Paying It Forward: Darryl and Brian Hemstreet, owners of CARSTAR Red Deer donate $5,000 to local autobody program
Red Deer, Alberta — Darryl and Brian Hemstreet, owners of CARSTAR Red Deer and CARSTAR Red Deer South recently purchased a $5,000 grant for the Lindsay Thurber Autobody Program in the Red Deer community. The funding was specifically provided through the Grants Microgrant program. This program caters to evolving community organizations and aids organizations in […]
Fifty-Five Alive: $55k grant gives Manitoba high school safe welding system for automotive students
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba — 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 last year through the province of […]
Seven Mill for Support: Ontario invests in training for auto manufacturing workers
Etobicoke, Ontario — The Ontario government is investing $7 million to deliver training and paid job placements in the automotive manufacturing sector for up to 800 people from underrepresented groups. The project, led by the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association (APMA), will help develop a new talent pipeline to reinvigorate a sector with an aging workforce […]
