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NewsDecember 7, 2009

Trucks Hauled 58 Percent of North American Freight in '08

Trucks carried 58 percent of the freight measured by value between the U.S., Canada and Mexico in 2008, accounting for $554 billion, beating out rail, maritime, pipeline and ai

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NewsDecember 4, 2009

Canadian Interest in EOBRs Remains Strong Despite Delays and Official Apathy

Even as the U.S. trucking industry awaits the final rule on EOBRs from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Canada's trucking industry has been battling with some of the same questions. Truckers around the world have used on-board recording devices for more than 50 years. The first electronic device, the Tripmaster by Rockwell (now ArvinMeritor), emerged in the mid-1980s, and the pro and con camps have been split ever since

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NewsDecember 2, 2009

Teamsters Hope to Unionize Canada's Challenger

The Teamsters Union has moved to unionize workers within the Canadian-based Challenger Group, which includes Challenger Motor Freight, Elgin Motor Freight and Lodwick Transport, after receiving numerous phone calls from Challenger employee

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NewsDecember 1, 2009

NAFTA Surface Transportation Trade Still Lags 2008 Numbers

In September, surface transportation trade between the U.S., Canada and Mexico was 20.2 percent below the September 2008 leve

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NewsNovember 20, 2009

OTA Announces Winner of Canada Driver of the Year Award

Jim Coles, a driver for MacKinnon Transport, has been recognized as the 2009 Ontario Trucking Association - Volvo Trucks Canada Driver of The Yea

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NewsNovember 16, 2009

Canada to Drop Default WLL Ratings for Unmarked Cargo Tiedowns

Effective Jan. 1, 2010, Canada will no longer recognize unmarked and unrated cargo securement devices

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NewsNovember 9, 2009

Old Dominion Expands Service Into Canada

Less-than-truckload carrier Old Dominion Freight Line has expanded its service through its Northwest gateway into Canada, which will connect more than 65 Old Dominion service centers to Edmonton and Calgary, Canada

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NewsNovember 6, 2009

CTA Calls For More U.S.-Canada Coordination on Trucking Issues

The U.S. and Canadian governments should work more closely together on regulations aimed at improving competition in the trucking industry, make the highways safer and reduce trucking's environmental footprin

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NewsOctober 29, 2009

North American Land Trade Slides 24.9 Percent

Surface transportation trade between the U.S., Canada and Mexico was down 24.9 percent in August from the year-ago perio

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NewsOctober 26, 2009

USA Convoy Brings Total to $93,000 Raised

Following Convoy for a Cure - USA at Willie's Place in Texas on Saturday, $93,000 has been raised for Breast Cancer Research between the four convoys that have taken place throughout the U.S. and Canada this yea

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