Chopping List: Équité Association releases annual top 10 most stolen vehicles in Canada list
Toronto, Ontario — Équité Association has released its list of the Top 10 Most Stolen Vehicles across the country, noting that Canada has become a prime hunting ground in the stolen vehicle trade. Further analysis indicates that high end vehicles of all kinds are being targeted, with fob relay attacks and the reprogramming of fobs […]
Crash Test City: Montreal’s most collision-prone boroughs found downtown
Montreal, Quebec – Whether you speak English, French or another language, almost every driver has stories of close calls with more reckless road users. In the case of urban areas, reckless driving can quickly translate into fatalities. Unlike Toronto and Vancouver where collisions are most common at connectors to adjacent cities, collisions in Montreal generally […]
MONTREAL MEET-CUTE
Reunited at CCIF—and it feels so good Story and photos by ALLISON ROGERS Canadian industry stakeholders recently gathered for the Canadian Collision Industry Forum’s (CCIF) first event in two years, four months and three days—not that we were counting. CCIF chairman Paul Prochilo said all verticals of the industry were represented at CCIF Montreal: 51 […]
High Score: Montreal driver suspended with $2,476 ticket
Montreal, Quebec – On June 4, a man in his thirties earned 30 demerit points and had his license suspended for seven days, after driving at 208 kilometers per hour in a 70-kilometer per hour zone, or three times the limit. The man was clocked along Highway 20 West, near Angrignon Boulevard. After the ticket, […]
Meet in Montreal: Last chance to register for CCIF Montréal
Montréal, Québec — Time to register for the Canadian Collision Industry Forum (CCIF) Montréal is running out! Scheduled for next Thursday, June 2, and Friday, June 3, the event marks the first The event kicks off on Thursday with a networking reception in the evening and continues the next day with a full-day meeting agenda […]
Welcomes of the Week: CARSTAR Rosemont
Montréal, Québec — CARSTAR announced the opening of CARSTAR Rosemont, in Montréal, Québec, on Mar. 30., welcoming Jose-Luis Timoteo and his team to the network. CARSTAR Rosemont has been serving the Montréal area for more than 20 years, said CARSTAR in its press release. Looking to enhance its reach and highlight its premier repair capabilities, […]
Workers Wanted: Quebec welcomes temporary foreign autobody workers
Montreal, Quebec — Autobody workers in Quebec can now be hired without employers searching for Canadians first. Quebec’s Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) is a list of high-demand jobs which allows employers to hire temporary foreign workers directly, without proving that they tried and failed to find qualified Canadians first. Updates to the LMIA by […]
Uh Oh, Omicron: Toronto and Montreal auto shows cancel 2022 events
Toronto, Ontario — …And with nary a second glance, COVID’s cruel hand cleans the slate—the Canadian (Toronto) and Montreal International Auto Shows have been cancelled. COVID-19 cases are steadily back on the rise thanks to the new Omicron variant and governments in Ontario and Quebec are scrambling to set new rules ahead of the new […]
Benz Deluxe: AutoCanada Inc. acquires Autolux MB Collison in Montreal
Edmonton, Alberta — AutoCanada Inc. is breaking in on the Benz market as the dealer group announced the acquisition of Autolux MB Collison in Montreal. Autolux has been in operation for over 30 years and is a certified Mercedes-Benz collision centre. The business operates out of a facility with more than 15 production bays and […]
Rising Sun: Hyundai Canada donates $50K to Montreal youth non-profit
Markham, Ontario — Proving to be an automaker with an eye always on Canadian communities, Hyundai Canada has announced a donation of $50,000 to the Sun Youth Organization to support underprivileged youth in the Greater Montreal area. “Hyundai’s shared priorities with Sun Youth—specifically preventing exclusion—allowed us to realize our vison for improving the quality of […]
