Private association looking for award nominees

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- The safest fleets, the most professional truckers, and the eye-candy splashed on the side of your trailer. That's what the Private Motor Truck Council of Canada is looking for when it gives out a series of awards at its annual conference later this year.

IdleAire power shore being fitted at 50 TA locations

WESTLAKE, Ohio -- TravelCenters of America has announced that idling-reduction technology will be installed at 50 TA locations over the next 15 months, following a recent partnership agreement with IdleAire Technologies.

Road weight restrictions lifted in NS

HALIFAX -- Weight restrictions in eight Nova Scotia counties are being removed today. The province's Transportation department has announced those counties as Halifax, Hants, Kings, Annapolis, Digby, Yarmouth, Shelburne, Queens and Lunenburg. Individual roads in those counties could still be posted for lower weights, however. Restrictions will also remain in effect in the rest of the province until further notice.

Klein names new transport-infrastructure minister

EDMONTON -- Outgoing Alberta Premier Ralph Klein has shuffled his cabinet for likely the last time this week, appointing a new transportation minister in the process.

Sea-to-Sky highway work continues despite protests

VANCOUVER -- B.C.'s transport minister says protesting residents and environmental activists won't deter the province's plan to continue the $600-million Sea-to-Sky Highway project.

e-logistics firm ViaSafe bought by Descartes software company

WATERLOO, Ont. -- Business software firm Descartes Systems Group has acquired Ottawa-based ViaSafe Inc., a private company that develops secure electronic logistics services for traders.

Manitoba flooding closes main Winnipeg-U.S. route

MORRIS, Man. -- The main highway artery between Winnipeg and North Dakota is still closed as emergency crews continue to clean up a flood that put much of Hwy. 75 underwater.

Union wants fewer driving hours than national standard for log truckers

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. -- Log truckers in B.C.'s northern Interior won't be driving an extra hour if the United Steelworkers union has any say in the matter.

SKF Receives 2005 NAPA Service Excellence Award

MONTREAL -- SKF, a global supplier of bearing and elastomeric products, recently received the 2005 Service Excellence Award from NAPA Canada during a reception in Montreal.

Celadon appoints two VPs

INDIANAPOLIS -- Celadon Group Inc. has announced the appointment of two vice presidents for its trucking services division.

ATA allowed intervention in latest HOS challenge

WASHINGTON -- The American Trucking Associations has won the right to intervene in Public Citizen's latest challenge to the FMCSA newest hours-of-service rules.

Quebec Trans-Canada fixes nice, but APTA wants twinning instead

DIEPPE, N.B. -- The new executive director of the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association says that while he appreciates yesterday's announcement between Quebec and New Brunswick to upgrade portions of the Trans Canada and Route 20, he would like to see La belle Province to make a stronger commitment to twinning its share of the major highway.

Can-Am officials to talk about NA shortsea shipping strategy

OTTAWA -- Industry, stakeholders and members of the international community are meeting in Vancouver today and tomorrow for the "North American Marine Conference -- Towards a Shortsea Shipping Strategy for the North American Continent."

Kenworth Names 2006 Dealer Council Members

KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Kenworth Truck Company has named its 2006 Kenworth Dealer Council members, including one facility in Saskatchewan.

Red River flooding closes Manitoba border

WINNIPEG -- Canada Border Services is reporting that the Gretna, Man. border crossing on Provincial Trunk Highway 30 is still closed to Canada-bound traffic because of flooding over the last week in southern Manitoba, North Dakota and Minnesota.