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Colouring the Future: Canadian kids find solutions for world issues in Toyota’s national design competition

Toronto, Ontario — Canadian children find solutions for the world’s most pressing health, social and environmental issues through the 2020 Toyota Dream Car Art Contest. The annual national design competition welcomes children up to 15 years of age. Each entry is created using only traditional media—no digital artwork—and judged in three age categories. Here are […]

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Readers’ Choice Roll: Orangeville Banner announces 2019 Readers’ Choice awards

Orangeville, Ontario — The Orangeville Banner is celebrating its annual Readers’ Choice awards, highlighting the top voted businesses serving Dufferin County. With over 4,000 winners, a variety of businesses were awarded, including several in the automotive industry. Highlighted in collision repair were CSN Legget’s Collision, C-Line Auto Collision, Inglewood Garage and CarStar Orangeville. The Body […]

Online Auction: Silverstone Auctions presents a collection of 35 rare Porsches

London, U.K. — Thirty-five rare Porsche cars are to be sold online through Silverstone Auctions, from July 31 to Aug. 2. The collection of cars, known as “The Stuttgart Collection” was hand-picked over several years to include a range of ultra-rare, and low mileage models. The collection features a 1996 Porsche 911 (993) Turbo in […]

Major Merger: La Capitale and SSQ Insurance have merged

Quebec City, Quebec — La Capitale and SSQ Insurance have announced a merger to form a mutual insurance company with more than 3.5 million members. “We’re delighted to combine our strengths and work as a team to create the biggest insurance mutual in Canada. Together, we’ll be better able to meet current challenges of staying […]

CAR Coalition warns Congress of OEM tactics

Toronto, Ontario ⁠— Allstate, the Automotive Body Parts Association, LKQ Corp and other members of the newly-formed Consumer Access to Repair (CAR) Coalition have penned a letter to the U.S. House Energy and Commerce committee leaders, warning the officials of the “monopolistic and expensive” nature of automaker’s certified collision repair programs. The CAR Coalition is […]

Supporting STEM: Toyota Canada funds educational outreach programs amid the pandemic

Toronto, Ontario — Toyota Canada increases support for education outreach organizations to ensure that the ever-important Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) courses can still be delivered to underrepresented youth in Canada, amid the pandemic. With in-school classes paused across the nation, the new online learning platform has put many youth at a disadvantage, especially […]

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Cancelling Canada Night: AIA Canada announces the cancellation of annual event

Ottawa, Ontario — The Automotive Industries Association (AIA) of Canada has announced that the 2020 edition of Canada Night has been cancelled due to COVID-19. The event, which was originally scheduled for Nov. 3, 2020 was supposed to take place during the Automotive Aftermarket Parts Exposition (AAPEX) in Las Vegas, Nevada. “This has been a hard […]

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Slow Down: Photo radar units put into effect across the GTA

Toronto, Ontario — Cameras have been placed around school and community zones across the GTA to reduce speeding and prevent collisions. Up until this Monday drivers had simply received warning letters from the cameras, but starting July 6, 2020 drivers will now be ticketed. Currently, 50 units are in place to track speed and capture […]

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Boyd Group Services elects John Hartmann and William Onuwa to its Board of Directors

Winnipeg, Manitoba — On June 29, 2020, Boyd Group Services Inc. announced the election of John Hartmann and William Onuwa to its Board of Directors at its annual meeting in Winnipeg. John Hartmann was recently appointed as the COO of Bed Bath and Beyond, having previously held the position of CEO at True Value Company. […]

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Capitalizing on Time: CARSTAR reinvests in its facilities throughout the pandemic

Toronto, Ontario — CARSTAR has decided to take advantage of the free time they have been experiencing due the pandemic, by reinvesting in its facilities. Some facilities chose to focus on refinishing. CARSTAR Liss Auto Body repainted their wash bay and CARSTAR Danrich repainted their shop walls, reorganized their parts room and shelving area. Additionally, […]

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Silver Lining: Canada auto exports jump in May, imports down amid supply challenges

Toronto, Ontario — Following historic declines in April that saw exports and imports lose more than one-quarter of its monthly value due to the COVID-19 pandemic, exports increased by 6.7 percent in May, mainly reflecting the resumption of production in the auto industry, says a recent report by Statistics Canada. Stats Canada’s report found that […]

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Let’s get Technical: CIECA announces upcoming Technical CIECAST webinar

Toronto, Ontario — CIECA will host its next Technical CIECAST webinar discussing the ‘2020RI Standards Release’ on July 28, 2020, at 11 a.m. CST (12:00 p.m. EDT). The online event will feature Andy Bober, a software engineer at Entegral, who played a key role in the development of the release. Pulling from over 20 years […]

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