PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
DAVID GILES, POWEREDEV TRAINING AND CONSULTING David Giles, co-founder of All EV Canada and longtime EV educator, has formed a new business venture: PoweredEV Training and Consulting. Giles has more than 30 years of experience in collision repair, is Red Seal AST certified and has worked on hybrid/electric vehicles for more than 15 years. He […]
A CULTURE OF COLLABORATION
For Curtus Larson, reliable is more than just a word on the sign Story by MAX REID Never being satisfied is a common theme among athletes and performers at the top of their field. Broke a record last year? Great—so how are you going to top that this season? How are you going to follow […]
INTRODUCING THE CANADIAN COLLISION REPAIR ACADEMY
Inside Canada’s first dedicated OEM training centre Story by ALLISON ROGERS Canada officially has an OEM-dedicated training centre, thanks to a lucrative collaboration between Volkswagen Group Canada and the Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB). First announced in October 2022, the Canadian Collision Repair Academy (CCRA) is a state-of-the-art training facility located at CWB’s Milton, Ontario, headquarters, […]
ADHERE TO AN IDEA
Charles Aoun believed in glue pull repair—and made everyone else, too Story by ALLISON ROGERS Charles Aoun is proof that, if you stick to an idea you believe in, you can make it go far. The founder of Quebec-based CamAuto Pro and icon in the development of glue pull repair for the collision industry, Charles […]
MEETING MINUTES
CCCR discusses time study and in-person meeting The Canadian Council of Collision Repairers (CCCR) recently held a virtual meeting discussing the group’s ongoing time study, its plans for the first in-person meeting, and nationwide profitability. The CCCR is a group of collision repairers working together to improve their businesses and the entire collision repair ecosystem. […]
