WEYBURN – The brightly-lit CP Holiday Train returned to Weyburn on a frosty Sunday evening for the first time in three years, featuring performers Alan Doyle and Kelly Prescott on the stage.
After the first song by Prescott, there were greetings by Souris-Moose Mountain MP Robert Kitchen and Mayor Marcel Roy, then a donation of $5,500 by CP Rail employees was presented to Shannon Fodchuk of the Salvation Army.
The Salvation Army also had a collection point for those bringing donations of food to the Holiday Train stop, and hot chocolate was available.
Weyburn was the final stop for the train that came west across the northern United States, and came up into Canada via North Portal.
Since 1999, the CP Holiday Train has raised more than $21 million and five million pounds of food for North American food banks. All donations raised at a Holiday Train stop remain in that community.
Each Holiday Train is about 1,000 feet long and consists of 14 rail cars decorated with LED lights and holiday designs.
