend intermodal marriage for 10 more years

TORONTO -- Canadian Pacific and longtime trucking partner Consolidated Fastfrate announced a new $500 million agreement that extends their existing contract for another decade.

Road work lowers infrastructure age; but bridges still deteriorating

OTTAWA -- Investments in Canada's bridges and overpasses has been below the level required to hold their age constant -- with Quebec housing the most structures beyond their useful life, according to a report by Stats Canada.

Lots of Canadians asleep at the wheel

TORONTO -- Driving while tired is more common than driving under the influence and is a much bigger problem than previously believed, according to a recent report on highway safety.