Pat Quinn and Mark Recchi to Coach 2012 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game

Toronto, ON, January 10, 2012 - The Canadian Hockey League in association with the Western Hockey League Kelowna Rockets Hockey Club and Home Hardware Stores Limited today announced that hockey icons Pat Quinn and Mark Recchi will serve as coaches for the 2012 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game to be played February 1 at Prospera Place in Kelowna, BC.

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Proudfoots Home Hardware - New Glasgow’s Home Town Story to be Profiled in National Television Features

New Glasgow, NS, December 1 - Proudfoots Home Hardware - New Glasgow has been chosen to be profiled in a 90-second television feature that will air across Canada on December 5 during CTV's Canada AM as part of Home Hardware's Home Town Stories series profiling the many ways that local Home Hardware Dealers get involved with their communities.

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Westcoast Home Hardware’s Home Town Story to be Profiled in National Television Features

Port Alberni, BC, November 30 - Westcoast Home Hardware in Port Alberni has been chosen to be profiled in a 90-second television feature that will air across Canada on December 2 during CTV's Canada AM as part of Home Hardware's Home Town Stories series profiling the many ways that local Home Hardware Dealers get involved with their communities.

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Keswick Home Hardware’s Home Town Story to be Profiled in National Television Features

Keswick, ON, November 28, 2011 - Keswick Home Hardware has been chosen to be profiled in a 90-second television feature that will air across Canada on November 30 during CTV's Canada AM as part of Home Hardware's Home Town Stories series profiling the many ways that local Home Hardware Dealers get involved with their communities.

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Home Hardware Lloydminster’s Home Town Story to be Profiled in National Television Features

Lloydminster, AB, November 28 - Home Hardware Building Centre - Lloydminster has been chosen to be profiled in a 90-second television feature that will air across Canada on November 30 on CTV's National News and December 7 during CTV's Canada AM as part of Home Hardware's Home Town Stories series profiling the many ways that local Home Hardware Dealers get involved with their communities.

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2012 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game Rosters Announced

Toronto, ON - The Canadian Hockey League in association with the three regional leagues, the Kelowna Rockets Hockey Club, and Home Hardware Stores Limited, today announced the 40 CHL players that will compete in the 2012 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game at Prospera Place in Kelowna, BC, on February 1, 2012.

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Home Hardware Dealers Help Hometown Charities with New Cars

St. Jacobs, ON, November 17, 2011 -Home Hardware Dealers across the country demonstrated their commitment to the communities where they live and work by awarding a brand new Toyota Matrix to three lucky winners and another vehicle to each of the winners' charities of choice as part of the Home Owners Helping Home Towns Community & Charity Contest.

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Home Hardware Announces $50,000 Endowment to Benefit KidsAbility

St. Jacobs, ON (November 15, 2011) - Home Hardware Stores Limited announced it is giving $50,000 to KidsAbility to establish the Home Hardware Stores Limited Endowment Fund. KidsAbility is a provider of rehabilitation services for children from Waterloo Region and Guelph Wellington from birth to 18 years of age, and these funds will provide annual income in perpetuity to help children in our community with special needs.

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Three Home Hardware Stores Win Outstanding Retailer Awards

St. Jacobs, ON, October 2011 - Three Home Hardware stores have been honoured with Hardware Merchandising magazine's 2011 Outstanding Retailer Awards. Now in its 20th year, the Outstanding Retailer Awards program recognizes excellence in the Canadian hardware and home improvement retailing industry.

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Home Hardware Wins Waterloo Region Healthy Workplace Gold Award

St. Jacobs, ON - Home Hardware Stores Limited has been awarded Waterloo Region's Healthy Workplace Gold Award. The program recognizes and celebrates workplaces in Waterloo Region who demonstrate a strong commitment to improving the health of their employees.

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Proudfoots Earns National Home Hardware Award for Outstanding Commitment in their Community

Pictou County, NS, September 27, 2011 - Home Hardware Dealer-Owners, Jim and Kendall Proudfoot, have been awarded the company's 10th annual Paul Straus Public Relations Award for their commitment to giving back to their community. The Proudfoots received the award during Home Hardware's semi-annual Shareholders' Meeting in St. Jacobs, Ontario.

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Home Hardware Dealers Plant Trees from Coast to Coast to Celebrate National Tree Day

St. Jacobs, Ontario, September 21, 2011 - Home Hardware Dealers across the country are celebrating the first National Tree Day today by planting trees in 22 communities from coast to coast as part of the company's longstanding relationship with Tree Canada.

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Home Hardware Dealer Delivers First Pitch at Blue Jays Fan Appreciation Day

Toronto, ON, September 18, 2011 - On Sunday September 18, 2011, John Locke, Dealer-Owner of Orillia Home Hardware Building Centre, marked Home Hardware Blue Jays Fan Appreciation Day by presenting a $250,000 cheque to Austin Featherstone, a Special Olympics Canada Athlete and Anthony Miceli, Vice-President Business Development and Marketing from Special Olympics Canada during an infield ceremony at the Rogers Centre.

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Home Hardware to Host 97th Market

St. Jacobs, ON, September 12th, 2011 - Think you're seeing red? That's because Waterloo Region will see the friendly invasion of more than 10,000 Home Hardware Dealers and vendors from coast-to-coast, as they begin arriving this weekend for the company's 2011 Fall Market and pre-Market Conference, running from September 17th - 20th.

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Home Hardware Celebrates 100th Store In Quebec

St. Jacob's, ON August 4, 2011 - Home Hardware Stores Limited has reached a major milestone as the company opened its 100th store in Quebec. Tho Val Trem Inc. in Ste-Brigitte-de-Laval joined Home Hardware in August of 2010, pushing the number of stores in la belle province into triple digits. As Canada's largest independent hardware, lumber, building materials and furniture retailer, this achievement is proof of Home Hardware's commitment to grow its network of stores and market share across Canada.

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Grand Prize Winner of Home Hardware $25,000 Outdoor Living Sweepstakes Announced

St. Jacobs, ON, August 3 - This summer, Adam Ross' backyard will receive a $25,000 overhaul thanks to Home Hardware's $25,000 Outdoor Living Sweepstakes. The contest, which ran across Canada this spring, saw nearly 100,000 Canadians submit entries in hopes of receiving the dream makeover.

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Kelowna Rockets to Host 2012 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game

Wednesday July 27, 2011 - Toronto, ON - The Canadian Hockey League in association with the Western Hockey League, the Kelowna Rockets Hockey Club, and Home Hardware Stores Limited, today announced that the 2012 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game will be held at Prospera Place in Kelowna, British Columbia, home of the WHL's Kelowna Rockets on Wednesday February 1, 2012.

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Looking tired, lack-lustre, even a bit rusty? Beauti-Tone’s Ten Tips for using RustCoat to turn ‘old’ into ‘bold’

Burford, ON (July 12, 2011) - Beauti-Tone, Canada's Paint Experts, today announced ten great tips to use tough, durable RustCoat, a high-performance rust paint, to give homes a designer touch by adding new lustre, protection and panache to metal and even wood pieces.

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Home Hardware Wins Safest Large Fleet for Fourth Time

St. Jacobs, ON, June 28, 2011 - Home Hardware Stores Limited has been awarded the Safest Large Fleet Award at the Private Motor Truck Council of Canada's (PMTC) annual conference. This marks the fourth time that Home Hardware has received this top honour, previously winning in 2005, 2008 and 2010.

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Beauti-Tone introduces no VOC colorant

Burford, ON (June 21, 2011) - Beauti-Tone, Canada's Paint Experts, today announced that homeowners across Canada will breathe easier with the knowledge that by end of summer 2011, all colorant used in all Beauti-Tone, Designer's Series Paints, and Natura paint will contain no VOCs.

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Home Hardware Dealer Recognized as North American Retail Hardware Association Young Retailer of the Year

St. Jacobs, Ontario, May 18, 2011 -Home Hardware Dealer-Owner, Conrad Leblanc of Tediche Home Hardware Building Centre in Cap-Pele, New Brunswick was recognized as a Young Retailer of the Year by the North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA).

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Pioneer Home Hardware Building Centre - Campbell River wins “Retail Innovator of the Year” Award

St. Jacobs, Ontario, May 18, 2011 - Gary, Glen and Dean Thulin and Alison Kilby, Dealer-Owners of Pioneer Home Hardware Building Centre, in Campbell River, British Columbia, were named Retail Innovator of the Year by the North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) at a ceremony in Las Vegas.

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Home Dealers Lend a Helping Hand to School Build Project in Mexico

St. Jacobs, Ontario, May 4, 2011 - Recently, more than 100 Home Hardware Dealer-Owners and 20 Home Hardware vendors returned from Home Hardware's Lumber and Building Materials Convention in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The yearly trip is one week in duration and brings together Home Dealers and vendors from across Canada to volunteer their time and help build much needed schools for youth in various areas of Mexico.

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Orillia Home Hardware Building Centre Named Canada’s Best Home Hardware Store

Orillia, Ontario, April 8, 2011 - They always strive for excellence at Orillia Home Hardware Building Centre, and that goal seems to have paid off. The store was selected from 1,080 locations from coast to coast for achieving the highest standards in retailing, merchandise presentation, staff performance and overall quality of the store and was presented with the Walter J. Hachborn Award for Retailing Excellence.

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Entrepreneurial Spirit Flows Through St. Jacobs as Home Dealers Arrive for 2011 Spring Market

St. Jacobs, Ontario, April 8, 2011 -As the months grow warmer, Spring brings with it a feeling of new potential and opportunity in the air. And there's no better place to feel a sense of growth and energy than at the annual Home Hardware Spring Market. Taking place from Saturday April 9 to Tuesday April 12, this year's market is the 96th in the company's history. What keeps the market fresh after so many years? A diverse group of Home Dealers, informative industry experts, and innovative new products and services that come together to inspire new ideas.

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Matane Resident is Grand Prize Winner of Home Hardware’s $50,000 Dream Kitchen Makeover Contest

St. Jacobs, ON, February 22, 2011 -Home Hardware Stores Limited will award the grand prize of the $50,000 Dream Kitchen Makeover Contest to Denise Lavoie, resident of Matane, on Tuesday February 22. The $50,000 prize combined with the expert advice of her local Home Hardware store, Centre De Renovation Home Hardware De Matane, means that Lavoie will have no problem turning her kitchen into a chef's dream. The grand prize can be spent on anything from decorating to renovating her kitchen, including products, improvements or repairs. Lavoie will be awarded the prize at a cheque ceremony on Wednesday, February 23 at 11:00 a.m. at Centre De Renovation Home Hardware De Matane located at 1011, du Phare Ouest.

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Home Furniture Celebrates New Styles with ‘Live and In Colour’

St. Jacobs, ON, January 12, 2011 - Home Furniture Dealers, staff and vendors will gather in St. Jacobs starting Wednesday to attend ‘Live and In Colour', an annual three-day event designed to provide a forum for Dealer-Owners to preview and purchase furniture as well as to network, share information and attend educational seminars on a variety of topics.

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Beauti-Tone launches anywhere, anytime colour matching

Burford, ON (November 29, 2010) -Beauti-Tone, Canada's Paint Experts, today expanded its ability to help homeowners find their perfect colour by introducing a new portable colour matching tool. This tool enables homeowners to measure any colour they see, no matter where they find it, and then instantly match it to one of the over 4,300 Beauti-Tone colours.

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Beauti-Tone Launches the Perfectly Fashionable Simon Chang Colour Collection for Canadian Homes

Burford, ON (September XX, 2010) - Home Hardware Stores Limited, through its Beauti-Tone Paint Division, today launched the Simon Chang Trend Colour Collection. These fresh, stylish and contemporary colours for the home officially launch the creative "all Canadian" partnership between celebrated fashion designer, Simon Chang, and paint manufacturer, Beauti-Tone.

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CHL Announces Rosters and Coaches for 2011 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game

Toronto, ON, Wednesday December 22, 2010 - The Canadian Hockey League in association with Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment and Home Hardware Stores Limited today announced the 40 CHL players eligible for the 2011 NHL Entry Draft that will compete in the 2011 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game January 18-19 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, ON. 

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Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment to Host 2011 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game

Toronto, ON, September 8, 2010 - The Canadian Hockey League in association with Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, and Home Hardware Stores Limited, today announced that the 2011 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game will take place at the Air Canada Centre, home of the Toronto Maple Leafs, on Wednesday January 19, 2011.

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Home Hardware Wins Ontario Truck Driving Championships

St. Jacobs, ON, August 18, 2010 - Home Hardware Stores Limited truck driver, Shawn Matheson, won the Grand Champion award at the Ontario Truck Driving Championships. Shawn took 1st place in the Tandem Tandem class and received the highest points overall - making him the Grand Champion.

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