Ted was thrilled to help coach the employees of CN against former players of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team.

Through your contributions you have made a huge impact on our foundation and from the bottom of our hearts we all thank you!

A team of CN employees will face off against former Montreal Canadiens players. All proceeds from this friendly match will be donated to charitable organizations supported by the CN Employees’ and Pensioners’ Community Fund, notably the Marie-Vincent Foundation and the Ted Nolan Foundation.

Over the last six years, the CN Employees’ and Pensioners’ Community Fund has raised more than $600,000 for charity through this event.

The CN team will be led by Ted Nolan, the former coach of the Buffalo Sabres and New York Islanders, while Guy Lafleur will head the team of former Canadiens comprising Donald Audette, Steve Bégin, Patrice Brisebois, Guy Carbonneau, Mathieu Dandenault, Gilbert Delorme, Normand Dupont, Karl Dykuis, Gaston Gingras, Jocelyn Lemieux, Sergio Momesso, and Stéphane Richer.

Date:
Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011
Time:
1.00 p.m. to 2.00 p.m.: free skate – players and VIP donors
Former Canadiens available for interviews and photos
2.30 p.m.: Start of game

Place:
Saint-Michel Arena
3440 Jarry St. East, Montreal

CN – Canadian National Railway Company and its operating railway subsidiaries – spans Canada and mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the Gulf of Mexico, serving the ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the key metropolitan areas of Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., Green Bay, Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America. For more information on CN, visit the company’s website at www.cn.ca.

For further information:
Contact:
Louis-Antoine Paquin
Manager
Corporate Communications
514-399-6450

With the generous support of our sponsors The Ted Nolan Foundation was able to award ten scholarships that help to enhance and assist First Nation women in their educational and training aspirations.

A big thank you goes out to Mr. Joe Tice and the selection committee for all their hard work and also, to the 175 applicants who applied this year.

The Ted Nolan Foundation would like to congratulate the 2011 Rose Nolan Scholarship award winners and wish them much success on continuing their studies this year.

Over the next few weeks the scholarship winners will be featured along with their picture. Congratulations!

We would also like to thank our special guests Lieutenant Governor Graydon Nicholas, Phil Fontaine, Tim Horton’s SVP of Corporate Affairs Nick Javor, Chief Candice Paul, student representative Greg Francis, Superintendant Dianne Wilkins, and MC Marty Kingston. Thanks to Holly Jane Sock, Angee Acquin and her son Bronson, as well as Judie Acquin Miksovsky and her daughter Autumn for making the afternoon memorable.

We would like to also thank the following for their generous donations:

Moncton Wildcats
Irving Group Moncton
Midland
Tim Hortons
Tim Horton Children’s Foundation
BHH Benefits
Kent Building Supplies
Cavendish Farms Limited
CIBC Wood Gundy
Irving Consumer Products
Pro-Fit Health Club
Wahta Springs
Tuccaro Inc.
Ryan’s Group
City of Moncton
Porter Airlines
Royal York Hotel
Royal Oaks Golf Course
La Mine D’Or
Boutique 31
Corey Craig Enterprises

Thank you to the Delta Beausejour Hotel, Regional Chief Roger Augustine and his staff for their support and all those who were able to attend!
Chi-miigwetch!

The event, held at the Delta Beauséjour Hotel in downtown Moncton, coincided with the annual general meeting of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) being held in Moncton until today. A number of assembly members were in attendance, listening to a variety of speakers that included former AFN national chief Phil Fontaine.

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by jacques gallant
Times & transcript staff