Transportation Training choices on line with many programs January 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - Training Alternatives has launched an E-commerce site that takes its Flex School on line, bringing training for the transportation industry to the world of the Web.Courses include an i...
Transportation Our harmony hopes return January 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - With hopes for a national deal on weights and dimensions long since stale, word is beginning to emerge about a potential harmonizing deal between Ontario and Quebec. And talks are set ...
Transportation Canada’s GDP growing, slowing January 1, 2000 OTTAWA, Ont. - The country's economy advanced for the 14th consecutive month in September, growing by 0.2 per cent, according to Statistics Canada. And transportation was one of the sectors leading th...
Transportation Trucks boast strong safety record in Ontario January 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - The Ontario Trucking Association is again calling for the better training of car drivers, with the release of the province's annual report on road safety showing that car drivers are m...
Transportation Some predictions for a millennial year January 1, 2000 Certain topics have dominated this space over the past few years, and I'd like to engage in some wishful thinking as we turn the calendar to the year 2000.Cabotage: A more liberal viewBut over the pas...
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 Future crossings should be faster, easier January 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - New technologies and approaches to border crossings currently being considered by governments on both sides of the 49th promise to make transborder hauls a much less time-consuming and...
Transportation Quebec’s guide January 1, 2000 MONTREAL, Que. - The phrase "contract guidelines" has a nice ring to it, but the plan by ComCar and the Ontario Trucking Association to introduce them in Ontario hasn't a prayer of succeeding. At leas...
Transportation Plan to be safe January 1, 2000 I don't know of any professional driver who actually goes to work planning to be unsafe. And most fleets try to do a good job in the arena of safety.According to a recent American Trucking Association...
Transportation Trial and tribulation at a modern keyboard January 1, 2000 So who was the Einstein who invented this marvelous piece of technology called the computer? This "tech-no" piece of machinery that makes our lives easier. This space-age wizard of wonderment. This, t...
Transportation Report suggests options to improve emissions January 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - The need for better driver training and an industry code of conduct to drive in a fuel-efficient way topped the list of recommendations by the Transportation Table on Climate Change.Th...
Transportation Tests shedding light on ABS warning systems January 1, 2000 This winter's road testing of as many as 100 combination vehicles with the sometimes-controversial PLC4Trucks integrated circuit chip should help establish the reliability of the device, which is supp...
Transportation Saskatchewan takes steps towards harmonization January 1, 2000 REGINA, Sask. - Saskatchewan's transportation policy division has introduced several changes to its weights and dimensions regulations, making a major move towards harmonization in the eyes of the ind...
Transportation Comdata ready for Y2K January 1, 2000 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Comdata says you need not worry about the Millennium Bug now that its fuel and cash advance system has been tested and found to be ready for the Year 2000."Comdata has taken every a...
Transportation ‘It’s difficult to suck and blow at the same time’ January 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - Canadians for Responsible and Safe Highways is in danger of losing its largest financial backer, as CN chief Paul Tellier asks the trucking industry to join railways in transportation-...
