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With the crazy, wild to mild weather swings we’re having across Western Canada it may be hard to believe … but spring is in the air!

In this issue of The Tracker we’re looking ahead to New Horizons—to what 2024 has in store down the road.

The replacement tire market has never been a simple or homogenous entity. However, there’s no shortage of helpful commentary as to what the next few months might hold, especially with regard to the ‘on-again off-again’ impact of EVs.

Read up on the latest in ‘Gauging the EV Conundrum in 2024; and get some inventory tips from the TIA / GFK forum held late last year on how to plan for those all important ‘bread and butter’ sizes that account for 60 percent of the market.

Federated Insurance offers a wealth of ideas on how to ensure you have a viable business interruption plan in place, which spans everything from power outages to cyber attacks and  theft. As Federated says, “Risk Management is Never Done.”

We bid farewell to one of the association’s earliest and most loyal supporters, Garry Dickinson, who shaped BC’s D&D Tire into a major player in the 1970’s and early ‘80s.

If you’re in the vicinity please plan to attend the WCTD Annual General Meeting: Friday, March 15th, 2 PM at Victoria’s Grande Pacific Hotel, 463 Belleville Street.

There’s plenty more, of course, from recycling news to registration forms (for players and sponsors) for the sequel to last year’s highly successful WCTD Charity Golf Tournament, scheduled for June 23rd, 2024.

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Tire Stewardship BC Establishes Don Blythe Scholarship

Please note that this scholarship has been discontinued.

We are pleased to announce that TSBC has generously added another scholarship to our existing four scholarships. This scholarship is for $2000.00 and is in the memory of Don Blythe for his contribution to Tire Stewardship BC and to the tire industry in general.

Rosemary Sutton, TSBC Executive Director, comments:

Don Blythe

Don Blythe

“On January 5, 2018, TSBC and the tire world lost an industry giant, Don Blythe.  Don was instrumental in setting up Tire Stewardship BC and held the position of Chairman of the Board since TSBC’s inception on January 01, 2007.  In honour of Don and as a thank you to his significant contribution to TSBC and others, the TSBC board has set up a scholarship in Don’s name in the amount of $2,000.  We know Don will be pleased with our decision to help further someone’s education.”

The scholarship will be known as the TSBC Don Blythe Scholarship.

Details regarding eligibility are as follows:

Only BC dealers may apply. Applicants must be supported by a registered BC tire retailer (though not restricted to WCTD members), also must have been registered with TSBC for more than three years and be in good standing with no compliance issues.

Applicants must also meet qualifications as follows:

The applicant is the immediate family member (son, daughter or spouse) or legal ward of a person that is a full time, permanent employee, for at least one year, of a TSBC registered retailer. 

The applicant must have been accepted to attend an accredited Canadian post- secondary institution and has registered for classes for the upcoming semester. 

Deadline for submission is August 15th, 2021

Applications should be forward to:
Ray Geleta, Executive Director, Western Canada Tire Dealers,
65 Woodbine Road, Sherwood Park, AB T8A 4A7
Email: rayg@wctd.ca