Can-Packed: Car filled with cans gets ticketed by police
Waubaushene, Ontario — If you can guess the number of cans that are in this vehicle, you unfortunately won’t win anything, but the driver of this can-filled car was awarded with a $130 ticket for their impressive collection. In early August, the can-packed automobile was stopped at a ride check-in Waubaushene, Ont., by the Ontario […]
Not a Hum: Sask. city drafts new noise bylaw with decibel limits for vehicles
Humboldt, Saskatchewan — The City of Humboldt has a new noise bylaw in the making, which if approved would require light vehicles to operate under a noise limit of 96 decibels. The current bylaw, which was drafted more than 35 years ago, mainly uses personal perception to gauge how loud a vehicle is. While, the […]
All Set to Spray: Dan Gillett receives his prize pack, courtesy of Collision Repair mag and SATA Canada
Chatham, Ontario — Dan Gillett of Brown’s Auto Supply extends his condolences to all the other entrants of Collision Repair‘s A WINNING COMBINATION contest–after all, there could only be one winner. Gillett, a longtime sales associate with the Ontario-based company, was over the moon when informed he was the lucky winner of SATA Canada’s exclusive […]
WHERE WE’VE BEEN
Collision Repair’s Greatest Hits By Allison Rogers 1867 Presenting, the Automobile In 1867, Henry Seth Taylor, a watchmaker and jeweler, built the first automobile in Canada. The steam-powered buggy was regarded as a novelty by many and was unveiled at a fair that year. Unfortunately, the buggy was crashed into a creek later that day, […]
Stan Kingshott’s West Coast Classic golf tourney postponed to 2022
Toronto, Ontario — Disappointing news for fans of golf and autobody repair on the west coast, CARPAK Distributing Corp. and Lordco Auto Parts have announced that the Stan Kingshott’s West Coast Classic golf tournament has been postponed until next year. With COVID-19 cases on the rise in British Columbia and golf venue capacity limits still […]
Welcomes of the Week: Fix Auto welcomes new Calgary location
Calgary, Alberta — Fix Auto Calgary Centre is the latest location to join Fix Network’s growing footprint across Canada, with the shop offering best-in-class collision repair services in one of the busiest neighbourhoods of downtown Calgary. Owner Gurveer Randev believes that the aftermarket industry has always been a part of his DNA, with his family operating successful automotive and body shop […]
EV/AV Report: August 16, 2021
Toronto, Ontario — This week, Toronto races towards an autonomous future, with a new mapping endeavour. Meanwhile Canada as a whole reaches a huge electric vehicle milestone and Tesla delays production of the Cybertruck. Mapping the GTA Ecopia AI, announced Thursday, it is creating a high-definition (HD) map for the City of Toronto, which will […]
Labour Lockout: Honda calls EV exec. order ‘unfair’, ‘discriminatory’
Toronto, Ontario — Representatives from American Honda are pushing back on U.S. President Biden’s Aug. 5 executive order that sets a goal of 50 percent of overall sales being EVs, by 2030, saying the thought is there, but the cars aren’t. In the analysis of last week’s order, Bloomberg wrote “[Biden] has ordered the federal […]
Used Car Commotion: Price of used cars in Canada has increased by 12.8 percent, amid microchip woes
Toronto, Ontario — Amid the global microchip shortage, the price of used vehicles in Canada is continuing to climb. New data from AutoTrader.ca shows the average price of used automobiles has risen by 12.8 percent last month. The online used vehicle marketplace says in July 2021, the average price of a used car on its […]
PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST
Steve Leal, President and CEO of Fix Network, charts his incredible 15-year journey from a Fix Autofranchisee to heading the world’sleading aftermarket network The Canadian aftermarket industry hardly gets any mentions in international press, but one man is changing that imaging by taking his Canada-headquartered company to the world. Steve Leal, President and CEO of […]
