CN Selects Vancouver for Annual Shareholders' Meeting.

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VANCOUVER, B.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2001

Canadian National (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange :CNI (1) (Certified NetWare Instructor) See Novell certification.

(2) (Coalition for Networked Information, Washington, DC, www.cni.org) A partnership of the Association of Research Libraries, CAUSE and EDUCOM, founded in 1990. ) (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange.

TSE

1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).

2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :CNR.) said today it will hold its annual meeting of shareholders in Vancouver.

The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 17, 2001, at 10:30 a.m. (Pacific Time) at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver, 655 Burrard Street.

"Vancouver and its port are important generators of business for our railroad," said CN President and Chief Executive Officer Paul M. Tellier. "The significance of this business is reflected in the extensive rail network and facilities CN has built in the region. Employment today in Vancouver tops 700."

CN had a strong year in 2000. "We met or exceeded our key financial objectives," Tellier said. "In addition, we continued the successful integration of CN and Illinois Central."

For 2000, CN's net income was C$879 million, excluding a one-time, C$58 million after-tax gain. Including this item, net income for the year was C$937 million.

Canadian National Railway Company Canadian National Railway Company (NYSE: CNI, TSX: CNR) is a Canadian rail transportation company that operates the Canadian National Railway. It was created in December, 1918 as a Crown corporation of the Government of Canada to nationalize several bankrupt rail systems spans Canada and mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to the Gulf of Mexico Noun 1. Gulf of Mexico - an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico
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Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east , serving the ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the key cities of Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Memphis, St. Louis, Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America.

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