REGIONAL NEWS | QUEBEC
PULLING NEW SKILLS CamAuto Pro recently hosted an open house at its Quebec training facility, where industry experts Gene Fetty and Charles Aoun conducted a comprehensive training session on paintless dent repair (PDR) and glue pull repair (GPR). The training aimed to equip participants with the necessary skills and knowledge to excel in their respective […]
ONTARIO | REGIONAL NEWS
ELECTRIFYING CURRICULUM Students at St. Anne Catholic High School in the Lakeshore region are the first in Canada to receive and utilize a Switch electric vehicle kit. This learning tool allows students to assemble and disassemble a fully-functional three-wheeled vehicle powered by a 96-volt lithium-ion battery. “Everything is open and exposed so that the students […]
REGIONAL NEWS | MANITOBA
FIFTY-FIVE ALIVE Portage Collegiate Institute (PCI) has received a $55,000 skills enhancement grant that has supplied the school with two welding booths and a welding system. Automotive instructor at PCI, Sean Benedictson says that the school applied for a Skill Strategy Enhancement Equipment Fund (SSEEF) grant in 2022 through the province of Manitoba. Benedictson said […]
Subsidy Scandal: Insurance Bureau of Canada claims Alberta’s ‘safe drivers’ charged auto insurance premiums to subsidize high-risk drivers
Edmonton, Alberta — The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) reports that Alberta’s ‘good’ drivers are being forced to pay auto insurance premiums to subsidize high-risk drivers. Using data from a Deloitte LLP report, the IBC said on Wednesday that it discovered that the province’s worst drivers have been offered subsidized insurance rates for 20 years. […]
Stand Up Speak Out: Parts ordering processes
Toronto, Ontario — There are many factors that contribute to parts ordering preferences—which can vastly differ from shop to shop. Volume, repair versus replace preferences, shop size and availability of storage and more can contribute to an individual business’s decisions regarding just how many parts are kept in-house. Collision Repair mag is gathering anonymous information on […]
Electric Education: Auto Prévention to offer EV safety course via Quebec CPCPA partnership
Quebec City, Quebec — Auto Prévention, an occupational health and safety specialist for Quebec’s automotive industry, has announced a collaboration with the Provincial Council of Automotive Service Industry Party Committees (CPCPA) to launch a new EV safety certificate. To develop the program, Auto Prévention is also in partnership with the province’s joint committees (CPAs) and […]
DRIVING SUSTAINABILITY
Benefits of green recycled auto parts By SARAH PERKINS In the ever-shifting world of collision repair where precision meets expertise and every damaged vehicle presents an opportunity to drive the industry forward, an often-overlooked area is the use of green recycled parts in repairs. While the automotive industry continues to make the push toward a […]
WRECKONOMICS
Canadian repair organizations ranked by the Romans Group The 17th annual whitepaper, A 2022 Profile of the Evolving U.S. and Canadian Collision Repair Marketplace, by the Romans Group LLC, is now available. In this annual report, the Romans Group takes its yearly insights into the U.S. and Canada collision repair marketplaces to establish trend predictions, […]
CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?!
BARKING BANDITS We’re issuing a BOLO for these two canine culprits. A used car dealership in Texas saw its stock of vehicles attacked by two dogs last November. The facility said repairs could cost between US$100,000 to US$350,000—and they’d hardly believe it were true, had it not been for the video surveillance footage. Initially, the […]
EV NEWS
RELIABILITY RATINGS Electric vehicles have 79 percent more reliability problems, on average, compared to internal combustion cars—most of which occur in the high-voltage battery system, according to Consumer Reports (CR) latest Annual Auto Reliability Study. According to the survey, the biggest reliability problems for electric vehicles relate to issues with the charging experience for consumers […]
