The 2023 CPKC Holiday Train will arrive in Central Alberta on Dec. 7 to raise money and food for local food banks.
At each stop, the Canadian band Anyway Gang will play a free concert from the train’s brightly decorated stage.
The railway network CPKC, a combination of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern, and will make a donation to the local food bank at each stop and will also encourage attendees to donate.
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This year the Holiday Train will tour Canada and the United States from Nov. 20 to Dec. 19, and the trail will stop in Central Alberta at the following locations:
• Dec. 7 in Camrose. Arrival time - 1:05 p.m. Event from 1:15 to 1:45 p.m. at 52 Avenue and 50 Street next to Moose Family Centre in the open field adjacent to rail track.
• Dec. 7 in Wetaskiwin. Arrival time - 3:25 p.m. Event from 3:30 to 4:00 p.m. at CPKC ES Building 4009 50 Street.
• Dec. 7 in Ponoka. Arrival time - 5 p.m. Event from 5:15 to 5:45 p.m. at 50 Street and 47 Avenue.
• Dec. 7 in Lacombe. Arrival time - 6:50 p.m. Event from 7 to 7:30 p.m. at Len Thompson Fish Pond.
• Dec. 7 in Blackfalds. Arrival time - 8:05 p.m. Event from 8:15 to 8:45 p.m. at CPKC tracks at Gregg Street between Broadway Avenue and East Avenue.
• Dec. 8 in Innisfail. Arrival time - 12:45 p.m. Event from 12:55 to 1:25 p.m. at 50 Street railway crossing.
• Dec. 8 in Olds. Arrival time - 2:20 p.m. Event from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at 50 Street level railway crossing.
• Dec. 8 in Didsbury. Arrival time - 3:30 p.m. Event from 3:45 to 4:15 p.m. at CPKC tracks, 20 Street and 18 Avenue.
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Since 1999, the Holiday Train has raised more than $22.5 million and more than five million pounds of food for community food banks across North America.
