CN Strike Update: Atlantic port workers refuse to picket

HALIFAX -- Once again the United Transportation Union (UTU) does not have complete member solidarity as a Halifax UTU local says it won't participate in rotating strikes if ordered to by head office.

Manitoba Public Insurance to subsidize truck driver training

WINNIPEG -- Manitoba Public Insurance announced that will invest $5 million in a truck driver training.

CN Strike Update: Union decries back-to-work law; Railway calls stalemate

OTTAWA -- The Conservative government in Ottawa says it'll fast-track previously introduced back-to-work legislation to end a renewed strike by CN workers, just as railway declared a national agreement with the fragmented United Transportation Union could never be reached.

CPX named one of best employers in Canada

SURREY, B.C. -- One of Canada's most innovative trucking companies on labor issues has been recognized by a leading business magazine.

End users may be on the hook for trailer guard condition

TORONTO -- Last time we went through this, it was the Yanks introducing a new under-ride guard for trailers. In 1998, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) introduced

N.B. greenlights permits for 4-axle semis

FREDERICTON, N.B. -- New special permits for four-axle semi-trailers transporting dry bulk products will be issued to the trucking industry in New Brunswick, the province's Transport Minister Denis Landry announced.

SPECIAL REPORT: EOBR rule needs a lot of work, commentators say

TORONTO -- The U.S. DOT's controversial plan to mandate EOBRs (electronic on-board recorders) for repeat hours-of-service violators is far from perfect, most commentators say.

Will you still need me when I’m 65? BC says yes

VICTORIA -- B.C. is following in the footsteps of Ontario and other provinces in introducing legislation that bans mandatory retirement for workers 65 and over.

Strike On: CP workers walk off the tracks

CALGARY -- White collar CP Rail managers have tool belts hanging from their waists today after the railway dispatched them to take over for 1,300 inspectors and maintenance workers that walked of the job.

Rail Strike Part Deux? CP headed for disruption this week

OTTAWA -- Weeks after getting back on track from a major CN Rail disruption in March, some shippers may soon be bracing for another strike -- this time by workers at Canadian Pacific.

New trip inspection rules take effect in six weeks

TORONTO -- Ontario is adopting the new National Safety Code standards for daily vehicle inspections, the Ontario Trucking Association confirms.

SPECIAL REPORT: CP strike shackles intermodal; Strike heating up

TORONTO -- Tensions are escalating between CP Rail and 3,200 picketing workers as the three-day rail strike heads into the weekend.

CP Strike Update: railway seeks injunctions against pickets

VANCOUVER -- Lawyers for CP Rail were back in court today trying to get injunctions against striking workers at vital intermodal terminals.

Tractor-trailer crashes prove costly: FMCSA study

WASHINGTON -- A single truck crash in the U.S. costs nearly $100,000. The bill for longer tractor-trailer accidents, however, costs significantly more, according to a new study commissioned by the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration.

CPR Strike Update: Court tells western pickets to move out of the way

VANCOUVER -- Striking CP Rail employees picketing at intermodal yards in Calgary and Vancouver have been ordered by the courts not to hold up trucks trying to unload or pick up containers.