Collision Repair 22#4

Collision Repair Collision Repair 22#4

DRIVING FOR A CAUSE

Enterprise Holdings takes its fleets to the fairway Photos by GLORIA MANN Enterprise Holdings–parent company of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent-A-Car brands–held its annual golf event, where stakeholders from the Canadian collision industry teed off in support of Food Banks Canada and Enterprise’s Fill Your Tank program. The charity golf event […]

August 1, 2023

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, […]

August 1, 2023

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SMASH HIT IN MONTREAL

Driven Brands hosts its Canadian partners for inaugural combined conference Driven Brands hosted its Canadian companies—CARSTAR Canada, Star Auto Glass, UniGlass Ziebart and Docteur du Pare-Brise—in Montreal this July for their first-ever combined Canadian conference. From the opening night Arkells concert, through fantastic industry programming like a keynote from former NHL player Georges Laraque, up […]

August 1, 2023

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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 […]

August 1, 2023

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Can You Believe This

PETS OF THE BODYSHOP

Remley, Burnaby Auto Body Meet Remley—this issue’s featured Pet of the Bodyshop. A 16-yearold border collie-lab mix, Remley has held a variety of roles since joining the team at Burnaby Auto Body, from estimator to shop manager, emotional support rep, model and more. Brian Borsoff, Remley’s dad and owner of Burnaby Auto Body, says that […]

August 1, 2023

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INTERNET SPEAK

How to rank your collision repair website #1 on Google Column by VENESSA DI VITO With a big thanks to search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing, there is an infinite amount of information available to all of us at the simple touch of a button. With 98 percent of people worldwide actively using the […]

August 1, 2023

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A TRUE LEADER

Assess your mistakes withteam members Column by JAY PERRY An interesting report in the Harvard Business Review May/June issue highlighted six errors commonly made by leaders—particularly in the value they place upon their team members. These errors were proven to drive up employee defections. In today’s day, that’s a cost we cannot afford. We cannot […]

August 1, 2023

FROM THE BOTTOM UP

We all start from somewhere Column by STEFANO LIESSI Tech shortage! Tech shortage! Tech shortage! Good grief—enough already. This statement is not news; you have been warned countless times about industry attrition. Let us first clarify that there is no tech shortage; that is just an easy excuse and ‘buzz’ phrase used to sensationalize and […]

August 1, 2023

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REGIONAL NEWS | BRITISH COLUMBIA

PINK CAR PRIDE Drivers in southern B.C. may be familiar with a certain pink car perched atop the headquarters of a Chilliwack irrigation company— well, unless the community can rally together, the famous pink car may be headed to the crusher. The pink sedan has been tasting fresh mountain air from the top of Southern […]

August 1, 2023

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REGIONAL NEWS | ALBERTA

SAY HELLO TO SMITH Simplicity Car Care has announced that Greg Smith is the new owner of the Simplicity Car Care Spruce Grove location. With over 30 years of experience in the car repair industry, Smith brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the Simplicity family and is committed to providing topquality service to […]

August 1, 2023

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MANITOBA | REGIONAL NEWS

BUILDING BRIDGES The Automotive Trades Association of Manitoba is hosting its 2023 Trade Show on October 27, 2023. This year’s event will feature an “Olympic-style conference” and trade show at the CanadInns Polo Park Conference Centre. Daytime attendance is reserved for students in correlation with the ATA’s Youth Attraction Effort, but members of the trade […]

July 31, 2023

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SASKATCHEWAN | REGIONAL NEWS

LOCAL CELEBRITIES With sights seemingly set on cornering the luxury EV repair market, AutoCanada announced that Kavia Autobody in Saskatoon has achieved certification from VinFast. This impressive step forward is a continuation of when AutoCanada saw its Burwell Autobody facility in London, Ontario, become the first repair facility certified by the Vietnamese in North America. […]

July 31, 2023

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