MANAGEMENT BUYS OUT HIGHLAND TRANSPORT April 11, 2001 MARKHAM, Ont. -- A group of Highland Transport executives have joined with TriWest Capital Partners of Calgary to b...
DRIVER HOSPITALIZED AFTER TRUCK BLAZE April 11, 2001 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- An unidentified 28-year-old truck driver is in hospital today with serious injuries after a my...
MORE BORDER HASSLES FOR B.C. TRUCKERS April 11, 2001 SURREY, B.C. -- The elimination of 2ITN PARS bar codes and manifests is causing headaches for some trucking compani...
NFLD. GETS REGULATED FUEL PRICES April 11, 2001 ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. -- The Province of Newfoundland has introduced a bill to regulate fuel prices that includes fines...
BANKRUPTCIES DECLINE, BUT LIABILITIES SKYROCKET April 11, 2001 OTTAWA, Ont. -- Industry Canada reports that while the number of bankruptcies in Canada is dropping, the size of fi...
TRANSPORT CANADA LAUNCHES MONTREAL ROAD WORK PLAN April 11, 2001 MONTREAL, Que. -- Transport Canada will soon be holding meetings to discuss the building of two new bridges and 14k...
B.C. TO BUILD ALL-WEATHER ROAD TO NISGA’A VILLAGES April 11, 2001 KINCOLITH, B.C. -- The B.C. Transportation Financing Authority has inked a contractor to build a two-lane, 50-km/h...
TED SMITH NAMED GLOBAL’S DRIVER OF THE YEAR April 11, 2001 TORONTO, Ont. -- Toronto-based Global Driver Services recently held their 25th Annual Driver Awards Night and Ted S...
RTAC ROAD RESTRICTIONS CONCERN MTA April 11, 2001 WINNIPEG, Man. -- Spring thaw restrictions have been placed on some of Manitoba's well-traveled RTAC routes, and th...
ONTARIO GROUPS OPPOSE HWY. EXPANSION April 11, 2001 MARKHAM, Ont. -- Opponents of the 407 Electronic Toll Road are calling on senior levels of government to launch ext...
RAILWAYS NEED A TAX BREAK: RAIL GROUP April 11, 2001 VICTORIA, B.C. -- Arguing that trucking gets a free ride when it comes to using infrastructure, a railway group is...
PC*MILER ADDED TO GEONAV TRACKING AND MESSAGING April 11, 2001 QUEBEC CITY, Que. -- GeoCom TMS has integrated PC*MILER's functions into its transport management solution, GeoNav.
QUICK THINKING TRUCKER AVERTS DISASTER April 10, 2001 SOUIX NARROWS, Ont. -- When the driver of a Derouard sawdust truck heading north on Hwy. 71 last Saturday, saw a ga...
SIU MAKES APPEAL FOR COLLISION WITNESSES April 10, 2001 CORNWALL, Ont. -- The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is looking for anyone who witnessed a high-speed chase invo...
U.S. DOT GETS BUDGETARY BOOST April 10, 2001 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has secured funding totaling US$59.5 billion in Pre...