CN donates C$100,000 to Red Cross to support humanitarian relief efforts in
Haiti and will match employee donations

MONTREAL , Jan. 18 /CNW Telbec/ - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE:CNI) announced today it will make an initial donation of C$100,000 to the Red Cross in support of the agency's relief efforts in Haiti . In addition, CN is launching a program for employee donations to the Red Cross and will match employee contributions dollar-for-dollar.

A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010 , caused widespread structural damage and buildings to collapse in Haiti , killing and injuring thousands and trapping many others in rubble. Earthquake victims desperately need medical care, water, food and shelter.

Claude Mongeau , president and chief executive officer of CN, said: "The devastating impact of the earthquake on Haiti stuns and saddens us all. We are reaching out - and encouraging our employees -- to help the Red Cross address some of the immense human suffering caused by this natural disaster."

CN - Canadian National Railway Company and its operating railway subsidiaries - spans Canada and mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the Gulf of Mexico , serving the ports of Vancouver , Prince Rupert , B.C., Montreal , Halifax , New Orleans , and Mobile, Ala., and the key metropolitan areas of Toronto , Buffalo, Chicago , Detroit , Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., Green Bay , Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis , St. Louis , and Jackson , Miss., with connections to all points in North America .

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