Transportation Michelin shells out $1 million for U.S. Red Cross September 14, 2001 CLERMONT-FERRAND, France -- In the face of disaster, Michelin has stepped up and donated $1 million to the American...
Transportation Iowa 80 Group will match donations for victims September 14, 2001 WALCOTT, IA -- Iowa Group 80 announced they will collect donations for the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund...
Transportation Emergency training exercise planned September 7, 2001 PLASTER ROCK, N.B. -- The Village of Plaster Rock, Tobique Valley Manor and the emergency response team from the Pl...
Transportation Truck News redesigns Web site September 1, 2001 DON MILLS, Ont. - Truck News, Truck West and Motortruck, the Canadian trucking industry's leaders in news and business information, have updated their Web presence at trucknews.com."We're constantly p...
Transportation Trucker helps put out car lot fire September 1, 2001 GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - A passing truck driver is being commended for preventing a disaster after he helped extinguish a fire at a Ford dealership here on Aug. 10.An electrical fire began behind a sig...
Transportation Improving safety on a WIM September 1, 2001 SASKATOON, Sask. - In Colorado, a young truck driver faces his first drive through the Rockies, and before beginning down the long mountain grade ahead of him, a road sign lights up and tells him that...
Transportation Trucker helps put out fire August 14, 2001 GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. -- A passing truck driver is being commended for preventing a disaster after he helped exting...
Transportation Truck News redesigns Web site July 23, 2001 DON MILLS, Ont. -- Truck News, Truck West and Motortruck, the Canadian trucking industry's leaders in news and busi...
Transportation Shipping experts warn against massive cargo ships July 6, 2001 VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Shipping experts around the world are warning that the construction of a new fleet of super-size...
Transportation Sixth Sense July 1, 2001 CALGARY, Alta. - It's not easy driving a loaded semi-truck through a snowstorm. Or hail, ice or sleet either for that matter.But it's inevitable that any long-haul trucker is going to have to face adv...
Transportation More train pains July 1, 2001 ATHENS, Ont. - The shocking Hours-of-Service policies that force Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) employees to work beyond their means reported last month in Truck News isn't restricted to the Prairies....
Transportation Edmonton refinery up in smoke May 17, 2001 EDMONTON, Alta -- Oil haulers have not been able to gain access to Petro-Canada's Edmonton refinery this week, but...
Transportation Hazardous waste aboard runaway train May 16, 2001 KENTON, Oh. -- A runaway train carrying hazardous materials went on a 112 km journey through Ohio Tuesday, with nob...
Transportation TRANSLINK DEALT ANOTHER BLOW March 30, 2001 VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Ever since TransLink's proposal to charge fees to road users was shot down, the organization has...
Transportation TRANSLINK PUSHES FOR FUEL TAX AFTER LEVY’S DEATH February 12, 2001 VANCOUVER, B.C. -- TransLink is now pushing for a fuel tax in the wake of the death of its plan to levy all vehicle...