PASSING THE TORCH
When Lift Auto Group brings a shop into its fold, it comes with a promise that the legacy of its former owner will live on. To that end, Methal Abougoush can rest assured that his annual Father’s Day Charity Car Show will live on under CSN management.
With the sale of Abougoush’s five Boyd Autobody and Glass locations in 2022, representatives from Lift Auto Group and CSN Collision Centres wanted to ensure that the positive legacy left on the Okanagan community will carry on. That legacy takes shape as an annual Father’s Day car show that collects donations for Kelowna’s Child Advocacy Centre (CAC), having raised more than $250,000 over the past five years.
GROWING PAINS
The Vancouver International Auto Show has been cancelled, marking the annual event as the latest in a series of cancelled regional auto shows. “For the last several months, we have been working with vehicle manufacturers and other partners in anticipating of returning in-person to celebrate the hundredth edition of the traditional auto show in March,” said Blair Qualey, CEO of the New Car Dealers Association. Qualey elaborates that this cancellation stems from “ongoing global supply issues,” leading to multiple manufacturers and distributors becoming unable to commit. The 2023 Vancouver International Auto Show was initially scheduled for March 22 to 26.
WINTER, ALL AT ONCE
Canada’s west coast is feeling the effects of its first major snowfall in a 94 percent spike in collision claims between November 22 to November 29, according to a press release from ICBC.
From this period, claims reported to the provincial insurer by B.C. drivers jumped from 1,837 to 3,567 as the city endured snow and high winds throughout the latter half of that period.
With this release of claims statistics also came the usual note reminding drivers to keep their vehicles in good repair and equipped with an emergency kit as winter driving becomes more severe over the coming months. The corporation recommends driving slower than normal during the winter, avoiding the road during unsafe road conditions and of course, watching for black ice.
