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Denzil, Sask. -- He may not be in the limelight anymore, but Wayne Whitney has not given up fighting for truckers' rights.
After being arrested and charged with public mischief for leading the Ambassador Bridge blockade in 1990, Whitney lost his job as a driver for Can-Truck Transportation and disappeared from the spotlight. He left Ontario with his wife Sue to pursue a quieter life in Saskatchewan, where they finally settled in a little town called Denzil, near the Alberta border. They bought an old house and a new truck, which Whitney uses to haul oil tankers for an independent contractor.
Life is great except for one little thing -- the roads are falling apart. And Whitney's starting to make some noise.
"Our highways here are so awful you have to be careful you don't hit each other when you meet another trucker," says Whitney. "You have to slow down."
He says truckers are afraid to drive on the same stretch of highway in case the road gives way. While the Saskatchewan government is spending $219 million to upgrade the...