MANITOBA | REGIONAL NEWS
SELLEY’S SKILLS Dorrian Selley, SkillsCanada National competition winner and technician at St. Claude’s Auto Body has claimed a $750 scholarship, courtesy of the Sam Piercey Foundation. Selley was named national autobody champion at the SkillsCanada 2022 competition, post-secondary category. He first began his automotive career halfway through high school, when he was hired on at […]
REGIONAL NEWS | ALBERTA
RATE CAP CLAPBACK Announced in a joint release from the province’s ministry of finances and affordability and utilities, the Alberta government says it will be “taking action on insurance” through this rate cap, as well as a mandate for insurance companies to allow customers to pay premiums through payment plans. “Affordability is a primary challenge […]
SASKATCHEWAN | REGIONAL NEWS
BOOSTS WITH BETAG Saskatchewan Polytechnic will host another BETAG Outer Panel Repair Specialist (OPRS) course at its Saskatoon campus from April 3 to June 23, the institution told attendees at the recent Saskatchewan Association of Automotive Repairers event. The only school in North America to offer the program, BETAG’s OPRS course at Sask Polytech is […]
REGIONAL NEWS | BRITISH COLUMBIA
CLASS AT CAMOSUN Camosun College has received a $1.285 million donation the college says will help open the doors to more women pursuing a career in a range of Red Seal trades programs. The gift from The Gwyn Morgan and Patricia Trottier Foundation is the second time the foundation has supported the Empowering Women in […]
MANITOBA | REGIONAL NEWS
SCALE MODELS Good drivers will no longer subsidize bad drivers, according to a Manitoba lawyer following the recent court decision to adjust MPI insurance rates based on a primary driver model, rather than a registered owner model. MPI’s previous model of adjusting rates and discounts is based on who originally registered it, rather than the […]
REGIONAL NEWS | QUEBEC
ONE OF A MINE A lithium mine in Quebec will soon be the only Canadian site mining the material used in EV batteries, following regulatory approval from Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The Australian-based Sayona Mining is set to open a pit mine near Val-d’Or in northwestern Quebec. Sayona says it received over 130 […]
ATLANTIC | REGIONAL NEWS
CARLESS-NESS CURED Proving why they are the fixture in the Newfoundland collision repair community that they are, Collision Clinic is proud to announce the completion of its nineteenth annual Enriching Lives car giveaway. Cassie Ward of Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, was the lucky 2022 winner of a refurbished Kia Soul. Ward described the experience […]
REGIONAL NEWS | ONTARIO
BEST OF THE WORST When it comes to government-sanctioned modes of self-expression, it’s hard to beat a vanity plate, and while you may think you have already seen the most ridiculous ones out on the road, the fact is that the true gems lie in the discard pile. Despite how it may seem from casual […]
REGIONAL NEWS | ALBERTA
DEER FRIENDS A pair of CARSTAR locations in Red Deer, Alta. actively worked to deliver happy holidays to their neighbours, as local media reported in December that CARSTAR Red Deer and Red Deer South have raised over $3,000 for several community charities. With $3,000 earmarked for the Red Deer Christmas Bureau and the Red Deer […]
SASKATCHEWAN | REGIONAL NEWS
HELPING OUT In the first government-funded initiative of its kind in Canada, Saskatchewan announced that it is now accepting applications for fire departments that would like to take part in the debut Transportation Rescue Extrication (TREX) program. Run through Saskatchewan’s Public Safety Agency (SPSA), this program aims to train the province’s firefighters to extract people […]
