AMTA makes excellence move

CALGARY -- After many years of hoping, waiting and planning, the Alberta Motor Transport Association got the home they dreamed of and are open for business.

Chrysler Ramming into heavy-duty truck market?

DETROIT -- Chrysler is reportedly mulling over the option of getting into the heavy-duty class 8 businesses.

All aboard: CN locomotive engineers file strike notice

MONTREAL -- Canadian National Railways received a 72-hour strike notice from the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) of its plan to strike the company just after midnight on Nov. 28.

Feds to ensure foreign worker jobs are as advertised

OTTAWA -- The federal government is proposing legislation that would protect temporary foreign workers recruited by Canadian businesses, CBC reports.

YRC's contract carriage biz sold to large 3PL

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- One of North America's largest third-party logistics brokerage firms has acquired the contracts, personnel and equipment of struggling LTL carrier YRC's Logistics' Dedicated Contract Carriage division.

Sask trucking insurer taps new manager

REGINA -- Highway Agencies Ltd., -- the insurance and risk management subsidiary of the Saskatchewan Trucking Association -- has hired Barry Peabody to be the organization's new general manager.

Alberta WCB trucking rates hiked

CALGARY -- The Workers Compensation Board of Alberta's newly released rate schedule for 2010 reveals that the General Trucking sector will pay a whopping 14.2 percent more next year.

CBP will not accept old FAST cards in New Year

WASHINGTON – U.S. Customs and Border Protection says that drivers will no longer be able to use their old Free and Secure Trade (FAST) cards in passenger lanes effective January 5, 2010.

B.C. gravel haulers deciding future

VANCOUVER -- In late October, members of the B.C. Teamsters Union rejected a plan to reduce the going hourly rate for gravel haulers, and now they’ll vote whether or not to continue working.

Drug traffickers high on FAST truckers

LAREDO, Tex. -- A way to expedite trusted truckers across the border, the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program isn't going exactly as planned -- especially at U.S.'s southern border.