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CN reiterates plan to upgrade Prairie North Line through Humboldt HUMBOLDT, SK, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Today, CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) president and chief executive officer Claude Mongeau helped the citizens of Humboldt, Sask. inaugurate the Community Trail project, part of the CN EcoConnexions - From the Ground Up program. Humboldt is one of 25 communities selected to receive funding from the program to date. The program's objective is to promote the greening of...

MONTREAL, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Jim Vena, executive vice-president and chief operating officer of CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI), will address the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Transportation Conference on May 16 in Boston, Mass., at 11.20 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Vena will discuss how CN's focus on customer engagement and operational and service excellence is helping the company's customers compete better in their end markets while delivering solid CN operating...

Public awareness campaign aimed at reducing trespassing fatalities HOMEWOOD, IL, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - With trespassing being the leading cause of rail-related fatalities in the United States, CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) is marking Rail Safety Week through May 5, 2013, with a public awareness campaign stressing the deadly risks of trespassing on railway tracks and property. CN Police are urging the public to call CN Police at 1- 800-465-9239 to report unsafe behavior on...

Public awareness campaign aimed at reducing trespassing fatalities MONTREAL, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - With trespassing being the leading cause of rail-related fatalities in Canada, CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) is marking Rail Safety Week through May 5, 2013, with a public awareness campaign stressing the deadly risks of trespassing on railway tracks and property. CN Police are urging the public to call CN Police at 1-800-465-9239 to report unsafe behaviour on railway...

HOMEWOOD, IL, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) invites the media to report on key issues at the centre of Rail Safety Week, from April 29 to May 5, 2013.  CN Police will mark Rail Safety Week with a public awareness campaign aimed at reducing the number of trespassing crossing related accidents.  In addition, the police force is asking the public to help save lives by calling CN Police at 1-800-465-9239 to report unsafe behaviour on railway property....

EDMONTON, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) announced today that the nominees listed in the management proxy circular dated March 12, 2013, were elected as directors of CN. The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at CN's Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 23 in Edmonton are set out below. Election of Directors On a vote by ballot, each of the following 13 nominees proposed by management was elected as a director of CN:...

EDMONTON, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - David G. A. McLean, chairman of CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI), is pleased to announce today that the Company's Board of Directors (Board) has appointed Robert Pace as its vice-chairman, effective today. Mr. Pace, upon successful election as a director at CN's Annual Meeting of Shareholders in April 2014, will become chairman after Mr. McLean reaches the Board's retirement age of 75 next year. As vice-chairman, Mr. Pace will work with Mr....

MONTREAL, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a second-quarter 2013 dividend on the Company's common shares outstanding. A quarterly dividend of forty-three cents (C$0.43) per common share will be paid on June 28, 2013, to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 7, 2013. CN - Canadian National Railway Company and its operating railway subsidiaries - spans Canada and mid-America, from the...

Excluding gain on sale of rail line segment, adjusted Q1-2013 net income was C$519 million, or C$1.22 per diluted share ((1)) MONTREAL, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) today reported its financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. First-quarter 2013 highlights -- First-quarter 2013 net income was C$555 million, or C$1.30 per diluted share, compared with net income of C$775 million, or...

MONTREAL, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) will issue its first-quarter 2013 financial and operating results today, April 22, 2013, at 4.01 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). CN's senior officers will review the results and the railway's outlook in a conference call/webcast at 4.30 p.m. EDT today. Claude Mongeau, president and chief executive officer of CN, will lead the conference call. Parties interested in participating in, or listening to, the...