Transportation In harmony with the highway January 1, 2000 BRIGHTON, Ont. - Bettina Schwarze may carry the badge of an OPP constable, but truckers along the Hwy. 401 corridor in Eastern Ontario know her by her CB handle of Goldielocks.With a Class A licence i...
Transportation Production boom won’t quit January 1, 2000 OTTAWA, Ont. - Propelled by strong foreign demand, Canadian industry is churning out goods at an almost record pace.In the third quarter, producers were at 86 per cent production capacity - their high...
Transportation People (January 01, 2000) January 1, 2000 Detroit Diesel Corp. will move Robert Allran into the role of executive vice-president of engineering and operations, effective January. Allran will assume the engineering responsibilities currently h...
Transportation Q:; What New Year’s resolutions should the trucking industry make ? January 1, 2000 REDCLIFF, Alta. - This is traditionally the time of year to set goals for personal improvement for the coming year.As an industry, the Canadian trucking community enjoyed a successful 1999 on the whol...
Transportation Quebec’s guide January 1, 2000 MONTREAL, Que. - The phrase "contract guidelines" has a nice ring to it, but the plan by ComCar and the Ontario Trucking Association to introduce them in Ontario hasn't a prayer of succeeding. At leas...
Transportation take heart January 1, 2000 The highest diesel prices since the Gulf War are pummeling the industry's thin profit margins and have made for an inauspicious start to the new milennium. But take heart. The worst may be over.Diesel...
Transportation Future crossings should be faster, easier January 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - New technologies and approaches to border crossings currently being considered by governments on both sides of the 49th promise to make transborder hauls a much less time-consuming and...
Transportation Orion deal bolsters Western Star stock January 1, 2000 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Western Star Truck Holdings Ltd. saw its shares rise $1.50 to $26 in one day, with more than 12,000 shares changing hands. The fuel for the run on stock came from word that Orion B...
Transportation Cancom is set to offer the latest in-cab technology January 1, 2000 Cancom is bringing onboard computing to Canada with Qualcomm's newest in-cab technology, the MVPc.The computer, co-developed by Qualcomm and Symbol Technologies Inc., is designed to integrate with Qua...
Transportation Westport tech is ‘cost effective’ January 1, 2000 VANCOUVER, B.C. - The Canadian-made technology that substitutes natural gas for diesel fuel has been deemed in a government report to be the "most cost-effective" technology to reduce greenhouse gas e...
Transportation Back when truckin’ was fun: the ’70s January 1, 2000 BOMANVILLE, Ont. - For many people, the golden age of truck driving was the 1970s. Rates were relatively high, fines were low and a trucker's wandering lifestyle seemed perfect for enjoying a decade k...
Transportation Report suggests options to improve emissions January 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - The need for better driver training and an industry code of conduct to drive in a fuel-efficient way topped the list of recommendations by the Transportation Table on Climate Change.Th...
Transportation Crime stoppers (January 01, 2000) January 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) has fed $25,000 to Crime Stoppers as part of a new three-pronged strategy to help combat cargo theft in the province."The rise of equipment and c...
Transportation 50-year journey nears its end January 1, 2000 REXDALE, Ont. - Paul Clancy is about to take a break after 50 years at the wheel - 40 of which he has spent as an owner/operator.He's retiring from the world of High-Tech Express. And he's retiring fr...
Transportation Three Canucks crack list of TCA award finalists January 1, 2000 BOMANVILLE, Ont. - The U.S.-based Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has announced the finalists for its 1999 Independent Contractor and Company Equipment Driver of the Year awards, and it includes ...
