Appetite for 18 Wheels of Christmas continues to grow

CALGARY -- As people continue to tighten their belts, 18 Wheels of Christmas has expanded its reach.

MSM celebrates 20 years on the road

BOLTON, Ont. -- MSM Transportation, a leading provider of commercial trucking and expedited freight services, today commemorated its 20th anniversary by outlining its guiding principles for success in commercial trucking.

MacKinnon driver tops in Ontario

TORONTO -- On the strength of 2.6 million collision-free kilometres, Jim Coles was named the 2009 Ontario Trucking Association - Volvo Trucks Canada Driver of The Year.

ECL driver hero saves tyke

TORONTO -- There's a two-and-a-half-year-old girl running around the Northwest Territories who wouldn't be alive today if it hadn't been for the courage and fast action of ECL driver Robert O'Brien, of Cape Broyle, Nfld.

Education foundation thanks trucking industry for contributions

TORONTO -- In spite of the economic downturn, the Ontario Trucking Association Education Foundation is calling its 50-50 campaign a success.

OTA’s Montague gets prestigious industry award

TORONTO -- Longtime technical guru for the Ontario Trucking Association, Barrie Montague, is the recipient of the 2009 Shaw Tracking-OTA Service to Industry Award.

THSAO honors FedEx Ground trucker

OTTAWA -- Owner-operator Gary Norris has been named Driver of the Year by the Transportation Health and Safety Association of Ontario's Fleet safety Council.

N.S. truck inspectors shoring up holes cited in AG report

HALIFAX -- Truck enforcement officials in Nova Scotia say they have addressed concerns cited in an Auditor General report released last summer, which blasted the transportation department's management of the truck inspection system

Bison driver honored for 2-million safe miles

WINNIPEG -- Roger Maltman, a driver with Winnipeg's Bison Transport, has reached 2 million accident free consecutive safe driving miles with the company.

Six million crash-free klicks nets trucker prestigious award

MONCTON, N.B. -- Newfoundland driver Stewart Finnamore of Atlantic Pacific Transport has been named the 2009 Canadian Trucking Alliance/Volvo Trucks Canada National Driver of the Year.

Trucking, good deeds, wrestling and all that Jazz

LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- If you're in the States any time over the next few months and spot a 16-year-old blonde in sunglasses, sneakers, and headset trotting alongside the highway, you should know that what you're looking at is simply goodness in motion.

ArvinMeritor top remanufacturer of 2009

LAS VEGAS -- ArvinMeritor was named Heavy Duty Remanufacturer of the Year for 2009 by the Heavy Duty Remanufacturing Group (HDRG) of the Automotive Parts Remanufacturers Association (APRA).

Shadow Lines provides a ray of hope

LANGLEY, B.C. -- One of Rob Reid's latest investments isn't going to make Shadow Lines Transportation any money, but it'll help him sleep better at night, along with countless others.

Olympic-sized haul for trucker bros

VANCOUVER -- Leonard and Bruce Magill have two lifetimes of trucking between them, but they say no haul compares to their most recent gig.

Snow at Winter Games? Great idea!

VANCOUVER -- The universe is unfolding as it should when a trucker makes money because somebody else didn't do their homework.