Latest Updates

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St. Paddy's Day....

March 16th 2023

We're pumped! Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day and it's always a fun time at 986! We've pre-ordered 100 shamrock shakes, we are setting up a selfie station, and we have lots of green props ready! Pop in and say hi!

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Tec Voc's Career Expo!

March 15th 2023

It's a great day at Tec Voc's Career Expo! The students are fantastic, asking lots of great questions! My goal is to recruit some summer students, May - Aug. If anyone has some leads, please call Trish at 204-471-5771.

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2nd Location - Reno is FULL SWING!

March 14th 2023

We are getting very close to opening our 2nd location at 220 Transport Road! The mezzanine is almost completed, the showroom is almost ready, signage coming this week and advertising on the 92 Citi FM started on Monday. Here's our number 204-560-3460 for the new spot!

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Lisa - Safety & Compliance Coordinator

March 13th 2023

Sending a big thank you to Lisa Praznik for completing her WCB training for the Return to Work Program this week. Over the past two years, Lisa has taken on most of our safety and compliance projects at CTR - well done!

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Service Centre Hard At It!

March 10th 2023

Look it here! Two of our Carrier team's service trucks home for the night after a long day's work out on the road. Great start to the week Carrier crew! Everyone came in bright-eyed and bushy-tailed! Let's do it all again tomorrow!!

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International Women's Day!

March 8th 2023

Happy International Women's Day! Thanks to our team at CTR, we appreciate all you do and your contributions do not go unnoticed!

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Reno at 220 Transport Road!

March 8th 2023

Check it out! Our 2nd location reno in action! Coming soon to 222 Transport Road in Transcona! CTR automotive, industrial, pick up, delivery, wholesale pricing for any person or business! Check here for more updates!

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Congratulations Rob! 10 Great Years!

March 8th 2023

10 Years at CTR!!! Congratulations Rob and we appreciate all that you do for our team! Rob has been a parts delivery driver with CTR for a decade and he provides our customers with excellent service, positivity, and on-time accuracy.

We appreciate you, Rob. Cheers to the next 10!

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2 LOCATIONS!!!

March 7th 2023

Exciting news! We are adding a second auto / industrial location in Winnipeg! Now serving Transcona as well as our main headquarters on Wall Street! Our goal is to have the doors open in April, hopefully sooner. We will offer retail and wholesale to any person or business, also offering pickup and delivery options!!!!

Stay tuned for updates!!

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Tradeshow!

March 3rd 2023

Look at this! We are at the Arctic Co-op Tradeshow today at the Red River Exhibition grounds, private show (sorry!). It's been a great week here, our Northern team is having a great time meeting our loyal customers from Nunavut.

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Government Grant - NOW OPEN!

March 2nd 2023

Have you heard? There is a new government grant (federal) for fuel saving devices such as APU's, coolant heaters, tires, and fuel level sensors. Our team at CTR can answer any questions you may have, we'll help you with your application and fleet inspections. Call and ask for Reza ! He's the MAN!

www.efficienttrucking.ca

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Souper Douper Day!

February 28th 2023

Soup off! Congratulations to our winner of our annual soup off; Chelsea Lachica! She made an amazing creamy soup and took the coveted trophy and $100 gift card. Atta girl! 2nd place was Chad Antonio (last year's winner !), 3rd was a tie between Angela McConnell and Pat Rathwell. Kudos troops!!!

Thank you for everyone who entered, better luck next year 😊

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We Heart our Technicians

February 27th 2023

Happy Monday ! Shout outs to our after-hours technicians during this cold snap. Our guys are the best in town, they've been crushing the after-hours calls! CTR is proud of our technicians. Keep being awesome!

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Fur Friends!

February 17th 2023

Nice visit today from our fur friends!!! Always a nice treat on this frosty winter day!
Stay warm everyone and remember to keep us on speed dial for anything you need for your automotive needs. We also supply tools, equipment, safety & PPE, lighting, and building and industrial supplies!
We can do it all!

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DG Certified!

February 16th 2023

Shout outs and kudos to these four newly certified Dangerous Goods professionals! Aaron, Brandon, Macky, and Kenneth completed their courses this week. Well done and thanks for keeping us up to date with handling and transporting DG. Winning!!

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SOUP OFF! Enter to WIN!

February 13th 2023

10 days away from our annual EMPLOYEE SOUP OFF! We are hoping for 12 contenders and a few lucky guests to come taste and vote for their top 3 favorites! Call (204) 471-5771 to enter to win a guest seat!

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Time Flies When Having Fun!

January 31st 2023

How is it the end of January already? Time flies in the world of automotive & industrial supplies and transport refrigeration! Stay warm everyone, travel safe, and if you need us, we are just one phone call away!!!

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Happy Chinese New Year! Cheers to Year of the Rabbit!

January 21st 2023

CTR is sending our best to all!! Here's a few of our throw backs from our holiday party in December.

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Scotty Mac!! Thank you!

January 20th 2023

CTR is in full NFL mode, our playoff pool is great with 16 participants. Shout out to Scotty Mac who organizes our events, awesome job as always!! Stay tuned for updates and for our Super Bowl party games!!

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CTR's NFL Night Out!

January 18th 2023

Here we are watching the Packers Vs Vikings on Jan 1st! Aaaand the good news....we had a great time ringing in the New Year at Boston Pizza!....the bad news....Packers didn't reach playoffs and Vikings couldn't get a playoff win....NEXT YEAR IS A NEW YEAR!!! CTR is in full NFL mode, our playoff pool is great with 16 participants. Shout out to Scotty Mac who organizes our events, awesome job as always!! Stay tuned for updates and for our Super Bowl party games!!

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Kudos to our Op's Team!!

January 17th 2023

Cheers to our operational team for all your hard work on reorganizing areas of our warehouse. Everything is in order, properly labeled for easy finding for our important customer orders. These projects can be a large undertaking, but our team was up for the challenge. Well done!

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Jess!

January 10th 2023

Thanks Jessica! Outside measuring mirrors for our awesome customers! Atta girl. This is just a simple example of small steps gaining big results as you made our customer's experience a great one!

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Customers of the Day!

January 4th 2023

Happy Friday! Here's our top two favorite customers of the day! Emily and Spike! You made our day, please come back again soon for your automotive parts needs (hahah!)

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Carrier's Parts Sharks

December 30th 2022

Introducing, parts Sharks Glenn Gulak and Lisa Praznik who have been hard at work...what a year 2022 was for these two. CTR appreciates your ability to think outside the box, you were resilient, creative, patient, and innovative. You are very much appreciated by our Carrier Dealership.

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Shout out to Britney!

December 28th 2022

Introducing Britney Borthistle! Brit has been with us for a few months now and she is one of those team players that can't sit still :) If she has a free minute or two, Brit grabs the brooms and mops and gets down to work. We appreciate you Brit!! Thanks!!!

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Holiday Hours!

December 27th 2022

Huge shout outs to Angela McConnell and Will Wiebe for hosting our holiday lunch last week. So many laughs as they struggled with some last minute selfie-station set ups and Olive Garden placements. It was a great time had by all!

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Hams! Chickens!

December 22nd 2022

Thank you CTR for yet another year of supplying our team with our choice of ham or chicken for our holiday dinners. We are lucky for all these holiday treats and shout out to Christine Bourrier for organizing the co-ordinating this for the team. Great work!!

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Hosts with Mosts!

December 21st 2022

Huge shout outs to Angela McConnell and Will Wiebe for hosting our holiday lunch last week. So many laughs as they struggled with some last minute selfie-station set ups and Olive Garden placements. It was a great time had by all!

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Holiday Party 2022...a HIT!

December 20th 2022

Busy busy at CTR! Here's a few pictures from last week's holiday lunch! As usual we are spoiled, thank you for lots of laughs, a few silly outfits and a ton of food!! We appreciate this very much. Sending Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas wishes to all 😀

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Accounting All-Stars!

November 28th 2022

November 30th is our fiscal year end! Shout outs to our accounting team; Nanette, Tes, MJ, Matthias, and Svetlana for your continued efforts to close off the year. This department is a well oiled machine and CTR appreciates all you do for our team.

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Ready for the holidays!

November 17th 2022

Shout out to Angela for her awesome decorating skills! Our CTR team is definitely feeling festive. We are also collecting for Harvest Manitoba, please feel free to drop off non-perishable food items - every bit counts.

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CTR's We are HIRING!

November 9th 2022

We are hiring! Looking for an internal sales representative for our location at 986 Wall Street, as well seeking a parts picker to support our operational team. Please text Trish at 204-471-5771 to discuss these positions. We are a fun group and we work hard. Our employees are our lifeline. Happy Wednesday!

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Happy Halloween!

October 31st 2022

A day late! Happy Halloween! Yesterday we were busy busy, raising money for the WPG Humane Society with a delicious bake sale as we paraded in costumes! Shout out to Drew for winning the costume contest...! You were fab! Here's some of our employees decked out from head to toe! Great work team!

Stay tuned for more pics to come!

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Harvest!

October 28th 2022

Look at our bin! It's filling up! Our fundraiser for the Harvest goes till the end of November so please let us know if you can help give to an amazing cause!

THANK YOU CTR, YOU ARE DOING GREAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY!

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CTR's Harvest Food Drive

October 28th 2022

We are collecting for Winnipeg Harvest! Our food drive started Oct 15th and is continuing until Nov 30th. If you can drop off non-perishable food items to 986 Wall Street, we would be very grateful.

Thank you to Christine and Chelsea for your extra support on this drive.

www.harvestmanitoba.ca

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Shout Outs to Jenny & Brad!

October 26th 2022

And here's a very happy Jenny and a pretty content Brad :)

Our team is awesome. No matter what the ask these two do their very best for our customers. Jenny is an Internal Sales Rep for our Auto / Industrial group and Brad is CTR's Lead Dispatcher. Thanks team!

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And that's a wrap!

October 24th 2022

Thank you team Northern for your amazing efforts this year. Another successful sea lift season. Huge shout outs to our Northern customers for putting your trust in our team.

We appreciate your support!

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Welcome Aaron Van Dam!

October 22nd 2022

Welcome Aaron Van Dam to our CTR Fam! Aaron has joined our automotive industrial team and we couldn't be happier to have him here! Cheers Aaron and thanks for jumping right in.

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Happy 1 Year Anniversary Jim!

October 1st 2022

Shout out to driver Jim who is celebrating one year at CTR!! Thank you for being an awesome team member, for going above and beyond every single day. Look he even dances with our customers!!

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Great work Tonny!

September 30th 2022

Sending best wishes and congratulations to Tonny as he moves from our QC department to our Shipping & Receiving group. We know you are going to be great Tonny! Thanks for all you do!

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CTR Spotlight! Hi Reza!

September 28th 2022

Name: Reza Fazel Darbandi
How long have you been with CTR? 10 months
What do you do? Sales!! Sales!!
Goals? To make customers happy
What do like about CTR? People and opportunity
What do you like about your teammates? Supportive, knowledgeable and great high-fivers!!

Thank you, Reza, for the positive energy you bring to the office every day. Let's gooooooooo!

Here's Reza hard at work in the office and bbq'ing for the staff this summer 😊

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Thank You, Service Team!

September 26th 2022

Thank you to our on-call afterhours transport refrigeration technicians who are ready 24/7 365! CTR appreciates all you do and so do our valued customers. Keep being awesome guys, best crew ever!

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CTR is CPR Certified!

September 26th 2022

Thank you to our 6 certified CPR and First Aid Training team members! Cheers to Kyle, Vince, Jenny, Christine, Ang and Craig for taking such great care of us!

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Congratulations!!

September 23rd 2022

Kim and our entire auto parts crew have had the privilege to support Brunswick for many years. This is the second year in a row that Kim accepted this recognition in Brunswick's annual awards ceremony. Thank you Brunswick!

When I called Kim to thank her, she said "This is a team win! CTR deserves recognition as well.", agreed Kim. You are leading this customer with CTR, as a group, working hard to ensure their needs are taken care of every step of the way. Keep up the great work all!

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Kyle Training!

September 17th 2022

Congratulations to Kyle for completing his Carrier Transicold Module 1 course this past week. Kyle has been with our Carrier division for just over a year now and we are proud of this large accomplishment!!

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Welcome Back Jess!

September 9th 2022

Say hello to Jessica! She started with us on July 4th as an Internal Sales Representative for CTR Auto.

This is actually Jess's third time working for CTR, so returning to CTR was a breeze. Please call and ask for her as she has a wealth of knowledge in the automotive world, and we are very happy to have her back in action! We asked her two very important questions 😊 and this is what she has to say...

Favorite Car: 1969 Bonneville
Favorite Pizza: Canadian

Be sure to watch this page for more CTR introductions!

Jess, this will be posted on our website 😊 Exciting!

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Back to School!

September 6th 2022

Back to School! CTR is sending our best wishes to all our families who are heading back to school. Shout out to all the teachers and support staff, thank you for giving our children the gift of education.

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Thank you for supporting local!

September 2nd 2022

September long weekend already???? What a busy summer! CTR would like to say thank you to all our loyal customers for supporting local and giving us another great year!

We are closed for the long weekend but back for your auto, industrial, and shop supply needs on Tues Sept 6th.

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Summer Students at CTR!

August 24th 2022

Hard at work! Shout out to summer students Ethan and Declan! Thank you for being a great team and helping us through a very busy summer. Ethan is Lisa's son, pictured here and Declan is one of our loyal customer's son.

Great work all!

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Teaming Together!

August 9th 2022

Teamwork makes the dream work! Check out Glenn and Jacob tag teaming this reefer in our Carrier shop. No matter which group; CTR Carrier, CTR Auto, or CTR Northern - our TEAMS are awesome. Thanks all! Happy Tuesday!!

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Welcome Joceyln!

August 3rd 2022

Say hello to Jocelyn! She started at CTR at the end of June in our picking department.

Jocelyn comes to us from Lockport, where she was supervisor at the well-known restaurant, Skinners. When Jocelyn is not working, she is enjoying photography and editing photos.

Favorite Car: 1953 Bel Air
Favorite Pizza: Hawaiian

Be sure to watch this page for more CTR introductions!

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Thank YOU Customers

August 2nd 2022

Hard at work! It's been a great week, a short week, which always makes for a busy week. We are grateful for our loyal customers who continue to support us and we are proud to be team owned. Here's Macky, Drew, Matthias and Kenneth rockin it!

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August is Here!

August 1st 2022

And just like that...it's August! CTR is booming this summer with parts orders, parts delivery service, warranty claims and of course extra-curricular fun like our staff BBQ! Work hard, play hard! Thanks to all our loyal customers for sticking with us through our summer heat waves to our winter blizzards. Appreciate you!!!

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Adel the All Star!!

July 26th 2022

Happy 60th Adel!

Adel - you are an absolute star and CTR is lucky to have you with us for these past 7 years we.

We appreciate all you do for our crew! Cheers!

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Go Svetlana Go!

July 12th 2022

Here's Svetlana! Our CTR Controller and leads our accounting team. She ski dives weekly :) Big kudos to you Svetlana! You are definitely an inspiration to us all! Who says accountants don't take risks....!

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Birthdays!!

July 8th 2022

Happy Friday! Birthday treats for CTR!! Here's Jenny! Lovin life :) Happy birthday to all of our CTR birthdays!

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Storming!

July 7th 2022

Check this out, the sky looked awesome last night as we shut down for the day. Luckily it was a brief storm and the sun is shining brightly today!! Cheers and Happy Summer from CTR!

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Happy Canada Day!

July 1st 2022

Happy Canada Day everyone! May it be a safe and happy long weekend for all! Hoping for sunshine and relaxation for our team and YOU, our loyal customers! We are closed Jul 1 - 3, back in business on the 4th!

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