MEDIA ADVISORY - 2010 CP Holiday Train

CALGARY, Dec. 7 /CNW/ -

Scheduled stops for:

Alberta

Thursday, December 9

Lacombe - 1:15 p.m., gravel parking lot adjacent CP tracks between 46 Ave & Hwy 2A (show on East side)
Ponoka - 3:00 p.m., 50 St & 47 Ave.
Hobbema - 4:15 p.m., main CP crossing in Hobbema, at intersection of Hwy 611 & Hwy 2A (show on East side)
Wetaskiwin - 5:30 p.m., CP Building, 4009 - 50 St.
Leduc - 7:30 p.m., behind Extra Foods, 3915 - 50 Ave.

Friday, December 10

Josephburg - 5:15 p.m., Moyer Rec Centre
Edmonton - 8:30 p.m., South of Edmonton CP Station, 7935 Gateway Blvd.

Saturday, December 11

Red Deer - 9:45 a.m., CP rail yard, adjacent Adminstration Bldg, 6867 Edgar Industrial Drive.
Didsbury - 12:30 p.m., 19 St and 18 Ave
Airdrie - 2:15 p.m., Nose Creek Park, Main St, east side of CP tracks.
Calgary - 7:00 p.m., 9511 Horton Road SW, gravel parking lot on Horton Road behind the Brick and Schanks

About the Holiday Train:
The Holiday Train is a freight train covered in hundreds of thousands of bright lights.  At 140 stops across Canada and United States, Canadian Pacific provides a box car stage, a line up of great musical talent and a corporate contribution to the local food bank.  Food banks provide collection bins for non-perishable food.  Communities, in turn, donate food and funds, all of which stays in the community.  The Holiday Train has raised over $4.8 million and 2.3 million pounds of food. 

Full schedules and background information on the program and entertainers are available at: www.cpr.ca. As well, join the Holiday Train on Facebook or on Twitter at: @CPHolidaytrain.

B-roll and backgrounders also available on CNW Video on Demand: http://cnw.pathfireondemand.com/viewpackage.action?packageid=410

For further information:

Kevin Hrysak
Manager, Media Relations
Canadian Pacific
403 836-3874
[email protected]

or

Breanne Feigel
Manager, Media Relations and Public Affairs
Canadian Pacific
403 589-6949
[email protected]