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Canadian Pacific Holiday Train to deliver music, seasonal spirit
The Holiday Train will make stops in 20 communities across the state, delivering great music and picking up food and donations to help feed the hungry.
HASTINGS, Minn. — A special train will soon be rolling into Minnesota, carrying with it a load of holiday spirit, music and a commitment to helping those in need.
The Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) Railroad Holiday train will make stops in 20 communities across the state, treating guests to top flight musicians performing holiday classics and new songs of the season while collecting food and cash donations to feed the growing number of people struggling with food insecurity.
Here is the list of Minnesota stops.
- Dec. 10, 2:45 p.m. – La Crescent
- Dec. 10, 3:45 p.m. – Winona
- Dec. 10, 5:45 p.m. – Wabasha
- Dec. 10, 8:15 p.m. – Hastings
- Dec. 11, 5:15 p.m. – Cottage Grove
- Dec. 11, 7 p.m. – St. Paul
- Dec. 12, 5 p.m. – Golden Valley
- Dec. 12, 6:15 p.m. – St. Louis Park
- Dec. 12, 8:15 p.m. – Minneapolis
- Dec. 14, 4:30 p.m. – Loretto
- Dec. 14, 6 p.m. – Buffalo
- Dec. 14, 7:30 p.m. – Annandale
- Dec. 14, 9 p.m. – Kimball
- Dec. 15, 10:15 a.m. – Glenwood
- Dec. 15, 11:45 a.m. – Alexandria
- Dec. 15, 2:45 p.m. – Detroit Lakes
- Dec. 15, 4:20 p.m. – Mahnomen
- Dec. 15, 6:15 p.m. – Plummer
- Dec. 15, 7:45 p.m. – Thief River Falls
- Dec. 16, 4:30 p.m. – Elbow Lake
The train will stop and stay for approximately 30 minutes. Scheduled performers from Dec. 10 to Dec. 12 will be The Lone Bellow and Tiera Kennedy. From Dec. 14 to Dec. 16 holiday guests will hear music from Seaforth and Alana Springsteen. There is a special car on the train equipped with a concert-quality sound system and a large side door that drops down to reveal a stage.
“The Holiday Train unites people in the spirit of the season as it travels across Canada and the United States while generating critical support for our neighbors in need through the program’s support of local food banks,” said Keith Creel, CPKC President and CEO. “We are pleased to again send this magical train on a four-week trip across our network spreading holiday joy as we collect food and raise money to fight food insecurity. We look forward to again seeing all the smiles and cheers from people young and old coming together in the spirit of giving.”
While the event is free, those attending are encouraged to bring heart-healthy items or cash donations to stock local food shelves that have almost universally seen an uptick in clients. The need grows even greater during the holiday season.
Since 1999, the CPKC Holiday Train has been the engine to collect more than $24.3 million and over 5.3 million pounds of food for community food banks across Canada and the U.S.
There’s just over a month left in the year, but still plenty of time to shore up your financial situation. Financial Advisor Ayo Idowu visited KARE 11 News at Noon.
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — It’s crazy how fast time passes. Take a look at the calendar – there’s just over a month left in 2024.
And while a month may not feel like much, there’s still plenty of opportunity to make some financial moves that will end the year with a bang, and set the table for a successful 2025.
Financial Advisor Ayo Idowu visited KARE 11 News at Noon to go over a “to do” list with anchor Alexis Rogers. Among his recommendations:
Take a look at your IRA and Roth IRA contributions – If you have not met your yearly contribution limits and have some extra cash on hand, it might be a time to do some extra funding.
Review your company 401K – Consider whether to up your contribution percentage, look at allocations and whether they should be changed or rebalanced.
Prepare for taxes – Get your documents together, move to write off portfolio losses, and if you can… pay that January mortgage early.
Biden relished the brief ceremony with the pardoned turkeys, named for the official flower of the president’s home state of Delaware.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden kicked off his final holiday season at the White House on Monday by issuing the traditional reprieve to two turkeys who will bypass the Thanksgiving table to live out their days in southern Minnesota.
The 82-year-old president welcomed 2,500 guests to the South Lawn under sunny skies as he cracked jokes about the fates of “Peach” and “Blossom” and sounded wistful tones about the last weeks of his presidency after a half-century in Washington power circles.
“It’s been the honor of my life. I’m forever grateful,” Biden said, taking note of his impending departure on Jan. 20, 2025. That’s when power will transfer to Republican President-elect Donald Trump, the man that Biden defeated four years ago and was battling again until he was pressured to bow out of the race amid concerns about his age and viability.
Biden relished the brief ceremony with the pardoned turkeys, named for the official flower of the president’s home state of Delaware.
“The peach pie in my state is one of my favorites,” he said during remarks that were occasionally interrupted by Peach gobbling atop the table to Biden’s right. “Peach is making a last-minute plea,” Biden said at one point, drawing laughter from an overflow crowd that included Cabinet members, White House staff and their families, and students from 4H programs and Future Farmers of America chapters.
Biden introduced Peach as a bird who “lives by the motto, ‘Keep calm and gobble on.’” Blossom, the president said, has a different motto: “No fowl play. Just Minnesota nice.”
Peach and Blossom came from the farm of John Zimmerman, near Northfield. Zimmerman, who has raised about 4 million turkeys, is president of the National Turkey Federation, the group that has gifted U.S. presidents Thanksgiving turkeys since the Truman administration after World War II. President Harry Truman, however, preferred to eat the birds. Official pardon ceremonies did not become an annual White House tradition until the administration of President George H.W. Bush in 1989.
With their presidential reprieve, Peach and Blossom will live out their days at Farmamerica, an agriculture interpretative center near Waseca. The center aims to promote agriculture and educate future farmers and others about agriculture in America.
Later Monday, First Lady Jill Biden will receive delivery of the official White House Christmas tree that will be on display in the Blue Room. Then the Bidens will travel to New York City for an evening “Friendsgiving” event at a Coast Guard station on Staten Island.
MINNEAPOLIS — It’s hard to say no when faced with adorable puppy dog eyes.
Pop star P!nk would agree, as she announced Wednesday that she is adopting her Minneapolis foster pup. P!nk got the puppy from local rescue The Bond Between in October and intended to keep him for a few weeks to raise awareness of fostering and have some company during her tour.
The dog, named Graham Cracker, won over the singer within a month. In an Instagram post Wednesday, P!nk thanked The Bond Between and promoted the rescue’s fundraising efforts for “Give to the Max Day.”
