Fixing Fundraising: Fix Network Canada’s big year for RMHC donations
Blainville, Quebec – In 2019, The Fix Network Canada family of franchise strategic partners, its corporate team members and select supplier and insurance partners raised $143,828 for the Ronald McDonald House Charities Canada—close to twice the amount raised in 2018. “I am completely overwhelmed by the generosity and efforts of our team in 2019 to […]
Private Drives: Auto Auction group and Privacy4Cars team up to prevent driver information leaks
February 10, 2020 — Atlanta, Georgia — A U.S. auto auction business has teamed up with a privacy software provider to reduce the risk of personal information being leaked through automobiles. On Friday, America’s Auto Auction, an independent auction group, announced it would offer a service to delete personal information deletion service to vehicle consignors, […]
Executive Exit: Ford shuffles senior leadership alongside retirement announcement
Toronto, Ontario — Ford Motor Co. saw a significant staffing shakeup last week as the automaker announced the retirement of longtime executive Joe Hinrichs. Hinrichs, who briefly served as CEO of Ford Canada in 2005 and most recently held the position of president of the automaker’s global automotive operations, worked Ford for 19 years. In […]
Calling All Young Guns: Calgary to host the CAF’s National Apprenticeship Conference
Calgary, Alberta — The Canadian Apprenticeship Forum will host its 2020 National Apprenticeship Conference in Calgary, running from May 24-26. It will take place at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary. The 2020 conference will highlight initiatives, programs and strategies that help attract and retain top talent in skilled trade positions in fields like automotive […]
Flex Fallout: Ford lays off 400 employees at Oakville, Ont. plant
Toronto, Ontario — Last week saw about 400 employees laid off at Ford Motor Co.’s Oakville, Ont. assembly plant—a result of the automaker ending the production of the Ford Flex last year, which was built at the Oakville facility. The layoffs, which took effect on Feb. 1, were announced late last year. A spokeswoman for […]
Tuesday Ticker: February 11, 2019
Toyota’s Triumph After a quarterly report revealed that Toyota earned $8.4 billion—well over the $6.93 billion predicted by industry analysts—the Japanese manufacuter has seen its stock price tick up by 4.4 percent. The Q4 earnings were, in fact, about 3.3 percent lower than in 2018, but 21 percent higher the consensus predictions of analysts—$6.93 billion. […]
