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 […]
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GIVING THANKS On October 1, August Luxury Motorcars held an event to raise funds for the Okanagan Fire Relief Fund in response to the British Columbia wildfires. Owner of August Luxury Motorcars, Matt August said through the Dream Rally and other events, he’s gotten to know many local firefighters and RCMP officers, and this event […]
BRITISH COLUMBIA | REGIONAL NEWS
DON’T CRY OVER SPILLED PAINT Allison Cockburn, a resident of the City of Richmond, took the city to court after claiming that they had acted in negligence for failing to notify of a paint spill. After driving through a paint spill, Cockburn sought $400 in the B.C. Civil Resolution Tribunal hearing, which was the estimated […]
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 […]
REGIONAL NEWS | BRITISH COLUMBIA
PARTS SHORTAGE PARTICULARS Parts shortages and labour retention issues are hardly something British Columbia bodyshops need a reminder of, however, as they face increased scrutiny from customers facing long repair waits, some in the industry feel inclined to respond. An article recently published by Global News attempts to speak to some of the issues that […]
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BASH IN BURNABY After what felt like an eternity of COVID-19 restrictions, FinishMaster B.C. was finally able to hold its twenty-second annual trade show over the second week of September, as more than 250 guests gathered for the festivities and returned home with armfuls of gifts and prizes. The automotive refinishing company held their annual […]
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AT WAR WITH NATURE For autobody repair facilities in British Columbia’s East Kootenays, humanity and nature find themselves at a crossroads—sometimes it is a literal crossroads where the human ends up in a nasty car wreck and an animal is left injured. Steven Johnson, an estimator at Cranbrook, B.C.’s Rocky Mountain Collision told Collision Repair […]
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MAKING IT A WHOLE THING The public spectacle caused by a flaming Tesla in downtown Vancouver raised some red flags with Transport Canada, as the federal regulator’s collision and defect investigation team made an appearance on-scene as part of a newly launched probe into the vehicle. Transport Canada dispatched its team alongside local fire services […]
BRITISH COLUMBIA | REGIONAL NEWS
MAKING IT A BIG THING The public spectacle caused by a flaming Tesla in downtown Vancouver raised some red flags with Transport Canada, as the federal regulator’s collision and defect investigation team made an appearance on-scene as part of a newly launched probe into the vehicle. Transport Canada dispatched their team alongside local fire services […]
BRITISH COLUMBIA | REGIONAL NEWS
KEEPING RECORD British Columbia has introduced regulations around the sale of catalytic converters in effort to curb the crime that reportedly costs the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) millions every year. As of March 14, the province now requires buyers to report each transaction, including seller information, straight to police. Catalytic converters thefts in […]
