We are long-standing active supporters of community, environmental and sports initiatives in areas in which we work and our employees and customers live.
We are proud Diamond Sponsors of the 2010 Alberta Summer Games, the province’s premier youth amateur sporting event, during which representatives aged 11-17 from Alberta’s eight zones compete in the following sports:
Athletics – Baseball – Basketball – Beach Volleyball – BMX – Canoe/Kayaking – Football – Inline Hockey – Lacrosse – Mountain Biking – Rugby – Soccer – Softball – Swimming – Water Polo
For more information, visit the Games website.
Tree Planting: A LaPrairie Family Tradition
Planting trees became a family tradition in 1967 when Colleen LaPrairie, mother of Scott LaPrairie, current President and CEO, spearheaded a campaign to plant 400 crab apple trees in the mining community of Elliot Lake, Ontario, to mark Canada’s centennial.
The custom moved west with the formation of LaPrairie Crane in Tumbler Ridge, BC, in 1982. LaPrairie Crane planted trees along Tumbler’s Main and Front Streets to mark the 10th and 20th anniversaries of the town in 1991 and 2001.
LaPrairie Crane has since donated trees to communities in which the company is active today, including Dawson Creek, Fort St. John and Tumbler Ridge in BC, and Grimshaw and Fort McMurray in Alberta.