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4 BCA A .CoM spring 2015 (bottom right) iStock @ advertising in westworld magazine does not indicate an endorsement by the british columbia automobile association. ® CAA, CAA Plus, Away From Home, CAA Plus RV and Approved Auto Repair Services are trademarks owned by, and their use granted by, the Canadian Automobile Association. ® AAA, CampBook, Show Your Card & Save, TourBook and TripTik are trademarks owned by, and their use granted by, the American Automobile Association. The B.C. edition of Westworld magazine is published four times a year by Canada Wide Media Limited, 4th Floor, 4180 Lougheed Hwy., Burnaby, B.C. V5C 6A7. Phone 604-299-7311. Copyright 2015. All rights reserved. No part of this magazine may be reproduced without written permission. Send change-of-address notices (both old and new address), the covers of undeliverable copies and subscription orders to: Westworld, P.O. Box 6680, Vancouver, B.C. V6B 4L4 or telephone 604-268-5555. 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WESTWORLD is the registered trademark of BCAA Holdings Ltd. s p r i n g 2015 . vo l u m e 41 . n u m b e r 1 Westworld editor kim mah senior art director gayleen m. whiting production/studio manager kristina borys production/print manager kirsty senior assistant studio manager mandy lau production coordinator tammy nguyen advertising design chris sherwood production technicians ina bowerbank, sheila stewart imaging technicians mandy lau, laura michaels videographer matthew gauthier advertising general sales manager gillian trainor 604-299-7311 account manager anna lee 604-299-7311 manitoba robert zyluk 204-255-3409 midwest u.s.a. 952-405-9640 sales coordination janice cheer, tina dinh WesTWorLD mArkeTing senior vice president & cmo brent cuthbertson associate vice president & director marketing grant stockwell brand marketing erin tarampi, james mcdermott, jason yeasting chairman, ceo peter legge, o.b.c., ll.d (hon) president samantha legge, mba senior vice-president/custom publishing kathleen freimond, mba vice-president/sales & operations david comuzzi vice-president/marketing & digital media holly pateman vice-president rebecca legge chief content officer charlene rooke executive creative director rick thibert director/it mike packer director/production kim mclane director/digital media raymond yip director/human resources joy ginete-cockle director/finance sonia roxburgh director/circulation tracy mcritchie digital media ariane fleischmann, debbie jiang, james marshall, candice ui marketing kathleen almeida, casey crawford, allyson wickham senior technical analyst peter rensen application support analyst eileen gajowski accounting eileen gajowski, terri mason, jocelyn snelling circulation coordinator ashley cleggett circulation millie coskun, kelly kalirai executive assistants janice cheer, heidi christie reception heather vince Paper – Post-Consumer Recycled Content 10% 14.5152 tonnes of wood saved 173,268 litres of wastewater flow saved 1,566.73 kg solid waste not generated 4,432.13 kg greenhouse gases prevented 48 million BTUs energy not consumed Printed with vegetable-based ink Member Consumer Magazine Division • P L E A S E R E C Y C L E • After reading page 44 of the Winter 2014 Westworld and your recommendation of drivers using fog lights, I'd like to know the law/regulations about when they can be used – as so many vehicles have all four lights on in clear road conditions. –Rob Williamson Editor' s reply: B.C.'s Motor Vehicle Act Regulations state that properly wired, mounted and aimed fog lamps can be used "when atmospheric conditions make the use of headlamps disadvantageous" – such as in fog, snow or low light. 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V5G 4T1 Email address changes to: westworld@bcaa.com WRITE US From the Westworld team As a valued BCAA Member, it's been our pleasure to bring you Westworld magazine for more than 30 years. Today, many of us are consuming our media online. We too have noticed a dramatic increase in those of you reading Westworld online. To offer the magazine in your preferred format and reduce our environmental footprint, our next edition will be a digital-only version. This will enable us to save an estimated 3,500 trees, which we believe is good news for all of us. Visit bcaa.com/westworld for a direct link to the digital version, and to opt in to receive email notification when the next digital version is available. Print copies will also continue to be available at all BCAA service locations. If you would like to continue to get the printed version mailed to you, please send your Membership Number to printwestworld@bcaa.com or Westworld Editor, 4567 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C. V5G 4T1.

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