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Upcoming Events At a Glance Wednesday, January 15th, 2025 - General Meeting. Guest Speaker Diana Rasmussen, Client Co-orderinator ALS Society of MB. Wednesday, February 5th, 2025 - General Meeting. Guest Speaker Serena Bittner, Transportation Option Networks for Seniors (TONS). Wednesday, March 5th, 2025 - General Meeting. Guest Speaker Rebecca Adams and Katherine Nelson, Age & Opportunity Support Services for Older Adults. Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025 - General Meeting. Guest Speaker to be announced. Wednesday, May 7th, 2025 - General Meeting. Constable Harminder Singh, Winnipeg Police Service, Frauds & Scams targetting Seniors. |
Christmas Luncheon Photos: Photos from our Annual Christmas Luncheon are now available on our Photos page as well as our Facebook page.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Wishing all of our Pensioners and families a Very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Happy and Healthy 2025!
Next General Meeting: Our next General Meeting will be held on Wednesday January 15th, 2025 at the CN Campus. This date change from the usual first Wednesday of every month is due to the January 1st holiday plus the Campus being closed on January 8th. Guest Speaker will be Diana Rasmussen, Client Co-orderinator ALS Society of MB. As usual, please do not arrive at the Campus before 1:30 as the students will be completing their lunch.
CPP Investments: A virtual national public meeting is being hosted by CPP Investments, the organization responsible for managing the assets of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Fund.
Date: Thursday, November 21
Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Learn how your CPP contributions are being invested to grow the CPP Fund, supporting more than 22 million Canadians in retirement. This is an opportunity to receive information and ask questions. To register, visit https://mailchi.mp/cppinvestments.com/2024-public-meetings-o
French translation and American Sign Language services will be available upon request.
For any questions or to submit a question in advance, please email [email protected].
CN and Hockey Helps the Homeless Program - Coming Together to Prevent Homelessness: Homelessness is a complex social issue that touches many Canadian towns and cities. It is connected to other issues that impact our railroaders, including mental health, suicide prevention, affordability, the housing crisis, and food insecurity. CN has decided to partner with Hockey Helps the Homeless (HHTH) to help raise awareness and funding for local emergency shelters and their clients by leveraging Canada's love of hockey.
How can we as pensioners get involved? HHTH is running charity hockey events with NHL Alumni all across Canada to raise funds for this cause. HHTH and CN needs pensioner volunteers to do a variety of support activity at these events. To learn more and / or to sign up, please visit our National website by clicking here.
Ford Discount: Good news! Our membership again has access to savings on Ford and Lincoln vehicles through the Ford Partner Recognition Program. Our members can login on the Ford portal to generate their own personal identification number (PIN) for the program and then use that PIN and their proof of CNPA membership to access Ford/Lincoln price discounts at any Ford dealer. Full details can be found on the CNPA national website at: https://www.cnpensioners.org/membership/membership-discounts/discounts-ford
HearingLife Discount: The CN Pensioners Association has teamed up with the professionals at HearingLife to provide the very best hearing care services to all its members. HearingLife and its Network Partners have over 400 clinics across the nation and form the largest network of Hearing Health care providers in Canada. Full details can be found on the CNPA national website at https://www.cnpensioners.org/membership/membership-discounts/discounts-hearing-life
Rogers Discount: Rogers has partnered with the CNPA to offer all members - and their families - discounts on their mobility through the Rogers Preferred Program. Save up to 30$ per month on a Rogers Infinite plan today, and get our 5G Wireless Home Internet solution starting from 35$ per month.
Visit www.planetemobile.biz and type in username "CNPA" and password "mobile" to start your order. You will be asked to provide a picture of your membership card in the final stages to take advantage of the program's exclusive pricing. Call 514-880-9948 or send an email to [email protected] for all inquiries.
There are many variables that can determine which plans you can sign up for, depending on whether you are a new customer, an existing customer, requiring a new phone, using an existing phone and what coverage you want. That is why any inquiries should be made through [email protected] and Vangy can walk you through your available options.
NOTE: While this is a Rogers Based cell plan, it is not available through your local Rogers kiosk. It is a CNPA negotiated group rate by their group supplier Planet Mobile.
Please click here to see the basic rate cards for current pricing which is good through to at least October this year.
Choice Hotels Summer Promotion: Choice Hotels has a summer promotion available to our contributing members until September 4th. Click here for more information.
Holo Alert Updated Discount: If you are looking for a service provider for medical alert and fall detection services, check out Holo Alert. As information for your research, Holo Alert has just updated their discount with the CNPA for qualifying members of the Association. Click here for more detailed information.
VIA Passes:
Issue:
- Some passes no longer work within the new VIA reservation system
- Some old passes have initials instead of full first names
- VIA reservation system no longer accepts initials (November 2023)
Instructions:
- For VIA pass holders who intend to travel, check their VIA pass and do the following:
- If the pass contains both the full first and last name of the pass holder, no action is necessary, and travel can be booked using VIA’s online system;
- If the pass contains only initials, contact CN Pension & Benefits Administration (1-800-361-0739) at least 4 weeks prior to travel to have a new pass issued.
- For those who do NOT intend to travel or if their current pass has the full spelling of their first and last name, no action is required.
- It is the member’s responsibility to create an online profile with VIA, and members should contact VIA customer service for any online issues at 1-888-VIA-RAIL (1-888-842-7245)
Members Obituary Listings: Obituary look up is now available on the National website. The listing provides a 36 month history. Click here to access that page.
CN Spotlight: To view the latest issue or previous issues, click here.
Government Contacts for Birthday & Anniversary Milestone Certificates: click here to learn more on how to apply for a Congratulatory Message Request.
CN Post Retirement Life Insurance: For information, please click here.
Post-Retirement Guide on Workplace Injury: For information, please click here.
Post-Retirement Guide on Workplace Injury: For information, please click here.
CNPA Watch: The Barrie Council of the CNPA in conjunction with Pinnacle Awards Canada (owned and operated by Michael Poirier a VIA locomotive engineman and social member of the Barrie Council) have designed and produced a selection of watches specifically and exclusively for members of the CN Pensioners Association. Purchase is restricted to 'paid members' of the CNPA. There are three dial face choices (as shown) and they are available in both silver and gold cases. These watches are of Swiss quality and meet the standards for railway grade use.
The cost is $125.00 (includes tax & shipping in Canada). They can be purchased by contacting Robert Haggart of the Barrie Council: Email - [email protected] Phone - (416) 294-4676. Payment using 'E-Transfer' is preferred but can be discussed.