Alberta carriers honor drivers, dispatcher & their own

BANFF, Alta. -- The safest person in Alberta trucking for 2007 is Frank Garret of Mullen Trucking, according to the province's largest trucking association.

CTA looks west for leadership; new officers named

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Bruno Muller, CEO of tanker carrier Caron Transportation Systems of Sherwood Park, Alta, has been named chairman of the

MacKinnon man named top fleet maintenance supervisor

TORONTO -- Richard Sharpe, 47, was taken completely by surprise yesterday when he was named Canada's Maintenance Manager of the Year during the wind-up luncheon of the Canadian Fleet Maintenance Seminar (CFMS).

Texas O/O takes home the trophy of all trophies

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Truett Novosad held off six other finalists and took home the 2007 Truck-Lite Trophy from the National Association of Show Trucks (NAST).

1-800-You’re Busted: Mountie and fleet rewarded for highway vigilance

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. -- A Manitoba Mountie who frequently gets his man has been recognized by the RCMP and the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) for helping make our highway network a safer place to truck.

Highway STAR always there when needed

TORONTO -- This year's highwaySTAR of the Year award was open to company drivers for the first time, but when the judging was done, owner-operator Dale Hadland earned the nod.

Is This Much Fun Legal? Reports from the summer’s biggest truckshows

TORONTO --Two summer weekends, two great gatherings. Two feasts for the many thousands of show-hungry people who make a living in the trucking industry or who just plain love trucks. And maybe beer.

Why Ray Rules: Canadian driver named Trucker Buddy of the month

AYR, Ont. -- A Liberty Linehaul driver named Ray White has been accused and found guilty of actually making grade-four geography fun.

Canadian cream of Con-way’s crop

BRAMPTON, Ont. -- With more than 450 operating locations across North America, it takes something special to be recognized as one of Con-way's top employees and an Ontario logistics manager can boast just that.

MTA bestows assortment of trucking awards; Vic Switzer honored

WINNIPEG -- Manitoba's best dispatcher, driver, and a couple other industry vets were recently honored by the Manitoba Trucking Association.

OTA accepting applicants for scholarship to benefit injured driver’s kin

TORONTO -- The OTA Education Foundation is inviting qualified individuals to apply for a scholarship announced last year by the Ontario Trucking Association to aid one university or college student who is a son or daughter of a professional truck driver who has been killed or seriously injured while driving a commercial vehicle on the job.

Highway Hero saved teenage girl

TORONTO -- There's a teenage girl alive today, somewhere in the Toronto area, because a truck driver named Tim Ferguson, who drives for Guelph, Ont.,-based Mackinnon Transport, saved her life.

Winnipeg contingent scores big at Shell SuperRigs

WALCOTT, IOWA -- Winnipeg-based owner-operator, Ryan Danylchuk has captured the "Best of Show" at the 26th annual Shell Rotella SuperRigs competition.

SLH driver leads list of OTA honourees

TORONTO -- Jeffrey MacLean, a professional driver with SLH Transport in Vaughan, Ont., has been named the 2007 OTA/Volvo Trucks Canada Driver of the Year.

Sask Special Olympics Convoy a rolling success

SASKATOON -- Joining several other Canadian provinces for the first time, Saskatchewan held its Special Olympics Truck Convoy recently. And now that the numbers are in, organizers can boast of its huge success.