SelecTrucks sponsors KRTS training trucks

CALEDONIA, Ont. -- SelecTrucks is sponsoring a 2004 Classic and a 2004 Columbia Freightliner with KRTS Transportation Specialists Inc.

Mirrors: Foresight for Better Hindsight

A look at the latest advancements in mirrors

Quebec MP named transport minister

OTTAWA, Ont. -- Canada has a new federal transportation minister. Lawrence Cannon, an MP from Pontiac, Que. was given the Transport, Infrastructure and Communities portfolio when new PM Stephen Harper named his first Conservative Party cabinet yesterday.

Why MacKinnon’s B-trains are Heavyweight Champs

MacKinnon Transport's nine-axle B-trains

CTA welcomes new federal cabinet

OTTAWA -- The Canadian Trucking Alliance is congratulating and welcoming new cabinet members of Stephen Harper's Conservative government and looks forward to working with its ministers in the upcoming Parliament.

Canadian Kenworth salesman wins ‘walk-around’ competition

KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Jim Bednar, truck salesman for Custom Truck Sales in Winnipeg, Man., captured the Canadian title in Kenworth's T800 Walk-Around Sales Competition.

Northern ice roads looking more solid

WINNIPEG -- More seasonal winter temperatures in northern parts of the Prairies is welcome news to isolated communities that have watched supplies deplete over the last few weeks.

One of Those Days…

Reasons for rollovers

Canadian Castrol distributor names new HD manager

TORONTO -- Wakefield Canada has appointed Mark Pagnanelli to the position of heavy-duty marketing manager.

International AWARE of telematics solution

WARRENVILLE, Ill. -- International Truck and Engine's telematics solution for buses, and commercial vehicles has won the company Frost & Sullivan's 2006 Industry Innovation and Advancement of the Year Award in the medium-heavy truck original equipment market.

How to Make a Graceful Exit

I want our exit interviews to be more productive. Any ideas?

And now one from the irony department …

BRANDON, Man. -- A truck crash gave a load of cows a frightful look into a crystal ball this weekend, as the cattleliner they were being hauled in hit another tractor-trailer moving hamburger.

Celadon wins back-to-back safety awards

INDIANAPOLIS -- For a second consecutive year, Celadon Trucking Services has been announced as the first-place winner of the Truckload Carriers Association's National Fleet Safety Award among carriers that haul more than 100 million miles annually.

Light Duty Gets Tough

Automatic transmissions for light-duty trucks

Schneider acquiring American Overseas Air Freight

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Schneider Logistics has signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire American Overseas Air Freight, an international freight forwarder and a licensed U.S. Customs Broker.