Transportation Watch your pressure, don’t blow a gasket April 1, 2002 Just another day on the road. People racing by just to cut you off; turtles on four wheels travelling in the two left lanes and you're seeing red.Does this sound familiar? If so, consider this a frien...
Transportation TransLink announces 2002 budget and transportation plan March 28, 2002 MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. -- TransLink revealed its plans for the upcoming year on Monday, insisting that new funding combi...
Transportation Diesel prices creeping back up March 20, 2002 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- The price of diesel is on the rise again so be prepared, cautions the Ontario Trucking Associa...
Transportation Get off your soapbox, into reality January 1, 2002 I don't spend near as much time on the highway as any of the over-the-road truckers who make this magazine possible. But when I do get to travel around Western Canada, I relish the opportunity to pick...
Transportation N.B. tax hike no good for anyone: APTA December 10, 2001 MONCTON, N.B. -- The Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association (APTA) is warning a 12.4 per cent increase in the New...
Regulations MP wants crossing to be cutting-edge November 19, 2001 WOODSTOCK, N.B. -- New Brunswick Liberal MP, Andy Savoy, wants the Woodstock-Houlton, Me. crossing to be on the cut...
Transportation Got milk September 1, 2001 INVERARY, Ont. - In many parts of the country, the plight of the trucking industry is indelibly linked to the rise and fall of the local farming community.Nowhere is this more true than in the dairy h...
Transportation GM cuts Canadian fuel surcharge August 16, 2001 OSHAWA, Ont. -- In response to constantly fluctuating fuel prices, General Motors has reduced the fuel subsidy it p...
Transportation Kyoto deal sinks on forest issue July 23, 2001 BONN, Germany -- Canada joined Japan, Australia, the U.S. and Russia in striking what amounts to a death blow to th...
Transportation Hwy. 1 to receive attention July 9, 2001 BELLE PLAINE, Sask. -- Another 21 kilometres of Hwy. 1 in Saskatchewan will receive attention, as the provincial go...
Volvo, International talk engines June 4, 2001 SKOVDE, Sweden -- Volvo's Powertrain business unit has inked a letter of intent and is negotiating a long-term agre...
Transportation What a drag June 1, 2001 DON MILLS, Ont. - A wise man once said "spend your energy taking action on the things you can control not on complaining about the things you can't." As escalating prices at diesel pumps threaten to t...
Transportation Flying J in London May 1, 2001 LONDON, Ont. - After a lengthy wait, a Flying J travel plaza has opened its doors in London, Ont.The new Hwy. 401 truck stop was originally slated to become Flying J's first location in Canada; howeve...
Transportation FLYING J LANDS IN LONDON April 12, 2001 LONDON, Ont. -- After a lengthy wait, a Flying J travel plaza has opened its doors in London, Ont.
Transportation Right out of your hands April 1, 2001 TROY, Mich. - "Gear jammers" aren't what they used to be, and don't have to be.Today's transmissions are easier than ever to shift, thanks to low-inertia designs and lower clutch-pedal pressures. But ...
