Shout out to our partner Mr. Glenn Gulak (our infamous Carrier Parts Specialist) who treated the staff with “Ready to Serve” Hot Chocolate Reindeers this week and in not ONE but in THREE flavors! We had no idea Glenn was so creative and crafty during this festive season, but we appreciate seeing this side of him? Glenn gave us the option of mint chocolate, salted caramel, or the OG - straight up old-fashioned hot cocoa. Happy Holidays to Glenn and his three little elves who helped CTR celebrate the season with these delicious and super cute beverages topped with marshmallows and chocolate / caramel / mint chips. YUMMMMM!

Thank you Glenn!

CTR donated 2640 cans of Farmery Hand Sanitizer to the Siloam Mission today!

The Siloam is a deserving group and has been a part of Winnipeg’s culture for many years, here is their mission:

“As a Christian humanitarian organization, Siloam Mission connects the community in order to alleviate hardships and provide opportunities for change for those affected by poverty and homelessness.”

If you can, please take a minute to visit siloam.ca. It’s a beautiful site with a fantastic message to “give a hand up” during this holiday season.

    

#siloam #donationforacaus

Here are our Holiday Hours for 2020/21:

Dec 24 7:30 – 12:00 (open)

Closed Dec 25, 26, 27

Dec 31 7:30 – 12:00 (open)

Closed Jan 2, 3

We are proud to be an essential service. Our crews are working around the clock to complete our reefer and heater installations, as well performing onsite repairs and services or in our mobile service trucks at our customer's sites. We are fortuante to have a dedicated team with an unwavering passion for customer service - in the office, in the shop or on the road. Our team is commited to the delivery of fresh, safe and quality products across North America.

#essential

#transportation

#teamwork

As many of you know, due to COVID, there has been an increased need for food banks like the Winnipeg Harvest as the number of people who have required such resources has drastically increased. This fall CTR has proudly collected and donated $700 worth of canned goods and non-perishable food items to the Winnipeg Harvest. Good work CTR!!! 

Winnipeg Harvest in a non-profit community based organization that collects food for people who are hungry and the also offer training programs for people to set up and build a life out of poverty. Founded in 1984, the Harvest’s doors opened July 1, 1985, and since then has joined forces with over 300 food banks and agencies including daycares and schools.

Shout out to the Harvest. Your team is amazing and our community is very fortunate to have people like you to make sure our community is taken care of. Thank you for your continuous efforts!

Friday October 30^th was a spooky day at CTR! We had witches, cats, Superheroes and monsters came in all shapes and sizes to join us for our festivities! We started the day with a staff pumpkin carving contest for both customers and employees to cast their votes which was then followed by a wonderful lunch from Soups, Sandwiches & More!

Congratulations to Johnathan for winning best pumpkin and for coming disguised as a “Stranger Thing”!

Costume shout outs go to Vicki (our cowgirl), Colleen (our belly dancer), Christine (our witch) and to Trish (tribute to our driver Bob). It was a fun day!!!

Last week CTR decided to bring back the time-honoured tradition of Jersey Fridays. Fred, our stand in bodyguard, has taken Jersey Friday’s to a new level as he is decked out in a different team’s gear each week. Last week, the glorious green of his Green Bay Packers jersey could be seen for miles. This week, Fred is up in flames… Calgary Flames. There may be no end to Fred’s switching sides as we anticipate yet another team’s takeover.

Smooth sailing for our Northern team as we send out our third shipment up North for the season. We have our sea cans packed with everything from coffins, Tim Horton’s coffee and creamer, to hockey sticks and hockey ice sheets. The sea can pictured above is filled with coffee amoung other things! We are dangerous goods certified source and ship anything your community, shop, or organization may need! Pictured below we have refrigerant tanks of R404A freon for your HVAC refrigeration needs up North. We have also shipped a Zamboni machine in 2020 so anything and everything is possible when you call CTR Northern!

Feel free to contact us at: 1-877-287-7278 ask for Pat, Mike, or Drake!

CTR is now your local supplier for the General Components™ product line for air and coolant heaters. The auxiliary heater is an excellent option for heating your truck bunk which eliminates the need to use your truck’s battery power for a cozy night’s rest. The GC auxiliary heater is also a great choice for your cargo or cut-a-way van when shipping ambient temperature-controlled products such as pharmaceuticals and medical prescriptions.

The General Component™ series offers reduced idle times, creating lower operating costs and extending the products lifespan. CP’s offers 2-years of warranty coverage on all air and coolant heaters.

To find out more, visit: https://generalcomponents.ca/ or contact Paul Hamm at 204-292-5950 for assistance.

One of our core values at CTR has always been continuous improvement. We extend this belief to our employees as well—whether it be in their careers or personal life. This past week, we hosted a Microsoft Excel Basics training evening for our CTR employees.  Focused on developing and enhancing CTR staff’s basic Excel skills, the training covered the ability to enter and format data, calculate totals and summaries through formulas, chart creation, and understanding the importance of keyboard shortcuts and productivity tricks.  The valuable skills learned for Excel are the type of continuous improvement opportunities we strive to offer our employees on a regular basis.  Continuously improving can seem like a monumental task at times.  At CTR however, we endeavour to make employee self-improvement as convenient and practical as possible.  We believe that growth, either personally or professionally, is extremely valuable. 

Already August has proven to be a busy month and what better way to celebrate a busy start then with a baked treat! These mouth-watering pastry’s came from Goodies and are this month’s birthday celebration for our August birthdays! Offering them to every department of CTR we strive to make our employees happy and reward them for working hard. 

Our Northern team is in full swing! Last night we said good-bye to four containers that have made our parking lot their home for the last month. These containers are filled with building materials, oil, tires, truck parts, copper pipes and plumbing parts. From CTR, the containers will travel by truck to Montreal, they will then make their final trek Nunavut by sea. This is our second shipment to Nunavut in 2020 and we look forward to our next!

Here we are! We are happy to announce that our open house on June 19, 2019 raised a grand total of $18,700 for the Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba!

We are proud to fundraise for such a deserving foundation. Thank you to all of our sponsors, suppliers and team members who donated their time, efforts and monetary donations to our event.

Here’s the list folks! Congratulations to our winners from our 6^th Annual Customer Appreciation Day!

Door Prize Ford Package – Mitch from MB Hydro

Door Prize Tool Cabinet – Ryan Malec from West End Biz

Door Prize Gardewine Package – Paris from Len Dubois

Door Prize Booster Pack – Keith Remple from Constant C

Door Prize $100 Golf Town – Blair Wankling

Door Prize $100 Wholefoods – Danny from Mid-West Sheet Metal

Carrier Die Cast Trailer (at the Carrier booth) – Liz from Birkette Freight

Carrier Die Cast Truck (“) – Nick from CWS Logistics

50/50 – Jeremy Gough from Bison $407.50

Passport Prize – Laptop and Extreme Backpack – Remi from Uni-Jet

Basketball Prize - $100 Amazon – Ron Wiebe 

Silent Auction Winners:

TV - Gayle Dressler (the original CTR owner!)

Bike – CTR’s Rob Liptrot!

Pressure Washer – RD Crellin

Wine & Gift Cards – Chris 

Table & $150 Keg – Al C

Trouba Farewell Jersey – CTR’s Beatriz Feuillatre!

Clarion Spa & Hotel Stay – Jasmin Reutlinger 

Fit Bit & Gift Cards – Dan from Setpoint

Fit Bit & Google Home – Susan Howlette from Bison

Bomber Jersey Package – Sean Ambroise from Federated Co-op

Bryan Adams Tix & Gift Cards – CTR’s Chad Antonio!

Lucky Lotto – June from Maxim

Margarita Machine Package – CTR’s KR!

iPad – Linda Mathison

Schiefle Jersey – Jordan from FH Black

Fire Pit – Miguel from Roto Rooter

Fridge – Don Meurens from Maxim

Grand Prize $1000 – Carol from Sheet Metal

What a great big awesome day!!

Yesterday was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who participated and donated to the Children's Hospital Foundation (CHF). We are proud to announce (with CTR matching every dollar raised), we are donating $17,000 to the foundation!!! We had 691 guests, 22 suppliers, 9 food truck workers, 66 staff and 3 CHF reps here supporting our event. We are so grateful to everyone for your hard work and dedication to such a deserving foundation.

The 50/50 number is 340101, it was a yellow ticket. Call Trish at 204-772-2481 to claim your money! $407.50 is now yours!!

CTR's employee awards night was held May 9, 19 at One Great City on Ness Avenue. The night was all about staff appreciation and acknowledgement of the hard work and dedication CTR's group demonstrates day-in and day-out. During the awards ceremony there were a few honorable mentions to employees who have gone above and beyond in superior customer service and who have showcased incredible employee team work at CTR

"Our awards are about saying thank you to everyone at CTR. As our company continues to grow, our group dynamics and roles are constantly changing and evolving into a team that our customers appreciate, admire and look forward to working with.

Our values are not posted on the wall to make ourselves look good in front of our customers, they are what we are measured by and when we interview new applicants we hire for attitude an.d not aptitude. People who demonstrate positivity, openness and the willingness to learn are the people we want on our team." - Trish Seens, Team Member for Awards Night Project

Team Impact Recipients 

Kevin Eusebio

Gherald Ramos

Kenneth Parnala

Extra Mile Recipients

Chad Antonio

Jim Ditchfield

Wes Maclean

Tom Remple

Colleen Sixsmith 

Good job CTR!! Congratulations to everyone!!!

We've kicked off our CTR staff BBQ season with an amazing meal of marinated chicken breasts, homemade salads, giant dill pickles and home made sweets for dessert. It was an amazing day! Sean Cann was our grill master and he did an incredible job! Thanks Sean!

Save the date - our next BBQ is the biggest of the year and it's for everyone and anyone to come and have lunch on us! We are hosting are 6th Annual Customer Appreciation and Open House Fundraiser on June 19th!!! Located at 986 Wall St, 11:00-2:00. We have three food trucks, popcorn, games, a huge silent auction, door prizes and all funds raised are going to the Children's Hospital Foundation. CTR is matching every dollar raised and over the years we have raised over $40K. Thank you to everyone for your support to such a deserving foundation.

Congratulations Manitoba! We survived a very cold winter - one of the coldest in years and we did it!!!

Take a peak at our parking lot - no snowbanks!!

Come visit us for your spring cleaning needs. We have automotive and industrial cleaning products for every application. With over 850 product lines, we have the sourcing experts to get you ready for a fresh new season.