The Course is Calling: CREF opens registration for annual summer golf fundraiser
Cleveland, Ohio — The Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) announced that registration for their annual summer golf fundraiser, co-hosted by PPG Automotive Refinish, is now open. Scheduled for July 13, the fundraiser will take place in the Greater Cleveland area in conjunction with the currently scheduled national industry meetings. The event will be held at […]
Pump Problems: Honda recalling 80,000 Canadian vehicles for fuel pump issues
Toronto, Ontario — Honda Motor Co. said Tuesday it will recall about 761,000 vehicles worldwide to replace fuel pumps that could fail and lead to engine problems. The recall includes 80,176 vehicles in Canada and covers various vehicles from the model years 2019 and 2020. In the U.S, the automaker is recalling 628,000 2018-20 model […]
Awards Season: Subaru Canada honoured in 2021 Kelley Blue Book Brand Image awards
Toronto, Ontario — Subaru Canada has been honoured in three major categories of the 2021 Kelley Blue Book Brand Image Awards, including Best Overall Brand, Most Trusted Brand and Best Performance Brand. With this year’s acknowledgement, Subaru has now won Most Trusted Brand for seven consecutive years, in addition to its second consecutive and fourth […]
Ceifets for the Job: Adam Ceifets named vice president of insurance for Driven Brands Canada
Hamilton, Ontario – CARSTAR has announced Adam Ceifets has been appointed vice president of insurance for Driven Brands Canada. Ceifets has over 27 years of industry experience with vehicle rental partners. Although he spent time on both the operations and sales teams, Ceifets spent the last 14 years driving the insurance strategy to enhance the […]
Rural Roadways: Federal government to invest $250 million in rural transit
Ottawa, Ontario – The Government of Canada announced $250 million to help rural communities with transit issues. Today, the minister of infrastructure, Catherine McKenna and the minister of rural economic development, Maryam Monsef announced $250 million dollars over five years in order to develop more transit options for Canadians living in remote areas. This fund […]
Tuesday Ticker: March 30, 2021
Toronto, Ontario — Boyd unveils its 2020 financial results, Elon Musk makes moves to accept crypto-cash and Lyft shares its sunny outlook for the months ahead in this week’s Tuesday Ticker. Boyd’s books Boyd Group Services has announced its financial results for the full-year ended Dec. 31, 2020, revealing that company saw same-store sales fall 15.6 […]
In the Year 3000: Guild 21 to host Future of the Industry webinar
Toronto, Ontario — Guild 21 will be hosting its latest webinar on Thursday, April 8, tackling topics on the future of the collision industry. Patrick Dorais, chief of the Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR)of California will serve as this month’s speaker. Chief Dorais was appointed by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. as chief of the […]
Petty Cash: Georgia auto employee receives pile of oil-soaked pennies for final wages
Atlanta, Georgia — The treatment of a former manager of Georgia, U.S.-based AOK Auto Works should be a lesson to all businessowners on how not to foster a healthy work environment. After leaving his job at the facility in November 2020, Andreas Flaten was owed $915 by his former employee. Left waiting months for his paycheck, Flaten […]
Woes in Windsor: Strike deadline looms for ElringKlinger plant
Windsor, Ontario — The union representing workers at the Windsor Assembly Plant is currently bargaining with management at a Leamington auto parts plant, with just hours to go before the strike deadline. Unifor Local 444 is trying to avoid a strike deadline of 12:01 a.m. Saturday with the ElringKlinger plant — which employs 130 workers. No deal […]
Bouthillette’s Boost: Fix Network names Sonia Bouthillette as VP of Canadian operations
Blainville, Quebec — Sonia Bouthillette has been appointed vice president of operations for Fix Auto Canada. Bouthillette will be reporting to Sylvain Seguin, Fix Network’s Executive Vice President (Canada) and will be based at the Fix Network national head office in Blainville, Quebec. In her new role, she will be responsible for driving the network’s […]
