ATLANTIC | REGIONAL NEWS
A KIA FOR CHRISTMAS For the last 20 years, CSN Collision Clinic has celebrated the holiday season by awarding a deserving resident a freshly reconditioned free car. The facility awarded this year’s winner—Liubov Hrysiuk and her family—with a reconditioned 2021 Kia Forte X, winter tires, car insurance for a full year and a few extra […]
REGIONAL NEWS | QUEBEC
PULLING NEW SKILLS CamAuto Pro recently hosted an open house at its Quebec training facility, where industry experts Gene Fetty and Charles Aoun conducted a comprehensive training session on paintless dent repair (PDR) and glue pull repair (GPR). The training aimed to equip participants with the necessary skills and knowledge to excel in their respective […]
ONTARIO | REGIONAL NEWS
ELECTRIFYING CURRICULUM Students at St. Anne Catholic High School in the Lakeshore region are the first in Canada to receive and utilize a Switch electric vehicle kit. This learning tool allows students to assemble and disassemble a fully-functional three-wheeled vehicle powered by a 96-volt lithium-ion battery. “Everything is open and exposed so that the students […]
REGIONAL NEWS | MANITOBA
FIFTY-FIVE ALIVE Portage Collegiate Institute (PCI) has received a $55,000 skills enhancement grant that has supplied the school with two welding booths and a welding system. Automotive instructor at PCI, Sean Benedictson says that the school applied for a Skill Strategy Enhancement Equipment Fund (SSEEF) grant in 2022 through the province of Manitoba. Benedictson said […]
SASKATCHEWAN | REGIONAL NEWS
A STICKY SITUATION A simple denibbing is nothing compared to what one Saskatchewan woman is going through after her vehicle was covered in tar from unmarked highway construction. The driver, Melinda Lee was driving west of Biggar when she approached a construction vehicle with no signs indicating that road work was being done further ahead. […]
REGIONAL NEWS | ALBERTA
EXPANDING THRESHOLD EXPECTATIONS The Alberta government plans to raise the damage threshold beyond which motorists in a collision must report to police from $2,000 to $5,000. Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen said that this move will free up police resources and will also better reflect the rising cost of auto parts and repair services. Numbers from […]
BRITISH COLUMBIA | REGIONAL NEWS
TESLA TOUCHES DOWN North America’s largest purpose-built Tesla service facility will be constructed in Vancouver’s Strathcona district. In late December, Tesla announced a partnership with local developer Beedie to build the facility at 950 Raymur Avenue on a 1.6-acre vacant industrial site at the southeast corner of Prior Street and Raymur Avenue. The new facility […]
