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Interview: Connor Hall, Rust Valley Restorers talks classic cars, his favourite builds and what’s in store for Season 5

Toronto, Ontario — Bodyworx Professional was at Toronto’s MOTORAMA last weekend, where hundreds of people gathered for Canada’s largest custom car and motorsports show. As an extra-special treat this year, the Rust Valley Restorers were on-site signing autographs and meeting fans. Our editor Allison Rogers got to chat with Connor Hall, one of the stars […]

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JILL OF ALL TRADES Centennial College hosted its second Jill of All Trades event on October 24 to help inspire young women in high school to consider careers in the skilled trades and technologies following graduation. The full-day event took place at Centennial’s Ashtonbee campus in Scarborough. More than 100 students from school boards across […]

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CRASH OF THE TITANS An exciting new autobody competition is set to kick off in September in Port Coquitlam, B.C. The inaugural Crash of the Titans Collision Repair Competition is set to take place at Kirmac Collision in Port Coquitlam on September 23. Organizers announced that registrations are now open for competitors to throw their […]

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PLASTIC SURGERY CARSTAR Canada welcomed its members to the company’s Hamilton, Ontario, headquarters in early February for an exclusive training session with Polyvance. The plastic repair training was conducted by John Wilburn, the head instructor of plastic repair and refinishing at Polyvance. The day began with a classroom learning portion, presented by Bill Davidge of […]

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TEACHING TRIUMPH

Left to right: Normand Cormier, classroom training manager, Axalta; Rob Bearchell andPatrice Marcil, customer experience director for Axalta’s North American operations. ROB BEARCHELL NAMED AXALTA’S 2022 TECHNICAL INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR BY MAX REID Let’s give a big collision repair congratulations to Robert Bearchell, who was recently named 2022 Technical Instructor of the Year by […]

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OUTER PANEL PROWESS BETAG North America recently celebrated the first graduating class of its Outer Panel Repair Specialist (OPRS) program at Saskatchewan Polytechnic, where participants fine-tuned their ability to perform top-notch panel repairs. Supported by the Saskatchewan Association of Automotive Repairers, BETAG’s four-month OPRS program aims to equip participants with the skills to complete various […]

Forging Forward: CWB Welding Foundation launches Women of Steel program

Milton, Ontario — The Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB) Welding Foundation has launched a new program, aiming to promote education, confidence, personal growth and experiential learning for women interested welding-related skilled trades. According to a CWB press release, this is a 64 week pre-employment program that started in June 2022 and will run until Aug. 2023 […]

Balancing the Scales: Canada leads G7 in share of degree-holders as trades workforce dips further, StatsCan says

Toronto, Ontario — A report published by StatsCan on Wednesday showed that Canada boasts the largest share of college and university graduates among G7 nations, but is still leaving a lot of talent on the table when it comes to skilled trades. The study, which addressed education levels of working-age people (25 to 64) in […]

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LEADING EDGE LEARNING The CWB Group has announced an exciting new collaboration alongside Volkswagen Group Canada–a dedicated OEM collision repair training centre to serve Audi and Volkswagen brands. The first-of-its-kind facility will be located at the CWB Group facility in Milton, Ontario. It will showcase an OEM training environment utilizing the latest equipment and developing […]

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RIVIAN IS READY As of late September, Transport Canada has authorized Rivian to sell vehicles in Canada. The news came days after Drive Tesla Canada reported that Rivian in fact, did not receive certification, following its application to Transport Canada earlier this month. The electric automaker reached out to the site a day later to […]

Freshly Skilled: Tropicana celebrates 2020, 2021, 2022 collision repair pre-apprenticeship classes with lavish graduation

Toronto, Ontario — Tropicana Employment Services hosted its long-anticipated Collision Repair and Auto Body pre-apprenticeship graduation, where the not-for-profit honoured three classes of now-working apprentices. The celebration honoured three graduating classes—the classes of 2020 and 2021 had their originally scheduled ceremonies cancelled due to the pandemic—and was held at Centennial College’s event centre. The night […]

What Stefano Saw: Collision Repair columnist cites trends seen on SEMA Show floor

Las Vegas, Nevada — From Nov. 1 through Nov. 4, Collision Repair mag was on-site at the SEMA Show, where more than 1,900 exhibitors set up extravagant displays to showcase what the modern collision repair world has to offer. Our reported Max Reid was able to catch up with Collision Repair mag columnist Stefano Liessi, who also serves […]

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