PROVINCES WILL AVOID RECESSION: FORECASTERS March 16, 2001 OTTAWA, Ont. -- Despite effects that are being felt across the trucking industry, forecasters say Canada and all th...
GROUP THREATENS VITAL TRANSPORT LINKS March 16, 2001 KINGSTON, Ont. -- A Kingston group calling itself the People's Community Union (PCU) has threatened to shut down ke...
BCTA TO REWARD TOP STUDENTS March 16, 2001 LANGLEY, B.C. -- The British Columbia Trucking Association (BCTA) is offering two scholarships worth $1,000 each to...
P.E.I. EXPANDS WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS March 16, 2001 CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. -- The P.E.I. Department of Transportation and Public Works is expanding the spring weight re...
OPEC MAY THROTTLE BACK OIL OUTPUT March 16, 2001 VIENNA, Austria -- The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is leaning toward cutting crude oil pro...
DEFECTIVE BRAKES PLAGUE TRUCKING: EXPERT REPORTS March 16, 2001 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Two reports just released by several trucking industry groups point to defective brakes as the...
TRUCKER STABBED BY HITCHHIKER March 16, 2001 CALGARY, Alta. -- A long-haul truck driver is fighting for his life at Foothills Hospital in Calgary, after he was...
MACK TO OPEN NEW DISTRIBUTION CENTER March 15, 2001 BALTIMORE, Md. -- Mack Trucks is opening a new, 314,025-sq.-ft. parts-distribution center in Elkridge, Md.
THROW AWAY CELL PHONES ARE HERE March 15, 2001 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Telespree Communications, a California company, has developed a partly disposable cell pho...
TORONTO MAYOR ASKS FOR HELP IN GARBAGE TRUCKING DISPUTE March 15, 2001 TORONTO, Ont. -- Mel Lastman, the mayor of Toronto, has asked George Bush, the U.S. President, to help force the St...
VANCOUVER’S TRANSLINK SLASHES COSTS March 15, 2001 VANCOUVER, B.C. -- TransLink has been forced to make massive cutbacks since the group's proposed vehicle levy was a...
OVERPASS CONSTRUCTION REDUCES CLEARANCE HEIGHT March 14, 2001 EDMONTON, Alta. -- Truckers driving tall rigs should expect some inconveniences on Highway 16 east, near Wabamun, a...
FORT MCMURRAY CONSIDERS INDUSTRIAL BYPASS March 14, 2001 FORT MCMURRAY, Alta -- Roads in the area of Fort McMurray, Alta. will be getting a facelift, but which projects com...
OTA GETS DEAL ON NEW YORK TOLL ROADS March 14, 2001 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) has secured a deal with the New York Motor Truck Associ...
FINES LEVIED OVER EMERGENCY WORKER PROTECTION LAW March 14, 2001 REGINA, Sask. -- A new Saskatchewan law requiring drivers to slow down when approaching emergency personnel is bein...