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>> The dark side
Police recently laid charges against 11 people, including two tow truck drivers, for staging a collision on one of Canada's busiest highways.
Let's keep our fingers crossed that this sends a strong message to future schemers.
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Greetings!
I don't know how many people see it, but every week we put a tidbit on the side of the newsletter under "Can you believe?"
It's usually something interesting one of us has seen recently, often that wouldn't fit anywhere else in Collision Repair magazine--fun facts, interesting statistics or just plain oddities.
This week, it's fraud. From the way it sounds, it was a pretty elaborate operation. There are 11 people being charged, two tow truck drivers implicated, and apparently nine fake injuries.
I'm picturing a sleazy Ocean's 11, except the implications could be pretty significant.
I was wondering if you could provide some feedback: would you like to see a feature on this subject some day? Has this issue directly impacted your business in the past?
Let me know--if there's enough interest maybe we could put our muckraker hats on and dig in.
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About the Town
 CSN's fourth annual golf tournamentCSN raised $7171 for the Linden Fund last week at their annual golf tournament. One lucky golfer also went home with a new car--see if you can spot him in the photo gallery: he's the one with the grin on his face. More photos... Kelowna Performance Collision While our intrepid editor was in BC recently he had a chance to visit Kelowna Performance Collision. Kelowna's Pete Facinek has overseen one of the most successful lean conversions we've yet witnessed. Four years into the journey, everyone in the facility makes more money than they did when they started, and they're working shorter work weeks to boot. Take a look. |
 Fix Auto celebrates its growth in Atlantic Canada at annual conference
It was an eventful three days in Halifax, Nova Scotia for the Fix Auto
network as they celebrated their 5th national conference in the heart of
the city.
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 Brian Kelleher named distributor for "Help! I Crashed My Car"
Brian Kelleher has been appointed as a distributor for Summit Software and Mobile Solutions' "Help! I Crashed My Car," according to Frank Terlep, CEO.
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CARSTAR, Wendel Clark soap it up for cystic fibrosis
On Saturday June 12, 2010, CARSTAR will host its 7th annual "Soaps It Up" National Car Wash Fundraiser at locations across Canada.
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Mitchell's Tom Fleming to retire
Mitchell International, Inc announced last week that Tom Fleming,
vice-president of database development and 25-year veteran of the
company, recently retired. Fleming will continue to work as a private
consultant in the collision repair industry as part of his newly formed
consultancy Pelham Business Advisors, where he will continue his
efforts to advance the marketplace.
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AIA Canada's 2010 Canadian Shop Performance Survey now available
AIA is launching the next phase of its project to find meaningful data for Canadian collision repair facilities--and you can help!
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CSN raises a record amount at its 4th annual golf tournament
CSN Collision and Glass raised $7171 for the Linden Fund at their annual golf tournament last Thursday. That's their biggest total yet.
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Zurich joins IBIS 2010 sponsors
Global insurance company Zurich has joined 3M, Audatex, DuPont, EMM,
Thatcham and Morelli as a sponsor of IBIS 2010, which takes place at
the Park Plaza Hotel, Westminster, London UK June 9-11 2010.
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AASP selects Summit's "Help! I Crashed My Car" as member benefit
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers (AASP) and Summit Mobile Solutions recently announced that "Help! I Crashed My Car" is now available to all AASP affiliates and members as a special member benefit.
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Keep an eye out: Vehicle wanted in hit and run from Port Dalhousie, May 24, 2010
If you're in the Niagara, Halton or Hamilton areas, keep an eye open
for a silver/grey SUV coming through your facility. A vehicle of that
description was involved in a serious hit and run during the holiday
Monday and police are asking the collision repair community for their
help.
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Audatex releases dates for summer online training
If you're looking to stay ahead of the pack it might be a good idea to use the summer months to brush up on some skills. If you're so inclined, take a look at Audatex's latest offering in its
selection of free online training.
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Orientation for Mohawk this summer
Know someone who's always wanted to be a collision repair tech? There's an upcoming chance for them to find
out all about it at an industry
orientation session for pre-apprentices.
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Correction: In the story "LKQ-Keystone Brampton officially opens its doors," we identified the location as being the official distributor of US muscle car products company Goodmark Industries. Goodmark has since been in touch to say that the facility is one of the official distributors, but that there are also others, including Cross Canada Replacement Parts.
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