New CVOR system is a cut above the past

I have to hand it to the trucking industry and the Ontario Ministry of Transportation for developing the new and improved CVOR (Commercial Vehicle Operating Record) and its associated carrier abstract...

U.S. creates new trucking agency

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. has created a new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration - a trucking equivalent to the Federal Aviation Administration governing airlines - that promises to be far fr...

Kuzeljevich joins team, Curran promoted

DON MILLS, Ont. - Truck News and Truck West have named Julia Kuzeljevich as their new assistant editor. And John Curran, who has worked as the magazines' eastern editor, is promoted to the position of...

Feeding the need

TORONTO, Ont. - Canadians are going hungry and Aynsley Morris has 231 pallets of free Kraft Dinner. She just has to get the food bank staple to them.While the donated food is sitting in a Montreal war...

The price you pay

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...

MacKinnon, Southwestern to merge

GUELPH, Ont. - Consider it a marriage that follows co-habitation - a seven-year hitch, if you will. MacKinnon Transport and Southwestern Express, which have shared a common facility since 1992, will o...

Volvo VNs among designs of the decade

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Volvo Trucks North America and the VN Series tractors were recently recognized at the Designs of the Decade award ceremony sponsored by the Industrial Designers Society of America (...

Province to restrict equipment for road tests

TORONTO, Ont. - Ontario will soon restrict the equipment that can be used in road tests, Ontario Transportation Minister David Turnbull has told the Ontario Trucking Association. And the province will...