MacDonald Island Park’s, Miskanaw Golf Course underwent some extensive re-development.  This 18 hole course on 240 acres of grass green is the heart of exceptional recreational, social, cultural experiences and corporate opportunities within the  Wood Buffalo Region of Northern Alberta.  Located in Fort McMurray, the heartland of the Northern Alberta’s oil sand projects, MacDonald Island Park offers community and recreational experiences that is second to none. 

Cheque Presentation 

From L to R, we have Robyn Hall, Rob McGregor (Director of Golf – MacDonald Island Park Corporation), Matt Komant and Jason Mehler (Molson Coors Sales Reps) and Alyssa Pike  

This expanded state of the art facility is expected to encompass many unique features, including a wide range of sporting and recreational facilities.

Here’s to Active Lifestyles!!!

Cheers

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News from the Deep South in the Windsor/Essex area of Ontario. A couple weeks ago Molson Coors Canada was the proud beer sponsor of the International Dragon Boats for the Cure event held yearly at Tecumseh’s Waterfront Park. Over 150 teams of 20 rowers paddled to  raise funds for local hospitals to fight cancer. The Festival has donated over $1.3 Million since it began 7 years ago!

Molson’s sales rep for the area was also on hand to present a $5,000 donation from the Molson Coors Donations Fund which supported the construction of a Memorial Dragon (above) in Tecumseh’s Memorial Park.

Festival Organizers Beth Noakes and Gerry Orum with Molson Coors Canada territory rep Walter Hanson.

Total funds raised from this year’s festival are still being tallied.  Will update when we get the numbers.  Cheers!

Molson Coors donates  $10 000.00 toward the Star City Arena Geothermal project.  The project will see a geothermal heating system installed in the rink enabling the creation of artifical ice.  This will allow the arena to continue to provide the much needed ice time to the town’s residents and to the residents of the surrounding areas, thereby encouraging greater participation in winter ice sports.    

Mike Tate, Molson Coors Sales Manager, Saskatchewan (middle)  and Mark Sikorski, Molson Coors Sales Rep (right) present a donation cheque to Barry Petrie, Star City Arena fund raising committee member.     

Molson Coors …proud to play our part!

Cheers…sagree

Sur la photo: M. Tino Rossi, président-fondateur des Mardis cyclistes de Lachine présentés par Saputo, Monique Dépatie de Molson Coors, présidente d’honneur 2010, mon filleul Charles Mathieu ainsi qu’Yvon Lambert, ancien joueur du Canadien de Montréal

C’est en compagnie de mes amis-es, collègues et mon précieux filleul Charles, que je me suis présentée à la 6e étape des Mardis cyclistes de Lachine ce mardi 13 juillet.

Malgré les orages annoncés (qui ne se sont jamais présentés d’ailleurs – ouf!), et la pluie qui nous aura chatouillés quelque peu, ce fut une compétition très enlevante pour ces coureurs cyclistes ainsi que pour la foule présente. Pour mon filleul Charles, un sportif de premier ordre, il s’agissait d’une première qu’il souhaitera certainement répéter … la pression ne tardera pas!

Pour ceux et celles qui n’ont jamais eu la chance de voir l’événement (gratuit pour la communauté), cette compétition vaut le déplacement, en plein coeur de Lachine. Je vous y invite en grand nombre … prochaine compétition: mardi 27 juillet 2010. La finale, mardi 17 août – à ne pas manquer!

Je me prépare au coup de départ … une impression d’avoir le dernier mot!

Les trois gagnants de la 6e étape (de gauche à droite): 2e position Keven Lacombe; 1ère position Pierrick Naud; 3e position Jean-Michel Lachance. On reconnaît ici Yvon Lambert qui remettra la plaque à l’un des finalistes.

Anne Leonard, Arrive Alive;DRIVE SOBER, sets up at the Safe Boating Event at Crates Marina on Saturday July 3rd..

What a beautiful weekend, on Saturday Joelle and I participated in a Safe Boating Event being held at Crates Marina, located in the lovely town of Keswick, ON. What a great combo, sun and the water!  However,  not only do we need to shout out our message to keep our roadways safe, it is very important to keep our waterways safe too.  Check out the info on Safe Boating Facts.

Something to Celebrate Fact:

Studies show that 92% of drunk driving trips are made by 4.4 % of  drivers. Huh!  This means that over 95% of us are Responsible! Way to go.

Here’s to responsible choices, Cheers MolsonCaroleB

More photos below!

Insurance Bureau of Canada promote Safe Driving and you can test your skills on the DUMB Car!

Boating Safety Display – Life jackets for all!

Un groupe de près de 20 employés-es Molson Coors se sont investis le mercredi 2 juin dernier à procéder à une opération de nettoyage du terrain de l’Auberge du P’Tit Bonheur, en vue d’accueillir les enfants de tout milieu lors du camp de jour de la saison estivale 2010.

Cette opération est devenue une tradition pour nos employés-es Molson Coors qui répètent l’opération depuis bon nombre d’années déjà. Il va sans que l’Auberge du P’Tit Bonheur apprécie grandement cet investissement communautaire de nos employés-es qui, à voir les photos, ont travaillé très fort physiquement … la bière a certainement été fort rafraîchissante après ce grand ménage …

Félicitations à toute l’équipe pour cette très belle initiative qui fait une grande différence tant pour l’organisme que pour tous les enfants qui profiteront d’installations rafraîchies, rénovées et/ou réparées.

Bon été et à l’an prochain!

Withrow Park, Toronto – beautiful NHL-sized rink for the game

The cross-Canada road hockey tour that raises funds for local community food banks made its stop in Toronto yesterday!  What a great way to spend a beautiful Canada Day afternoon.  Sunshine, road hockey and over 270 lbs of food collected for Second Harvest Food Bank!  Read the full re-cap of the game.

We’re thrilled to be a sponsor of Five Hole for Food – These guys are literally driving across Canada in two weeks, organizing 9 road hockey events, collecting a whole lotta food, and having a couple pints along the way   Cheers to Richard and Vic!

Up next -

Winnipeg – Saturday July 3rd

Regina – Sunday July 4th

Calgary – Monday July 5th

Edmonton – Tuesday July 6th

Victoria – Thursday July 8th

Vancouver – Friday July 9th

Duke the Dog from the Toronto Marlies joined the game!

Toronto community  members donated over 270 lbs of food to Second Harvest Food Bank!

Kicking off today in Montreal, the Five Hold For Food Cross-Canada Road Hockey trip begins…Road Hockey with a Purpose. Take a look at the video above to learn more and follow @fiveholeforfood for live updates on Twitter.

Dates and Locations:

Montreal – Tuesday June 29th

Ottawa – Wednesday June 30th

Toronto – Thursday July 1st (I’ll be there…would love to have some Toronto folks join me!?)

Winnipeg – Saturday July 3rd

Regina – Sunday July 4th

Calgary – Monday July 5th

Edmonton – Tuesday July 6th

Victoria – Thursday July 8th

Vancouver – Friday July 9th

Cheers, @molsontonia

TAXIGUY Landing page

Happy Canada Day from your friends at Molson Coors Canada

Just in time for Canada Day, we are pleased to announce a new app for our consumers. We’ve partnered with TAXIGUY to develop a free app for smart phones that allows you to connect to a cab in the TAXIGUY network at the touch of a button.

Simply download the app free of charge at taxiguydialer.com and it will connect you to a local cab company in hundreds of cities and towns across Canada. It is available for iphone, Blackberry and Android phones.

For over ten years, Molson Coors Canada has partnered with TAXIGUY on its 1-888-TAXIGUY toll-free phone number which has helped to facilitate over 3 million safe rides home and the app is another evolution in this partnership.

Molson Coors Canada and TAXIGUY are pleased to offer this practical tool to consumers to help make it easier to make responsible choices and get home safely.

Please download the app today at taxiguydialer.com and tell your friends and family about it – you never know when it might come in handy. Happy Canada Day!

Here’s to Responsible Choices…Cheers, @MolsonCaroleB

Last week I had the honour of organizing a beer delivery of Molson Canadian to Afghanistan with the help of the Canadian Forces Deployment Resources and Molson Coors’ logistics and distributions team.  With pride, I tweeted that I was doing so and the replies and tweet support that came back made me smile and just think about how much I love my job today and everyday because I work for a company that can and continues to support our troops around the world.

Loading up the truck – Tim Young and Tonia Hammer (me), Molson Coors Canada in Toronto)

Care of @MolsonFerg (who I swear is a walking library on Molson history!), I learned that supplying support to Canadian troops has been a tradition at Molson as far back as the late 1700s when John Molson served his country as a politician in peacetime – and as a soldier during war.

Throughout the War of 1812-14, Mr. Molson – the force behind the establishment of the country’s first commercial steamboat enterprise – enlisted in the force along with two of his sons and dedicated his steamships to the service of the Crown. The Swiftsure was the first steamship to be used in war.

So, on behalf of our employees here at Molson Coors Canada, cheers all of our Canadian Armed Forces and their families – ongoing, but especially now as Canada Day approaches.  We’re raising a toast to your brave service.

Cheers, @MolsonTonia