TORONTO — The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) is coming out of the gate motors blazing for its 87th annual Convention and Executive Forum. This year, the convention, which just opened up registration on a new website, is ...
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Canada Cartage has chipped in once again this year to ensure Toronto’s homeless had fresh water to drink. The company provided transportation and warehousing services - providing six dedicated trailers and drivers - to help store ...
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The Ontario Trucking Association’s newly revamped OTA Convention and Executive Forum is coming to the Ritz-Carlton in downtown Toronto Nov. 13-14. The speakers and topics at the 87th edition of the convention will include: • ...
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Overweight log trucks are becoming an issue at the Red Rock scales in B.C., according to the Central Interior Logging Association (CILA). The association has been told by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Enforcement branch, that truckers are ...
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Seven new PacLease franchises have been added to the company’s network, including two in Canada. Deer Lake, Nfld. and Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Que. each have new locations as part of the group’s latest expansion. ...
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Performance Innovation Transport (PIT) has teamed up with trucking PR firm LaunchIt, to expand its presence in the US. PIT is a Montreal-based group within FPInnovations, which performs fuel economy trials on products and techniques ...
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Sunshine was on the menu once again – along with the requisite burgers and tandoori chicken on the grill – for Quick Truck Lube’s eighth annual customer appreciation barbeque July 12. Customers, staff, vendors, suppliers, ...
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A 52-inch sleeper variant of Kenworth’s new-generation T680 was available to drive at a mid-July Kenworth customer event at its Chillicothe, Ohio plant. T680 Kenworth’s “new-generation” bowed in with the T680 at ...
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According to Kenworth’s national sales manager for specialty markets, Andy Douglas, the third annual update on Kenworth’s natural gas progress has customers approaching the topic more proactively. Attitudes are changing from ...
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The successor to the heroic Lexus LFA has been released, though it's not quite what we had in mind. With the final 412kW/480Nm 4.8-litre V10-powered supercar rolling down the renowned LFA Works production line in December, the skilled ...
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The Skoda Rapid Spaceback has been officially revealed ahead of its unveiling at September's Frankfurt motor show. The Rapid Spaceback hatch joins the Rapid liftback sedan in the Volkswagen-owned Czech brand's new small-car family. ...
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The Bentley Continental GT3 has made its long-awaited debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Powered by a Cosworth-tuned, dry-sumped 441kW naturally aspirated version of the Continental GT V8's twin-turbocharged 4.0-litre engine, the ...
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A Mississippi man is under fire from local authorities for fixing potholes in his community using the city's supplies. Over the course of five evenings, Ron Chane, aka the Pothole Patchman, "put the asphalt back where it belongs", ...
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South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has hinted Holden could receive additional government funding to help shore up its local manufacturing future. Weatherill told News Limited he was prepared to go to great lengths to save Holden, ...
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The Canadian Airports Electrical Association (CAEA) tells us planning the 2013 Canadian Airports National Electrical Workshop (CANEW) "is proceeding very well". The workshop is being held in Campbell River, B.C., September 22 to 27. ...
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