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@ 4 BCA A .COM WINTER 2017 FOLLOW US Visit your nearest BCAA Service Location. Or call us at: 1.888.268.BCAA (2222) Road Assist Quick-Dial: Just dial *222 on your cellphone within Canada FIND US BCAA 4567 Canada Way Burnaby, BC V5G 4T1 Email: bcaamagazine@bcaa.com WRITE US advertising in bcaa 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. BCAA Magazine is published four times a year by Canada Wide Media Limited, #230-4321 Still Creek Drive, Burnaby, BC V5C 6S7. Phone 604.299.7311. Copyright 2017. 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: BCAA Magazine, P.O. Box 6680, Vancouver, BC V6B 4L4 or telephone 1.888.268.2222. Printed in Canada by tc.Transcontinental. ISSN 0316-0315. Publications Mail Product Sales Agreement #40065475. The statements, opinions and points of view expressed in articles published in this magazine are those of the authors, and publication shall not be deemed to mean that they are necessarily those of the British Columbia Automobile Association, the publisher, editor, Canada Wide Media Limited, or BCAA Holdings Ltd. The publishers cannot be held responsible for unsolicited manuscripts and photographs. w i n t e r 2017 . vo l u m e 43 . n u m b e r 4 editor KIRSTEN RODENHIZER art director REN REED production managers KRISTINA BORYS, KIRSTY SENIOR imaging technician MANDY LAU production support technician INA BOWERBANK BCAA MAGAZINE MARKETING senior vice president & cmo BRENT CUTHBERTSON director brand experience JAMES McDERMOTT brand marketing ERIN TARAMPI chairman, ceo PETER LEGGE, O.B.C., LL.D (HON) president SAMANTHA LEGGE, MBA senior vice-president/integration BRAD LISKI vice president/content marketing RYAN McKENZIE vice president/digital KEVIN HINTON vice president/hr JOY GINETE-COCKLE vice president/finance SONIA ROXBURGH, CGA, CPA executive creative director RICK THIBERT director of editorial MICHAEL McCULLOUGH director/production KIM McLANE director/circulation TRACY McRITCHIE, BBA systems administrator BRIAN FAKHRAIE erp systems analyst EILEEN GAJOWSKI accounting TERRI MASON circulation manager ASHLEY RINGHAM (ON LEAVE) circulation KELLY KALIRAI (ON LEAVE), LORI NORTH, RHIANNON JONES, JACQUIE AITKEN executive assistant/marketing associate HEATHER VINCE Member Consumer Magazine Division your BCAA Paper – Post-Consumer Recycled Content 10% 2,676 litres of wastewater flow saved 25.4 kg solid waste not generated 72.6 kg greenhouse gases prevented 1.0 million BTUs energy not consumed Printed with vegetable-based ink Environmental impact estimates were made using the Environmental Paper Network Paper Calculator Version 3.2.1. For more information visit www.papercalculator.org. The Digital Edition Evolves Thanks to feedback from Members, we've made some improvements to the digital version of BCAA Magazine. You should now find the reading and page-turning experience responsive on any browser or device. In addition, we're now offering the option to download each issue, in its entirety, as a PDF, because some Members told us they would prefer to browse the magazine this way. To access the digital edition, visit bcaa.com/bcaamagazine and click on the cover of the issue you'd like to read. To download a PDF version of the A BCAA Play Here Update Keeping kids safe on the road is important to BCAA – and so is keeping them safe when they play. BCAA Play Here delivers rejuvenated play spaces to BC communities in need. For our second year, BCAA contributed $400,000 and delivered amazing play spaces, each worth $100,000, to: Bouchie Lake Elementary School, Quesnel; Galiano Community School, Galiano Island; Marion Schilling Elementary School, Kamloops; and McKay Street Park, issue, click the PDF icon in the blue bar at the top of the screen, and the download will start automatically. Prince Rupert. Hundreds of BCAA employees volunteered alongside local residents and worked with playground specialists to build the play spaces. The results are breathtaking, with features geared towards imaginative and inclusive play, as well as accessibility. BCAA thanks our finalists and everyone who nominated or voted for a play space. Thanks also to BCAA Members for supporting us in the creation of better places for BC children to play.

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