The CPKC Holiday Train returns to Saskatchewan communities in December, raising funds for local food banks along its route.
The Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) Holiday Train will make its way across southern Saskatchewan starting on Dec. 6.
In Saskatchewan, it will raise money ad collect donations of non-perishable food for local food banks, CPKC said in a new release on Thursday.
“All donations stay local to help feed those in need in the community, and the food bank will have a station set up at each site to collect donations,” the release said.
Each stop the train makes on its tour of the province will feature a free, half-hour concert on the holiday-decorated train stage by Canadian singer-songwriters Tyler Shaw and Shawnee Kish.
Saskatchewan stops include:
Dec. 6:
- Moosomin, 12 p.m. at 1001 Front Street
- Broadview, 2 p.m. at CPKC station on Front Street
- Indian Head, 4:15 p.m. at Railway Street and Hwy 56 crossing
- Qu’Appelle, 5:30 p.m. at corner of North Pacific Avenue and Ontario Street
- Regina, 7:30 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium parking lot
Dec. 7:
- Moose Jaw, 4:30 p.m. at 3 Manitoba St.
- Swift Current, 8:30 p.m. at 3rd Street and North Railway East
Dec. 8:
- Maple Creek, 12:45 p.m. at CPKC TMS shack on Pacific Avenue
Dec. 18:
- North Portal, 12 p.m. at First Street railway crossing
- Estevan, 3:15 p.m. east of CPKC Station
- Weyburn, 6 p.m. at 512 Railway St.
The Holiday train has raised more than $24.3 million and 5.3 million pounds of food for community food banks across Canada and the U.S. since 1999.
CPKC is the only single-line transnational railway that links Canada with the U.S. and Mexico, with “unrivalled access to major ports from Vancouver to Atlantic Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.”
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