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Calgary’s Big 4 Motors has opened its doors for business in the Taza business park on the Tsuu T’ina Nation on the western outskirts of the city.

Shows in Vancouver, Calgary and Montreal are all going ahead as planned, with dealers stepping up to fill any voids left by automakers.

Automotive News Canada’s Best Dealerships To Work For show commitment to their staff by putting money toward their well-being.

Carmen Stockton, general manager of Mini Calgary, says the stage prepared her well for the showroom.

Ford of Canada and Calgary’s Metro Ford marked a landmark event earlier this month with the grand opening of the automaker’s first franchised dealership on Indigenous land.

Regional auto shows are planning a comeback in 2024 in at least three centres: Vancouver, Calgary and Ottawa.

COVID-19 slammed the door on large public gatherings across Canada in March 2020, but two of the country’s biggest auto shows returned this year amid hopes that experiential attractions would revive the large-scale events. 

The event was smaller, taking up only one of the usual three floors of the Palais des congress, and numbers were down from the 2020 attendance of 183,149, according to the show’s website.

Cailean Wood assumes the new role of vice-president sales and marketing while Rory Wood has been appointed vice-president of sales and service.

The Vancouver International Auto Show has joined the growing list of cancelled regional auto shows next year.