CN donates $25,000 to Canadian Red Cross New Brunswick floods appeal
May 09 2018 - 10:45AM
CN (TSX:CNR) (NYSE:CNI) announced it is making a donation of
$25,000 to the Canadian Red Cross in support of relief efforts to
aid victims of the flooding in hard hit areas of New Brunswick.
"The floodwaters have devastated parts of New
Brunswick, and our thoughts are with the hundreds of families who
have seen their homes submerged. CN commends the Canadian Red
Cross disaster response volunteers on the ground, who are providing
support to our neighbours in New Brunswick,” said JJ Ruest, interim
president and chief executive officer of CN. “We know this
donation will help provide immediate relief to those in need, and
we hope it will encourage other Canadian businesses to answer the
appeal from the Red Cross.”
CN is a true backbone of the economy whose team
of approximately 25,000 railroaders transports more than C$250
billion worth of goods annually for a wide range of business
sectors, ranging from resource products to manufactured products to
consumer goods, across a rail network of approximately 20,000
route-miles spanning Canada and mid-America. CN – Canadian National
Railway Company, along with its operating railway subsidiaries –
serves the cities and ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C.,
Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the
metropolitan areas of Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary,
Chicago, Memphis, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., and
Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America.
For more information about CN, visit the Company’s website at
www.cn.ca.
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