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  • Edmonton Kenworth’s Jennifer Lesnik Becomes First Woman To Achieve Kenworth Master Technician Status

    The personal interests that develop at an early age are often the ones that will last a lifetime. From fixing equipment on the farm with her father, to becoming the first woman in the Kenworth dealer network in Canada and the United States to achieve the prestigious Kenworth Certified Master Technician status, Jennifer Lesnik always knew she had the skillset to work on heavy equipment as a profession. 


    “Growing up on a farm, my family didn’t use outside help when equipment broke down. We would fix it ourselves,” said Lesnik. “I enjoyed learning from my dad how to work on equipment, getting my hands dirty, and solving problems on my own. I knew early on that I wanted a job that would involve fixing things.”
    With family history and a special appreciation for the trucking industry, Lesnik decided the right career path for her was to service heavy duty trucks. In 2007 she started her career with the Edmonton Kenworth group as a dealer service technician.  

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    Oct 18, 2019 - 6 years ago

  • Peterbilt Pride And Class Parade Raises More Than $20,000 For United Way

    Peterbilt Motors Company announced it raised more than $20,000 in donations at its fourth annual Pride and Class Parade in the downtown Denton square as part of the annual United Way Denton County campaign. The parade was held on Friday, October 11th.

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    Oct 17, 2019 - 6 years ago

  • Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport Celebrated 80 Years of Rich History as it Reaches Milestone Anniversary

    This past September marked 80 years since the first commercial passenger flight landed at Toronto’s City Airport in 1939. Passengers and partners alike gathered at Billy Bishop Airport to reminisce and celebrate 80 years of rich history, hard work and success on the occasion of this milestone anniversary.
     
    On September 8, 1939, a charter flight carrying famed trumpet player and Conductor Tommy Dorsey and his swing-band arrived in Toronto for a two-day engagement at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE). Since then, what is now known as Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ), has established itself as a world-class airport connecting more than 2.8 million passengers annually directly into the heart of downtown Toronto and beyond.

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    Oct 17, 2019 - 6 years ago

  • PortsToronto Launches Phase Two of Seabin Pilot Program In Toronto’s Inner Harbour

    Following the success of this summer’s Seabin Pilot Program at Toronto’s Outer Harbour Marina, PortsToronto today announced the launch of phase two of the project which includes the deployment of two additional Seabins in Toronto’s harbour. Secured to a floating dock positioned in the northeast corner of the York Street Slip, the new Seabins are the first to be installed in a North American harbour and can collect litter ranging from larger plastics to microplastics, as small as 2 millimetres, as well as hydrocarbons such as fuel and oil. With the capacity to collect upward of 4 kilograms of debris in one day, filtering as much as 1.4 metric tons of trash per year, the new Seabins are strategically positioned in the slip to enable the wind and currents to push debris in the Seabins’ direction.

    To ensure that the Seabins also serve a research and education function,  PortsToronto has taken the added step of partnering with the University of Toronto Trash Team on a student-research project led by Dr. Chelsea Rochman, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. As part of this collaborative initiative, students from the Rochman Lab will collect and analyze the plastics and microplastics captured by the Seabins to determine the origination of some of these materials. This process will, in turn, better inform the Trash Team’s solutions-based research and community outreach program which ultimately seeks to increase waste literacy and prevent plastics and microplastics from entering waterways in the first place.

    “Given the success of PortsToronto’s Seabin pilot at the Outer Harbour Marina – the first commercial installation in Canada – it made sense to take the program further and deploy additional Seabins within Toronto’s inner harbour,” said Geoffrey Wilson, Chief Executive Officer, PortsToronto. “At PortsToronto, we recognize that the waste collection facilitated by the Seabins, is just one step toward eliminating harmful materials, such as single-use plastics and microplastics, from our waterways. The next step is learning from this waste in an effort to educate and change behaviour, and that is why we have undertaken a partnership with groups such as  the University of Toronto Trash Team, and the broader waterfront community, to keep Toronto’s harbour clean.”

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    Oct 17, 2019 - 6 years ago

  • Your Heavy Hauling Checklist

    Not properly securing your load, especially when hauling construction equipment, can have dire consequences. According to a recent three-year study put out by the American Automobile Association, more than 200,000 crashes were the result of loose cargo or debris falling from vehicles, and that these events led to more than 39,000 injured and 500 fatalities.

    Here is a checklist for safe hauling to ensure that your load arrives in the same condition as when it was loaded.

    CHOOSING THE RIGHT TRAILER

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    Oct 17, 2019 - 6 years ago

  • Hitachi’s Efficient EX3600-7

    Hitachi unveiled the EX3600-7 mining excavator, which delivers increased efficiency, reliability and durability for customers in North and South America. The new model is the fourth machine in Hitachi’s new EX-7 Series lineup, following the recent launch of the EX5600-7, EX2600-7 and EX1200-7.

    “The EX3600-7 sets a new standard in the mining industry,” said Brian Mace, mining product marketing and applications manager, Hitachi Construction Machinery – Americas. “With a multitude of innovative features, it’s a reliable workhouse that is ready for its tough job. A variety of new features reduce its fuel consumption, increase its efficiency and make maintenance even simpler.”

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    Oct 17, 2019 - 6 years ago

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