Transportation Feeding the need January 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - Canadians are going hungry and Aynsley Morris has 231 pallets of free Kraft Dinner. She just has to get the food bank staple to them.While the donated food is sitting in a Montreal war...
Transportation The price you pay January 1, 2000 OTTAWA, Ont. - How much are you willing to sacrifice for financial security?A lot, it seems, if you're the typical company driver employed by a for-hire carrier in this country. The results of a recen...
Transportation Liberals want to spend $7.5 billion on roads January 1, 2000 OTTAWA, Ont. - While the Liberal-dominated finance committee is calling on the federal government to slash taxes by $46 billion between now and 2004, it also suggests that it's time to re-invest in Ca...
Transportation International enjoys record operating income January 1, 2000 CHICAGO, Ill. - Navistar International Corp. reports its net income for the fourth quarter and full fiscal year were the second highest in company history, while operating income for the year set a ne...
Transportation Meyers honored for OTA service January 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - Meyers Transport president Evan Meyers has been honored by his peers with Ontario's Trailmobile Service to Industry Award for his contribution to the trucking industry.Meyers, who chai...
Transportation Centennial offers a new tech program January 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - Centennial College's School of Transportation has unveiled a new pre-certificate for the truck and coach technician program.The theory-based course prepares uncertified tradespeople to...
Transportation Two truckers hurt by thrown wheel January 1, 2000 GANANOQUE, Ont. - Ontario Provincial Police are looking for the driver of the westbound truck that threw a wheel on Hwy. 401, initiating a head-on collision between two other rigs."Somebody would have...
Transportation Trucks boast strong safety record in Ontario January 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - The Ontario Trucking Association is again calling for the better training of car drivers, with the release of the province's annual report on road safety showing that car drivers are m...
Transportation Plan to be safe January 1, 2000 I don't know of any professional driver who actually goes to work planning to be unsafe. And most fleets try to do a good job in the arena of safety.According to a recent American Trucking Association...
Transportation Tests shedding light on ABS warning systems January 1, 2000 This winter's road testing of as many as 100 combination vehicles with the sometimes-controversial PLC4Trucks integrated circuit chip should help establish the reliability of the device, which is supp...
Transportation New CVOR system is a cut above the past January 1, 2000 I have to hand it to the trucking industry and the Ontario Ministry of Transportation for developing the new and improved CVOR (Commercial Vehicle Operating Record) and its associated carrier abstract...
Transportation Winnipeg set to allow RTAC equipment weights January 1, 2000 WINNIPEG, Man. - The city elders here have finally approved intra-city movements of RTAC equipment, so all that stands between one set of weight thresholds across all of Manitoba is for the new bylaw ...
Transportation Alberta fatigue pilot to start by April January 1, 2000 CALGARY, Alta. - The Alberta Trucking Industry Safety Association (ATISA) says its fatigue management pilot project is almost ready to begin, looking for a way to manage driver fatigue beyond traditio...
Transportation The lucky drove during the hungry ’30s January 1, 2000 CALGARY, Alta. - Today many truckers complain the rates are too low, but Lyle Lebbert can remember driving during the Great Depression when people drove truck for free."It went with the times, everybo...
Transportation Working real horsepower January 1, 2000 GUELPH, Ont. - Ron Guest knows the true meaning of horsepower.His name was Jim. And throughout the late 1930s, Guest's horse and partner accompanied him on rounds as they delivered milk for the Credit...
