The Professional Truck Driver Institute has certified courses at another 11 truck driver training schools and recertified 10 under its revised certification standards. Forty-one schools across the United States and Canada now offer courses certified by PTDI
Read More →Commercial traffic crossing the Niagara River between western New York and southern Ontario, Canada, hit an all-time high in 1998, reports Business First
Read More →Windsor, Ontario, Canada, wants to charge trucks for using one of Canada’s busiest roads – a six-lane city road linking Canadian Highway 401 with the Ambassador Bridge to Detroit and the U.S. Interstate system
Read More →Jan. 5 – The United States and Canada have agreed to recognize each other’s regulations on medical qualifications for truck drivers, reports News First, the web site from the Canadian Today’s Trucking magazine
Read More →Dec. 9 – Hundreds of farmers protesting Canadian trade policies blocked highways and stopped Canadian trucks Sunday along the U.S.-Canada border
Read More →Dec. 4 – Owners of the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, say they plan to add a second span to the busy international border crossing in anticipation of North American Free Trade Agreement traffic
Read More →Nov. 11 – Canadian trucks and truckers are the safest vehicles on Canadian roads, according to a report on commercial vehicle safety prepared by Transport Canada for the years 1992-1996
Read More →Oct. 6 – Tough inspections of Canadian trucks entering northern prairie states will be put on hold now that officials from the United States and Canada have agreed to trade talks. Seven states have been scrutinizing trucks
Read More →Sept. 29 – The battle between northern agricultural states and Canada intensified last week, with Canadian truckers caught in the middle. The Canadian government requested consultations under both the North American Free Trade Agreement and the World
Read More →Sept. 25 – Montana officials ticketed 20 Canadian truckers Monday, the first day of its crackdown on inspections of southbound trucks at the U.S.-Canadian border. Officers from Montana’s Motor Carrier Services Div. stopped nearly 300 trucks entering
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