New MotoMaster winter tires promise an affordable and safe snowy drive

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My son has just retired.

Not from his job, mind you (though I'm willing to bet he'd love that as well!), but from his aging winter tires to a brand new – and surprisingly affordable to these eyes – set of full winter tires from Canadian Tire. The new rubber appears to be a sequel to an earlier model because the folks at Canadian Tire have named them "MotoMasterWinter Edge II" so I assume these are an upgrade to an earlier version.

I haven't dealt with Canadian Tire for auto service in many years, though we do shop their local stores quite often. It's interesting to see just how they've expanded their offerings, too, from "tires" to an amazing assortment of home and garden stuff, small appliances, you can just about name it. About the only thing I haven't noticed in a Canadian Tire store is a full grocery section like you'd see in places like Walmart. And that's okay with me.

But we've purchased our favourite clock radios there (they project the time onto your bedroom ceiling, feature battery backup, and automatically know when to change times for Daylight Savings, all of which are really handy in a clock radio that sold for less than 20 loonies). We've bought toys for the grandkids (and their grandfather, occasionally), found a little basketball we mounted on the antenna of my wife's SUV so she can find it better in parking lots (I'm so embarrassed!), we've bought innumerable garden thingies, etc. etc. etc.

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