AMTA working on enhanced commercial driver training standard
CALGARY, Alta. — The Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA) wants to develop a minimum commercial driver training standard, and recognize drivers who’ve met the new standard with a special designation on their licence.
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Tens of thousands of Ontario truckers banned from US for medical reasons: Report
TORONTO, Ont. — Nearly 47,000 Ontario commercial truckers won’t be allowed to drive in the US, thanks to a W designation on their licence that caught many of them off-guard, according to a CBC report.
Appeals Court Decision Could Invalidate NLRB Actions in 2012
A federal appeals court ruling Friday casts doubt on the legality of actions taken by the National Labor Relations Board since President Obama recess-appointed Sharon Block, Terence Flynn and Richard Griffin to the board in January 2012.
Weighed down – Aggregate providers call for equity after only one…
Aggregate producers operating in the island’s eastern end are crying foul claiming that the Harbour View weigh station is compromising their earnings.
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December New Business Volume Up 80% Y-o-Y
The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s Monthly Leasing and Finance Index, which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $725 billion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume …
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‘Michigan trains’ productive and safe, with a flaming exception years ago
Last month I spent some time in Michigan, the land of highway “trains.” And I was reminded that in spite of what safety extremists claim in Washington, D.C., high-capacity long combination vehicles, or LCVs, can be operated safely.
Missing University of Oregon graduate crossed Argentinian border yesterday, family says
Alec Zimmerman, 27, of Whidbey Island, Wash., left a Buenos Aires apartment around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday.