Transportation Three Canucks crack list of TCA award finalists January 1, 2000 BOMANVILLE, Ont. - The U.S.-based Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has announced the finalists for its 1999 Independent Contractor and Company Equipment Driver of the Year awards, and it includes ...
Transportation New road rules proposed for Quebec January 1, 2000 MONTREAL, Que. - Quebec is eyeing a series of road safety initiatives that could do everything from allowing right turns at red light to re-introducing photo radar.These are among five issues in the p...
Transportation Exports down, imports still up January 1, 2000 OTTAWA, Ont. - Transborder trade, responsible for more than 40 per cent of carrier revenues, offered a mixed bag in September.Exports fell by 3.2 per cent, offsetting much of the robust gain recorded ...
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 Court upholds tax-free sale of Volvo car biz January 1, 2000 STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - Sweden's Supreme Administrative Court ruled yesterday to allow Volvo to stick with its calculations regarding the sale of Volvo Car Corp. to Ford, and as a result the US $6.4-billi...
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 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 Enman named driver of the year January 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - Now in his 27th year as a truck driver, Barry Enman's 6.4 million accident-free miles have earned him the 1999 Ontario Trucking Association (OTA)/Volvo Trucks Canada Driver of the Year...
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 U.S. creates new trucking agency January 1, 2000 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...
