Collection of classic car thefts in southern Ontario leaves proud owners devastated
By Mike Pickford Pelham, Ontario — September 6, 2016 — Classic car owners across southern Ontario have been put on red alert following a series of vintage vehicle thefts in recent months. Beginning back in March, five highly-valuable and treasured vehicles have been stolen from a collection of homes and businesses in the Golden Horseshoe […]
Study: School zones are like the ‘Wild West’ as kids return to school
Burnaby, British Columbia — September 6, 2016 — School zones are like the ‘Wild West’ during pick-up and drop-off times, according to a new study commissioned by the British Columbia Automobile Association (BCAA). Children are now back in school, and many police forces across the country have announced safety blitzes for the first week back. […]
Certificate of Qualification prep course coming to Toronto
Toronto, Ontario — September 6, 2016 — Collision Industry Information Assistance (CIIA) has scheduled a new class to help unlicensed techs successfully complete Ontario’s provincial trades license exam. “The impact of trades license enforcement by the Ontario College of Trades and the fact that most of the exam challengers failed the trades exam on […]
Heavy Duty: Repair and refinish in the oil patch needs special considerations
By Jeff Sanford Alida, Saskatchewan — September 6, 2016 — In the late 1990s and early 2000s many assumed that the extensively drilled North American reservoirs were headed for depletion. Reservoirs like the Bakken formation in southern Saskatchewan, found back in the 1950s, were undrillable because the oil was trapped tightly in impermeable and […]
