Celadon Canada workers enjoying company wellness project

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Celadon truckers are taking off the pounds almost as fast as they're hauling them.

Laurels for Bison: Carrier’s innovative programs recognized

WINNIPEG -- One of Canada's most forward-thinking for-hire fleets garnered even more accolades recently; this time from the Supply Chain & Logistics Association (SCL).

Safety man collects 2006 MVSA transportation award

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Randy Badiuk, manager of safety and compliance at Harold Marcus Tank Truck Service in Bothwell, Ont. is the winner of the 2007 Motor Vehicle Safety Association (MVSA) Safety to Motor Transportation Award.

Western fuel haulers accept safety awards

CALGARY -- The Canadian Petroleum Products Institute (CPPI) has recognized four of the safest petroleum transportation companies in Canada.

Armour wins prestigious Atlantic business award

MONCTON, N.B. -- One of the Maritimes' best-known truckers, Wes Armour, president and CEO of Armour Transportation Systems, has been named one of Atlantic Canada's top 50 CEOs and inducted into a corporate leadership hall of fame.

Private carrier group celebrates safest fleets, top drivers

NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont. -- A handful of special private fleets and truck drivers were honored by the Private Motor Truck Council of Canada at the group's annual conference last week.

Pete truck fixer named top diesel technician at CFMS

TORONTO -- Good heavy-duty mechanics are hard to find these days. No one knows that better than Peterbilt of Waterloo, which is lucky enough to have one of the country's best wield wrenches in its shop.

Trucking loses a buddy

ELKHORN, Wis. -- Gary King, founder of the highly successful Trucker Buddy program that has enriched the lives of more than two million school children, died Saturday after a battle with cancer and heart disease.

Scholarship established in name of trucker killed in highway tragedy

GANANOQUE, Ont. -- The memory of a truck driver who died on an Ontario highway last week will be forever preserved thanks in part to the Ontario Trucking Association.

Top Ontario truck pilots crowned

WINDSOR, Ont. -- The most skilled truck drivers in Ontario put their talents to the test last weekend in Windsor, Ont., looking for a spot at the National Truck Driving Championships in Regina, Sask. later this fall.

B.C. truckers honor their own

WHISTLER, B.C. -- Florent Foucher, general manager of Excel Transportation in Prince George, B.C. was named the recipient of the 2007 B.C. Trucking Association's Service to Industry Award at the group's annual conference in Whistler recently.

Ontario convoy drivers raise $58,000 for Special Olympics

PARIS, Ont. -- The first of the tallies are just coming in, but it looks like this past weekend's southern Ontario Convoy for Special Olympics may have set records for participation and donations received.

OTA preparing carriers for National Trucking

TORONTO -- National Trucking Week is right around the corner and the Ontario Trucking Association is helping fleets get into the spirit.

US diplomats experience border crossing from a truck cab

TORONTO -- Kriska Transportation driver and Ontario Road Knight, Peter Durant, transported more than just freight across the Windsor-Detroit border last month.

Haulin’ For the Hall: MSM wins bid to truck historic hockey artifacts

TORONTO -- The MSM Group of Companies is the official trucking and logistics company of the Hockey Hall of Fame -- the Toronto-based shrine dedicated to preserving the sport's most treasured artifacts, memorabilia and greatest achievements.