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Santa is coming on the 13th!

December 05 2025,

Santa is coming on the 13th!

It's an exciting time at Mcdonald Chevrolet Buick GMC, Santa is taking time out of his busy schedule to stop in from 12 PM until 2 PM to have pictures taken and hear all your christmas wishes! Make sure you don't miss him! Bring your phones and take pictures of your family and friends with the merry man himself, volunteers will be on hand to take photos with your phone so you can also be in the...
Post-Harvest Power: How the Silverado HD Keeps Taber Operations Running Through Winter

November 26 2025,

Post-Harvest Power: How the Silverado HD Keeps Taber Operations Running Through Winter

The sugar beet harvest may be wrapped up, but for producers around Taber, the work never stops. Once the fields go quiet, the focus shifts to cattle feeding, equipment maintenance, and keeping access roads clear through Alberta's unpredictable winter. The Chevrolet Silverado HD isn't just a truck for harvest season—it's the year-round workhorse that keeps operations moving when temperatures...
The 3 Pillars of a Modern Alberta Farm Truck: Power, Payload, and Technology

October 31 2025,

The 3 Pillars of a Modern Alberta Farm Truck: Power, Payload, and Technology

Southern Alberta farming and ranching operations demand trucks that can handle the real work. From hauling equipment across fields to towing heavy trailers during harvest season, your truck needs to deliver day after day. But what separates a basic pickup from a true farm workhorse? The answer lies in three key areas: raw power to handle demanding jobs, payload capacity to carry what you need,...
Matching Your Trailer to Your Truck: A 2025 Silverado 1500 Towing Guide

September 30 2025,

Matching Your Trailer to Your Truck: A 2025 Silverado 1500 Towing Guide

Hauling livestock across southern Alberta or moving equipment between job sites requires more than just hitching up and hitting the road. The 2025 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 offers four distinct engine options, each with different towing strengths. Understanding how to match your trailer type to the right powertrain—and calculate proper weight distribution—helps you tow safely and confidently....
McDonald Automotive History

October 02 2019, McDonald Chevrolet Buick GMC LTD.

McDonald Automotive History

The McDonald name has been prominent in the southern Alberta since 1942. That is when Wallace McDonald entered business as a partner in Walker and McDonald to sell John Deere farm equipment. At that time, they had only five employees and conducted business from a location on 47th Avenue in Taber, across from the U.G.G. grain elevator. The business primarily sold farm machinery until 1947 when...
2019 GMC Acadia

September 15 2019, Mcdonald Chevrolet Buick GMC LTD.

2019 GMC Acadia

The 2019 GMC Acadia hasn’t just been refreshed; it has been completely redesigned. It now offers more compact dimensions and better efficiency, but GMC’s engineers made sure that they didn’t take away the features and characteristics that have made the GMC Acadia so popular with families in Toronto. Yes, it is now a lot easier to drive the GMC Acadia in the city, but there is still plenty of...
2019 Chevrolet Blazer

September 15 2019, Mcdonald Chevrolet Buick GMC LTD.

2019 Chevrolet Blazer

Chevrolet brought back one of its best-known nameplates with the new 2019 Chevrolet Blazer. The Blazer has always been known as a fun and dynamic SUV that was competent both on and off-road, spacious, and loaded with personality. The new 2019 Chevrolet Blazer is no different, except it brings a modern flair and impressive technology to its impressive DNA. It also has a ton of interior space, a...