Pennsylvania groups benefit from OEM sponsorship

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. -- Mack Trucks got into the giving spirit by providing funding for a number of community projects through the 2007 Mack Community Grants Program.

Marketing veteran joins B.C. engine outfit

VANCOUVER -- Westport Innovations appointed Tony Picarello vice-president of sales and marketing of its Global Heavy-Duty Business Unit, in an effort to capitalize on the company's recent growth.

Ontario leg of world’s longest convoy comes up golden

PARIS, Ont. -- Southern Ontario's first Special Olympics Convoy was a smashing success. Part of the "World's Largest Truck Convoy" program, created in 2000 to raise money for Special Olympics athletes, the southern Ontario chapter raised proceeds of $30,000.

Canadian owner-op has love for road and rhyme

TORONTO -- One Canadian owner-op recently realized that the pen is as mighty as any 500-hp big bore engine.

APTA names industry award winners; Lee Ann McConnell honoured

SAINT JOHN - The Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association's chairperson and general manager of McConnell Transport was recently awarded the 2005 Service to the Industry Award.

Purolator named one of Canada’s most admired companies

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Purolator Courier has cracked the list of Canada's 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures of 2007.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Truck regs expert knocks speed-limiter lobby campaign

TORONTO -- The director of a consultancy group specializing in Ontario highway traffic laws says he isn't impressed with the way the controversial speed-limiter proposal in being promoted by advocates.

Goodyear names four truckers as Highway Hero finalists

AKRON, Ohio -- Truck drivers from Casselberry, Fla.; Ashford, Ala.; Conover, Ohio; and North Troy, Vt., were named finalists today for One of trucking's most prestigious awards for heroism.

Corporate takes on green test

BROOMFIELD, Colo. -- Corporate Express US and Isuzu Commercial Truck of America are taking their partnership to a new level with the testing of a prototype diesel hybrid-electric delivery truck.

International Kemptville dealer gets Lifetime Achievement honor

KEMPTVILLE, Ont. -- Gerald Tallman, dealer principal at Kemptville Truck Centre in Kemptville, Ont, has been given the Lifetime Achievement Award honor by International Truck and Engine Corp.

STA makes smart affiliation

REGINA -- The Saskatchewan Trucking Association has followed the lead of some of its members and enrolled in the SmartWay Transport Partnership.

Truck safety is more than a numbers game

LANGLEY, B.C. -- Bald tires, faulty brakes, 40 percent out of service, 70 percent taken off the road... scary "statistics" about trucks make great headlines but don't tell the whole story.

Canpar’s John Cyopeck passes away

TORONTO -- John Cyopeck, one of the trucking industry's most loved and respected ambassadors has lost his battle with brain cancer this Easter weekend. He died at home, in his sleep at the age of 61.

Westcan invests in future generations

EDMONTON, Alta. -- Westcan Bulk Transport recently put some funds into the pockets of 35 students in Western Canada.

Brave Goodyear Highway Hero saves one of his own

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Alabama truck driver Douglas Crawford was instrumental in saving the life of a fellow truck driver involved in a three-vehicle accident last summer.