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New articles... EVENTS Hot Topics Attendees at the I-CAR Canada Conference braved the cold. I-CAR Canada has hosted its first conference since 1999. Held at the Delta Hotel in Ottawa, ON over the March 2nd weekend, the conference was ... Read More >>   NEWS Unbroken Bond Stakeholders invest time and energy to help kids learn to weld. Actions speak louder than words. It might be a tired cliché, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t true. But when it comes to encouraging ... Read More >>   PROFILES The Next Level It’s what Sharon Wells has always kept her eyes on. There are as many roads into the collision repair business as there are people to take them. For some, entering the repair industry may be a logic... Read More >> Volume 6 Issue 2

New articles... WHO IS DRIVING Tragic Comedy S hould we laugh? Or cry? It’s interesting that it is very often   the little things that make for big differences. For example, the bacteria in a glass of tainted water are a vanishingly small percentage of the total amount of matter in the glass, but those bacteria can cause you serious trouble. ... Read More >> RECYCLING Charitable Cause Everyone wins when recyclers and charities team up In years past, the market for ‘scrap’ cars or End of Life Vehicles was solely monopolized by the auto recycling industry. For years, if a vehicle owner wanted to dispose of their vehicle, they would turn to the trusty local ‘yard’ as a means of getting the unwanted vehicle off their driveway and out of sight. Today, the vehicle disposal landscape has certainly changed, and the public has become a more educated and socially aware populati... Read More >> POINT BLANK On the Waterfront Jump in now…don’t get left high and dry! All I seem to hear from repairers these days are panic cries about converting to waterborne paint. Well let me tell you, there's no need to get your knickers in a knot over this. My shop has been converted for a while and there's no way anyone here, from the prepper to the painter, would go back. ... Read More >>