GOODYEAR GETS NEW MARKETING CHIEF April 3, 2001 AKRON, Ohio -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has elected Cathryn M. Fischer, vice president and chief marketin...
TRUCK BOOK NOMINATED FOR $25,000 AWARD April 3, 2001 TORONTO, Ont. -- Professor and author Daniel Madar has been nominated for the $25,000 Donner Prize prize for his bo...
TRANSIT STRIKE TO COST TRUCKERS MILLIONS April 2, 2001 VANCOUVER, B.C. -- A public transit strike in Vancouver will grind traffic to a halt and cost trucking companies $6...
SASK. BUDGET INCLUDES $300 MILLION FOR HIGHWAYS April 2, 2001 REGINA, Sask. -- Saskatchewan's new premier, Lorne Calvert, promised to make the province's highways a priority, an...
BLITZ TO NAB THE SLOW, UNYIELDING April 2, 2001 TORONTO, Ont. -- The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is cracking down on slowpokes on Canada's busiest highways.
PETRO-CAN PICKETERS STALL TRUCKERS April 2, 2001 EDMONTON, Alta. -- A strike by Petro-Canada workers in Edmonton and Ontario could cause havoc for fuel delivery tru...
CHELSEA PLANT EARNS PAIR OF AWARDS April 2, 2001 TOLEDO, Ohio -- The Greater Memphis Association for Quality (GMAQ) has awarded Dana's Chelsea Power Take-Off (PTO)...
PUBLIC WORKERS’ STRIKE SHUTS DOWN ROCK April 2, 2001 ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. -- The government of Newfoundland and two unions representing more than 19,000 public-sector work...
MARK DALTON AUTHOR GARNERS TOP HONOR April 2, 2001 BRAMPTON, Ont. -- Be Afraid, an anthology of young adult horror stories edited by Edo van Belkom, has been selected...
DIESEL SALES DROPPED IN FEBRUARY March 30, 2001 OTTAWA, Ont. -- Statistics Canada says sales of diesel fuel totaled more than 1.7 million cubic metres in February,...
SMALL PROJECTS HIGHLIGHT POWELL RIVER PLANS March 30, 2001 POWELL RIVER, B.C. -- The highways situation on the Sunshine coast will be a little brighter this spring, thanks to...
SUDBURY LOOKS TO SLASH INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS March 30, 2001 SUDBURY, Ont. -- Blaming amalgamation costs of more than $10 million, the City of Greater Sudbury's councillors war...
TRANSLINK DEALT ANOTHER BLOW March 30, 2001 VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Ever since TransLink's proposal to charge fees to road users was shot down, the organization has...
PROVINCE MULLS HWY. 7 OPTIONS March 30, 2001 KITCHENER, Ont. -- It will be weeks or months before anyone knows where the new Hwy. 7 will ultimately be built, bu...
N.S. PUMPS $49 MILLION INTO ROADS, BRIDGES March 30, 2001 HALIFAX, N.S. -- The Hamm government of Nova Scotia has budgeted a total of $49 million, including $11 million in n...