November 20, 2008 -- The winter's first snowfall caused hundreds of accidents across south-central Ontario,  but in Halifax NS a snowstorm left stranded hundreds of people in their cars. In the Greater Toronto Area, OPP Sgt. Dave Woodford said police responded to 384 collisions between 4 p.m. yesterday and 5 a.m. today, including one in Grimsby last night that sent two people to hospital with life-threatening injuries. The accident occurred around 7:30 p.m. yesterday, when an SUV driving west on the Queen Elizabeth Way collided with a coach bus.

SAN DIEGO, CA -- November 19, 2008 -- Mitchell International today announced record sales of its industry-leading shop management solutions—ABS and ABS Enterprise—at this year's National Autobody Congress Exposition (NACE). Sales of Mitchell's business management solutions were up by nearly 20 percent over the previous year. According to Mitchell, this is because have the company's business management solutions have the ability to increase operational efficiency and supply superior decision-support information, as well as Mitchell's customer support and its 60 years of collision industry expertise. 

"We realize that this is a challenging time for the collision repair industry. Our goal at Mitchell—as it has been for the past 60 years— is to continue to support collision repairers by providing them with powerful solutions like ABS and ABS Enterprise. Mitchell helps collision repair facilities get better control over their business operations, which can be even more important in a difficult or down economy," said Marc Brungger, Executive Vice President of Auto Physical Damage Solutions at Mitchell. "We're proud that record numbers of repairers continue to choose Mitchell products to out-perform the competition no matter what the economic environment, and we remain committed to continuing to invest in these solutions to make them even more powerful. The key for any successful collision repair facility is to focus its energy on what it can control— its customers, its business operations and its trading partner relationships."