Transportation The price you pay January 1, 2000 OTTAWA, Ont. - How much are you willing to sacrifice for financial security?A lot, it seems, if you're the typical company driver employed by a for-hire carrier in this country. The results of a recen...
Transportation Centennial offers a new tech program January 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - Centennial College's School of Transportation has unveiled a new pre-certificate for the truck and coach technician program.The theory-based course prepares uncertified tradespeople to...
Transportation GE Capital enjoys E-commerce rush January 1, 2000 MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - In just five months since its initial launch, GE Capital Fleet Services' web ordering application, located at gefleet.com, now averages more than $3 million a day in online vehicl...
Transportation Teachers get top marks January 1, 2000 Dear Editor, I passed my Class A road test and graduated from Transport Safety and Compliance Systems at their Belleville location.You may remember my letter that you printed in the November issue abo...
Transportation Keep up your good fight January 1, 2000 Dear Editor,I have been involved in the trucking industry for 20 years, the last 10 as a driver trainer.I wanted to let you know that I think you're right on the money with your column on the driver s...
Transportation Reader wants a consultant section January 1, 2000 Dear Editor, On Oct. 25 , 1999 I started a truck driving course in Belleville Ont. I had just retired from 27 years of communications with the OPP and wanted to start another career. I have always lov...
Transportation Built like a Mack Truck January 1, 2000 ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Few truck makers have enjoyed Mack Trucks' impact on popular culture. After all, "built like a Mack Truck" is synonymous for all things tough - inside or outside the trucking industry...
Transportation Paccar.com, PNV begin new union January 1, 2000 CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. - PNV, formerly Park 'N' View, is teaming with paccar.com to form a strategic marketing agreement.The announcement follows close on the heels of paccar.com's US $10-million investm...
Transportation Dana facility earns award January 1, 2000 TOLEDO, Ohio - Dana's Spicer Heavy Axle and Brake facility in Morganton, N.C., has received the 1999 North Carolina Quality Leadership Award."This award is a testament to the hard work and dedication ...
Transportation Truckers issue ultimatum: raise rates or suffer crisis January 1, 2000 Ottawa, Ont. -- Canada's largest trucking associations are calling for shippers to pay higher rates or suffer the consequences, such as the shutdowns that hit Quebec last fall.Rack prices for diesel s...
Transportation Two truckers hurt by thrown wheel January 1, 2000 GANANOQUE, Ont. - Ontario Provincial Police are looking for the driver of the westbound truck that threw a wheel on Hwy. 401, initiating a head-on collision between two other rigs."Somebody would have...
Transportation Working real horsepower January 1, 2000 GUELPH, Ont. - Ron Guest knows the true meaning of horsepower.His name was Jim. And throughout the late 1930s, Guest's horse and partner accompanied him on rounds as they delivered milk for the Credit...
Transportation IRP restricts third-party plating January 1, 2000 VANCOUVER, B.C. - The International Registration Plan's (IRP) Dispute Resolution Committee has decided it will no longer allow fleets to base plate their equipment in a third-part licensing outfit's s...
Transportation Letters wanted January 1, 2000 Truck News always welcomes letters to the editor.Feel free to send them by fax to 416-442-2092, E-mail jsmith@corporate.southam.ca, or surf to our Web site at www. trucknews.com.By regular mail, submi...
Transportation Truck News offers it all January 1, 2000 Dear Editor,I do a lot of traveling on the 401 and 402 between Toronto and Sarnia. I took a copy of your publication from my favorite truck stop (the Husky just east of London, off the 401).I wanted t...
