Chatting with a Champ: Gold medal auto body student Abigail King sits down with CRM
Toronto, Ontario — Canada’s roster for the upcoming WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition is growing by the day, and Collision Repair has been catching up with the young tradespeople set to represent the industry on the world stage within the next few months. This time, we spoke with Abigail King, 20, an auto body repair […]
Curtailed for Cabs: New partnership aims to help lower taxi driver insurance
Toronto, Ontario — Following last week’s article on insurance amongst Taxi Drivers, a new partnership has developed to target this disproportionate elevation of insurance premiums amongst those working in the cab industry. The Facility Association has partnered up with Foresight Insurance Analytics to launch a video telematics program to help taxi drivers improve–or simply prove […]
Nighttime Nibbles: Rats wreak havoc on vehicle wiring in Victoria, B.C.
Victoria, British Columbia – Pizza, cheese and car wire covers–unfortunately for the average driver, all three make tasty snacks for rats. According to the automotive research company, Kelly Blue Book, the pandemic may have prompted a change in rat behaviour or a boom in rat populations. Either way, it resulted in auto body shops seeing […]
Wanna Race: P.A.C.E.R. Program unveils retrofitted Dodge Dart drag racer at PaintSource
Toronto, Ontario – Toronto’s PaintSource Automotive celebrated the relaunch of the Police and Community Educating Racers (P.A.C.E.R.) Program last Sunday, where companies and local organizations gathered for a barbeque and the unveiling of a police-themed drag racing car. According to Mathew John, co-owner of Paint Source, the program aims to educate the next generation of […]
