LACK OF UNIFORM SAFETY RULES FOR TRUCKS ANGERS MINISTER March 13, 2001 OTTAWA, Ont. -- Transportation Minister David Collenette says he is fed up with the lack of consistency in how truc...
B.C. BRIDGES TO BE RECONSTRUCTED March 13, 2001 VICTORIA, B.C. - The Sachs Bridge on Moresby Island and the Tlell River Bridge on Graham Island will be getting a f...
CANADA CUSTOMS OFFICE CHANGES HOURS March 13, 2001 TOLSTOI, Man. -- The Canada Customs office located here has officially begun to operate under reduced hours of serv...
HIGH-TECH PARTNERSHIP PROVIDES TRACKING SOLUTIONS March 12, 2001 QUEBEC CITY, Que. - GeoCom TMS has teamed up with high-tech firm, Telegeotrak Technologies, to provide an efficient...
SASK. TPP SET TO SPEND $2.6 MILLION March 12, 2001 REGINA, Sask. - Saskatchewan's Transportation Partnership Program Fund (TPP) has yielded $2.6 million in uncommitte...
FORMER DINA CHAIRMAN DIES March 12, 2001 MEXICO CITY, Mexico -- Dina, the Latin American truck maker that is almost came to Canada through a deal with Weste...
P.E.I. DRIVER SCHOOL GETS CTHRC ACCREDITATION March 12, 2001 SLEMON PARK, P.E.I. -- The Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council (CTHRC) has handed out accreditation to Slemon...
NOISEBRAKER SILENCES EXHAUST, ENGINE BRAKE March 12, 2001 LAKE FOREST, IL -- According to Tenneco Automotive, its new Walker NoiseBraker is a true high-efficiency muffler de...
CRASH PILES INTO MULTI-VEHICLE ACCIDENTS March 12, 2001 OTTAWA, Ont. -- The anti-truck group CRASH is blaming several recent weather-related, multi-vehicle accidents on On...
CTA, CANADIAN MUNICIPALITIES SEEKING HIGHWAY PLAN March 12, 2001 SHERBROOKE, Que. -- The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) and the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) have a...
HOGTOWN COUNCILOR CALLS FOR TOLLED DVP March 12, 2001 TORONTO, Ont. -- Toronto City councilor Paul Sutherland is proposing adding four toll lanes to the Don Valley Parkw...
OTA TAKES THE RISK OUT OF HR March 9, 2001 TORONTO, Ont. -- Human resources-related problems can cost a fleet its chance at profitability; Ontario Trucking As...
STATE MAY KICK TORONTO’S TRASH OUT March 9, 2001 ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Legislators in Michigan have introduced a bill to ban Toronto's garbage from being trucked to i...
ICBC COMPLAINTS ON THE RISE March 9, 2001 LANGLEY, B.C. - The British Columbia Trucking Association (BCTA) has been receiving more complaints than usual abou...
SASK. EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AS YET UNPROTECTED March 8, 2001 REGINA, Sask. -- Truck drivers may soon need to slow down when approaching emergency vehicles at the sides of Saska...