TORONTO, Sept. 3 /CNW/ - Today, Canadian Tire sent trailers full of household goods and emergency supplies to meet demand in Eastern Canada as residents prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Earl.
Additional supplies include more than 140 household generators, 300 gasoline cans, emergency heat kits and blankets, lanterns, firelogs and fuel as well as hundreds of flashlights and batteries. All of these products are manufactured for their dependability and durability.
"When Canadians find themselves in need of emergency goods and supplies, Canadian Tire is the one-stop-shop where they can get all the essentials to help prepare for any emergency," said Duncan Fulton, Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Canadian Tire. "Having a world-class supply chain and dealer distribution network that reaches across the country enables Canadian Tire to act quickly to support our communities."
Canadian Tire has 24 dealer stores in Atlantic Canada:
| 30 Lamont Terrace | Dartmouth | NS |
| 16 New Pine Grove Road, RR 2 | Bridgewater | NS |
| 173 Main Street | Shediac | NS |
| 796 Sackville Drive | Lower Sackville | NS |
| 24 Forest Hill Parkway | Dartmouth | NS |
| 49 Spar Road | Sydney | NS |
| 10 Radcliffe Drive, Clayton Park W | Halifax | NS |
| 130 Reserve Street | Glace Bay | NS |
| 16 Dentith Road | Halifax | NS |
| 112 Warwick Street | Digby | NS |
| 625 Reeves Street, PO Box 580 | Port Hawkesbury | NS |
| 5130 St. Margarets Bay Road | Upper Tantallon | NS |
| Fundy Trail Mall, 90 Robie St. /ext. | Truro | NS |
| 9212 Commercial Street | New Minas | NS |
| 133 Church Street Antigonish Mall | Antigonish | NS |
| 150 Damascus Road | Bedford | NS |
| 689 Westville Road | New Glasgow | NS |
| 120 Starr's Road | Yarmouth | NS |
| 21 Blowers Street | North Sydney | NS |
| 152 South Albion Street | Amherst | NS |
| 720 Central Avenue, Box 1360 | Greenwood | NS |
| 6203 Quinpool Road | Halifax | NS |
| 665 University Avenue | Charlottetown | PEI |
| 474 Granville St. | Summerside | PEI |
ABOUT CANADIAN TIRE
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (TSX: CTC.a, CTC) is one of Canada's most shopped general retailers with 482 Canadian Tire stores across the country. Our core retail and automotive operation is strengthened by PartSource, an automotive parts speciality chain; Canadian Tire Petroleum, one of the country's largest independent retailers of gasoline; Mark's, under the banner "Clothes That Work," a leading retailer of men's, women's and work apparel; and Canadian Tire Financial Services, which has issued approximately five million Canadian Tire MasterCard credit cards. More than 58,000 Canadians work across Canadian Tire's organization from coast-to-coast in the enterprise's retail, financial services and petroleum businesses.
Liz Hamilton, Associate Vice President, Communications
416-544-6186
Email: liz.hamilton@cantire.com