The Winners’ Circle

A roundup of draw winners and award recipients at the Canadian Rental Mart in Toronto, Ontario, on March 4 and 5, 2008.

The organizers of the Canadian Rental Mart, the CRA Ontario and Canadian Rental Service magazine congratulate the winners!

Ed Cosman (left), from Canadian Rental Service, and Neil De Jong, CRA Ontario president, pull the ballots for the Canadian Rental Mart draw winners: • Paul Van Staveren of Stayner Rentals won the $2000 Rental Bucks Draw. • Cornelius Van Vliet of Total Rentals in Woodstock won the Vacation Draw.	Shawn Joiner (left) and Cory Joiner of Muskoka Rent-All received the CRA Image Award.

Thank-you show sponsors
The Canadian Rental Association (CRA) Ontario thanks their sponsors for their generous contributions to the CRA banquet held on Tuesday, March 4 at the Doubletree International Plaza Hotel.  The banquet had 126 people attend who enjoyed a four course, sit down turkey dinner before the evening wrapped up with a presentation by Yuk Yuk’s comedian Glen Ottaway. Shirley McCormick, CRA Ontario Social Events Co-ordinator.

The Supplier of the Year award went to Diane McKee from D & K Imports.	The Rental Professional of the Year for 2007 was Dan Bonish of Pete’s Rentall, in Sudbury.

The Canadian Rental Association (CRA) Ontario presented awards to some of its members: Robert
Eon of Metro Rent-All in Scarborough, won the CRA Ontario show prize of
a P240 Primatech Hardwood Floor Nailer which was donated by Dominique
Dion, Primatech.

CRA banquet sponsors
• Annex Publishing & Publishing Inc.
• CRA Winnipeg
• Diamond Systems Inc.
• Echo Power Equipment
• HED Insurance
• Rentquip Supply Limited
• Target Equipment Sales
• Wacker Canada