Manitoba group to hold seminar on terrorism and trucking

WINNIPEG (July 4, 2002) — The Manitoba Trucking Association, Lowndes Lambert Insurance Brokers, and Marsh Canada will host a day-long seminar and workshop on steps truck fleet managers can take to prevent their vehicles from being used in acts of terrorism.

The event will take place July 23 at McPhillips Street Station in Winnipeg from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The cost is $20; the registration deadline is July 15.

Instructors will be from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Operation Pipeline/Convoy. The seminar will focus on the identification and interdiction of a “threat” before an incident or a suspect truck enters a workplace or community.

For information, contact the MTA at 204/632-6600.


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