MTA calls highway, bridge improvements top priority for province

WINNIPEG, Man. -- The Manitoba Trucking Association (MTA) has identified the repair and improvement of provincial highways and bridges as a top priority in a meeting yesterday with the Honourable Steven Fletcher, Minister of State (Transport)...

Sylvite Transportation opens new, larger B.C. terminal

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. -- Sylvite Transportation has opened a larger terminal in British Columbia. The facility will consolidate Sylvite’s operations in Abbotsford and Chilliwack.

Police say they’ve found truck involved in fatal hit and run

BRAMPTON, Ont. -- The Ontario Provincial Police have located the truck suspected of being involved in a fatal hit and run earlier this week, but the driver remains at large.

OTA donates $4K to Crime Stoppers; hopes to help catch trucker involved in hit and run

TORONTO, Ont. -- The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) is making a $4,000 donation to Crime Stoppers in an effort to help find the trucker believed to have been involved in a fatal hit and run on the QEW west of Toronto this week.

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Peterbilt to host Customer Experience in Montreal

MONTREAL, Que. -- Peterbilt has announced it’s hosting a series of Customer Experience events this year, including one in Canada.

2009 O/O of the Year honours long-time trucker killed on duty

CALGARY, Alta. -- While most Calgarians’ focus was on the 100th anniversary of the Calgary Stampede, a group of truckers was forming a convoy to honour a colleague whose truck was slammed into at a dangerous highway intersection northeast...

Canadian spot market freight index down m-o-m, y-o-y in June

TORONTO, Ont. -- Canadian spot market freight saw its second best month of 2012 in June, but was down both month-over-month and year-over-year, according to the latest data from TransCore.

Fontaine to open dedicated auto-hauler modification business

GAINESVILLE, Ga. -- Fontaine Modification is launching a new business segment dedicated to modifying tractors for auto-hauling purposes.

OPP asks for help finding tractor involved in fatal hit and run

BEAMSVILLE, Ont. -- The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) is urging members to help the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) to track down a transport truck involved in a fatal hit and run yesterday.

Eaton bags largest single fleet order for UltraShift Plus transmissions

KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- Eaton is celebrating what it says is its largest single fleet order for UltraShift Plus transmissions.

Canada and the U.S. launch new technology to reduce border wait times

FORT ERIE, Ont. – New technology is to be installed at the Peace and Queenston-Lewiston Bridges to make for faster border crossings, Canada’s attorney general, Rob Nicholson, announced yesterday.

Detroit-Windsor crossing shut again after bogus bomb threat

DETROIT, Mich.-- For the second time in four days, traffic between Canada and the US was snarled at Detroit-Windsor due to a bogus bomb threat.

Durham Hino hosts BBQ to celebrate facility renovations

PICKERING, Ont. -- Durham Hino Truck and Equipment hosted its first annual Customer Care Clinic and Appreciation Day BBQ on June 20 to commemorate its newly renovated facility.

OOIDA files lawsuit against FMCSA over safety record database

GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. -- The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) has filed a complaint with the US District Court for the District of Columbia against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration with regard to its...