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Skills Saskatchewan builds first ever on-site paint booth for competitions

By CRM Staff   Regina, Saskatchewan — April 17, 2018 — Skills Saskatchewan recently held its annual skills competition in Regina, and for the first time in Skills Canada history, the car-painting event was held on site. According to Leanne Jefferies, director of the Skills Canada Collision Repair Program, pulling this off took a lot […]

Canada’s autobody competitor demonstrates her skills for Member of Parliament

Hélène Laverdière, MP for Laurier—Sainte-Marie and Vyolaine Dujmovic, Canada’s competitor in autobody at WorldSkills Abu Dhabi.

Montreal, Quebec — August 17, 2017 — Vyolaine Dujmovic, Canada’s autobody competitor at the upcoming WorldSkills competition in Abu Dhabi, recently got a chance to show off her skills for her Member of Parliament, Hélène Laverdière. Dujmovic is employed with Fix Auto Henri Bourassa. In just a few weeks, WorldSkills Team Canada 2017 member Ashley […]

Centennial College students take the gold in Ontario

A few photos from the 2017 Skills Ontario Competition. Check out the gallery below for more!

By CRM Staff Toronto, Ontario — May 4, 2017 — Centennial College students have taken gold medals in both the Autobody Repair and Car Painting competitions in the post-secondary category at the 2017 Ontario Skills Competition. The competition took place at the Toronto Congress Centre over three days. Colin Bailey took the gold medal for […]

Red River College students take gold in Autobody Repair, Car Painting

The Notre Dame campus of Red River College in Winnipeg served as host for this year's skill competitions.

By Barett Poley Winnipeg, Manitoba — April 25, 2017 — Two secondary and two post-secondary students are taking home gold medals after this year’s Skills Canada Manitoba competitions. In Autobody Repair, Joshua Villegas from Red River College has won gold in the post-secondary category, with Martin Krutsch from Steinbach Regional Secondary School winning in the […]

Terrance Paul, Robert Hulan take gold medals in Newfoundland

Newfoundland's Autobody Repair gold medalist Robert Hulan (centre) with silver medalist Patrick Noseworthy (left) and bronze medalist Jonathan Payne (right). All three are students at College of the North Atlantic in St. John’s.

By Barett Poley   St. John’s, Newfoundland — April 19, 2017 — Terrance Paul and Robert Hulan have won gold medals in Car Painting and Autobody Repair respectively, at Newfoundland’s Provincial Skills competition. This year’s competition took place at the College of the North Atlantic’s Prince Philip Drive Campus in St. John’s.    Competitors are […]

Steve Bellefontaine takes gold medal in Nova Scotia

Medalists at the Nova Scotia Car Painting competition. From left: Alyse Nauss (bronze), Nicole Hamilton (silver) and Steve Bellefontaine (gold).

By Barett Poley Dartmouth, Nova Scotia — April 18, 2017 — Nova Scotia recently held its annual Skills Competition, drawing together students from across the province to go head-to-head. Steve Bellefontaine took the gold medal in the Car Painting competition, narrowly edging out competitors Nicole Hamilton (silver) and Alyse Nauss (bronze). This year’s competition took […]

Parr Auto Body apprentice takes gold in Saskatchewan

During the Autobody Repair competition in Saskatoon. The competition was held at the CNH Training Centre.

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan — April 13, 2017 — Htoo Hta, an apprentice at Parr Auto Body in Saskatoon, has won the gold medal for post-secondary Autobody Repair at the 2017 Saskatchewan Provincial Skills Competition. The Autobody Repair competition took place at the CNH Training Centre in Saskatoon. As the gold medalist, Hta will represent Saskatchewan at […]

Okanagan College sweeps BC Skills Competition

Okanagan College students on the podium at the BC Skills Competiton. From left: Caleb Loewen (silver), Andreas Roth (gold) and Marcel Kaemmerzell (bronze).

Abbotsford, British Columbia — April 11, 2017 — The awards ceremony at the BC Skills Competition turned out to be a proud day for Okanagan College’s collision repair program. The Automotive Collision Repair competition saw every single place on the podium occupied by an Okanagan student. Andreas Roth, a Level III apprentice at Okanagan College, […]

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