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  • 10th annual Ritchie Bros.' Corporate Kids Challenge surpasses $1.5 million raised for KidSport B.C.

    MLA Anne Kang also presented a $400,000 contribution to KidSport from the Province of B.C.

    Ritchie Bros.' Corporate Kids Challenge charity event celebrated its 10th year this past weekend, with more than 250 participants and $160,000 raised, bringing the event's 10-year total to $1.5 million!

    All funds raised in this fun and action-packed event—which pits corporate teams from across Greater Vancouver against each other in a series of sports-day challenges—go to Kidsport B.C., a long-running charity designed to help financially-disadvantaged children participate in amateur sport. 

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    Sep 9, 2019 - 6 years ago

  • BC Ferries Adds Beer And Wine To The Pacific Buffet Menu

    The one-year trial starts late October

    VICTORIA – BC Ferries is adding beer and wine to the Pacific Buffet menu on a trial basis, starting in late October.

    “Many of our customers have said they would like to have a glass of wine or beer with their meal while sailing with us,” says Melanie Lucia, Executive Director of Catering and Terminal Operations. “We look for ways to enhance the customer experience and are pleased to now offer these beverages in the Pacific Buffet.”

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    Sep 9, 2019 - 6 years ago

  • Navistar Announces Champions Of The 2019 Technician Rodeo

    Representing Navistar’s commitment to customer uptime, technicians from Arizona, Ontario, Canada, and Yumbo, Colombia, finished first place within their category at the 2019 Technician Rodeo. The annual competition, which is hosted at the company’s Woodridge, Illinois, product support center, tests the skills and speed of service of its top technicians throughout its dealer network.

    In the thirteenth iteration of the event, Brandon Wesselius of Lewis Motor Sales, Inc., in Owen Sound, Ontario, walked away with the Top Service Technician award for truck, and Nathan Reed of RWC International in Phoenix, Arizona, earned the top award for bus. In the global competition, which brings all the regional winners throughout the Americas together to compete for top bragging rights, Victor Velasco of Navitrans S.A.S. in Yumbo, Colombia finished in first place.

    “We are extremely proud of not only this year’s winners, but of all the technicians who qualified as finalist for our 2019 Technician Rodeo,” said Carlos Junquera, Director of Product Support at Navistar. “Each highly skilled technician perfectly reflects our company’s commitment to technical excellence and the importance of providing the best customer uptime in the industry.”

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    Sep 6, 2019 - 6 years ago

  • Brandt Signs Deal To Acquire Nortrax Canada Operations To Provide Consistent Customer Support Coast To Coast

    The Brandt Group of Companies is pleased to announce that they have reached an agreement to acquire the businesses of Nortrax Canada Inc. and Nortrax Quebec Inc. (together, “Nortrax”), subject to due diligence and regulatory and other approvals.

    The landmark deal will unite all John Deere Construction & Forestry dealerships in Canada under the Brandt banner and deliver unprecedented access to Deere products, parts and support services to Canadian contractors.

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    Sep 6, 2019 - 6 years ago

  • Factory Support For Western Canada

    Tigercat is pleased to announce that Jochen Reiter has been appointed to the position of factory support representative for western Canada.

    Based in Quesnel, British Columbia, Jochen moved to Canada in 2007 from Germany, where he grew up logging with his grandfather and uncle. Jochen is a certified faller supervisor and a Red Seal technician. He has 21 years experience in many aspects of the industry including operating and supervising conventional ground-based and yarding operations.

    “Along with Kushiah McCullough, Damien Donoher and Mark Tourand, I am very excited to add Jochen to the western product support team. We continue to have many new opportunities and applications for Tigercat machines in the west. Having a top-notch support team is critical,” explains Rob Selby, Tigercat district manager, also based in British Columbia.

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    Sep 5, 2019 - 6 years ago

  • CN's New Centennial Coin

    Get on board our centennial celebration of CN's New Centennial Coin 

    CN is marking it's centennial year with a 25-cent coin that connects the past with the present. The unique red and black freight train—it’s a familiar sight on today’s tracks, which wrap around the coin’s rim. While the rail map hints at CN’s legacy, the engraved steam locomotive is a more nostalgic nod to a time when these chugging and whistling engines criss-crossed a young Canada.

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    Sep 5, 2019 - 6 years ago

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