Just Learned Photoshop: Alberta driver pulled over with printed-out license plate
Edmonton, Alberta — Fashion, technology, fathers—these are all things that come and go in life. But what never leaves? Human will and ingenuity. An Edmonton, Alta. driver was pulled over by police early in March, initially for having a tinted license plate cover that they were using to obscure the truly dastardly deception. What was […]
EV/AV Report: April 26, 2021
Toronto, Ontario – In this week’s electric and autonomous vehicle report, Honda commits to 100 percent EV sales by 2040, a recent report shows Alberta as a growing hub for tech development and Lion Electric prepares to enter the public trading market. Hon Da Path to Carbon Neutrality With carbon neutrality high on the list […]
REGIONAL NEWS | ALBERTA
WILD WEST Albertans, check your keys; a new report from HelloSafe.ca shows that the province is swinging well above its weight when it comes to rates of vehicle theft, and the thieves’ targets aren’t exactly what one might expect. The report, published on February 2, outlines rates of vehicle theft across Canada and showed that […]
Truckwrecks: Recovery team called to pull half-frozen Silverado out of river north of Fort McMurray
Fort Chipewyan, Alberta — In the latest edition of Collision Repair’s ongoing segment, “Will that truck fall through the ice?”; the answer was once again, yes. This time, the Saskatchewan-based Big Ice removal service was called in to Fort Chipewyan, north of Fort McMurray, to pull a partially sunk Chevrolet Silverado out of a fast-moving […]
Welcomes of the Week: Fix Auto adds Strathmore, Alta. repair centre to network
Strathmore, Alberta — Fix Auto has added a new location in Strathmore, Alberta to its network. The new shop strengthens Fix Auto’s footprint in Alberta, “bringing advanced collision repair services to the closely-knit community of Strathmore,” said the company via press release. The new shop is the third Fix Auto location established by owner-operators Andy […]
One Stop Shop: Lordco Auto Parts opens new store in Edmonton, Alta.
Maple Ridge, British Columbia — Further expanding its reach in Western Canada, Lordco Auto Parts has announced the opening of its first store in Edmonton, Alberta, a little more than a year after the company opened its first superstore in southern Alberta. Lordco’s new home in Edmonton is a 34,000 sq.-ft. facility of combined retail […]
Welcomes of the Week: CARSTAR Spruce Grove Opens in Alberta
Spruce Grove, Alberta – CARSTAR, North America’s largest premier network of independently owned and operated collision repair facilities is proud to announce the opening of CARSTAR Spruce Grove located at 368 Saskatchewan Avenue, Spruce Grove, Alberta. Owner of CARSTAR Spruce Grove, Alex Babrack, opened his first facility in 2016 alongside his brother Ramsey and friend […]
REGIONAL NEWS | ALBERTA
BRINGING IN BRENNANS CSN Brennan is the latest CSN Collision Centre to join the network under the ownership of Lift Auto Group. Located in Stettler, Alberta a town with a population just over 11,000 people, CSN Brennan is well established as being on of the best repairers in the area, CSN in its online press […]
Dropping off Pickups: Dunlop Ford donates two trucks to Lethbridge College auto program
Lethbridge, Alberta – If there’s a province with trucks to spare, it’s Alberta—and spare they have, for the sake of Lethbridge College’s automotive service tech program who has just received a donation of a 2020 Ford F-150 and a 2020 Ford Expedition. Courtesy of Dunlop Ford in Lethbridge and Ford of Canada, these two vehicles […]
Frozen Tows: Alberta tow driver’s tips for waiting out winter collisions
Lacombe, Alberta – A scary situation at the shoulder of a highway in Alberta has prompted Dave Kidd from Assured Towing to remind driver’s to stay inside their vehicles, should they break down far from home in the winter. “I was between Lacombe and Bentley on the Highway. There was a vehicle broken down and […]
