Truck Norris and Adam Sand-ler aren't celebs, they're Labrador City's new snowplows

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10-02-2025

Labrador City's safety manager, Wayne Power, says the snowplow naming contest was a great opportunity to engage the community and town staff. (Town of Labrador City/Facebook)
In Labrador City, you now might hear someone say "there goes Truck Norris," or "look, it's Adam Sand-ler."
Kids from the town were given a chance to name five new snowplows in a recent contest.
The names Ctrl-Salt-Delete, Plowabunga and Winter Warrior were also among the winners.
The town's safety manager, Wayne Power, says he jumped on the opportunity after seeing other municipalities hold similar contests.
Labrador City ended with over 3,500 entries from children between four and 12 years old.
"I got to be honest, the creativity, the enthusiasm and the efforts that were made by the kids spoke for itself," said Power.
In the coming days, Power said the winning names will be printed on the trucks for the whole town to see.
He said he and his staff went through all of the entry forms.
Once they had the list down to 30 entries, they posted it in the public works' break room. All 35 employees weighed in by checking off their favourites, and the final five were selected.
Kaylee Marsh came out on top by winning the first two spots with her suggestions Truck Norris and Ctrl-Salt-Delete.
"Overall, it was amazing. The kids today enjoyed it, I got to say, and I'll be honest, we enjoyed it as well," said Power
The winners got toy Tonka trucks and gift cards as their awards.
And the town will be going through the process again in the summertime, as they'll have new pieces of equipment to name. But those names will be decided by the town's seniors.
"We'll have the contest and we'll bring them inside and then and we'll present them with their awards. So we're looking forward to that," said Power.
For Power, this was an opportunity to engage with the town's employees.
"Bringing something like this into a small community such as Labrador City was huge for the employees. They love it. It just increases the employee engagement here as well," said Power.
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