CN and Sault Ste. Marie Economic Development Corp. schedule news conference for noon May 15

SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont., May 13, 2009 — CN (TSX: CNR)(NYSE: CNI) and the Sault Ste. Marie Economic Development Corp. (SSMEDC) said today they will hold a news conference in the city on Friday, May 15, 2009, at 12 noon to announce an important tourism development for the Sault Ste Marie area.

The news conference will be held in the second floor lobby concourse of Roberta Bondar Place, 70 Foster Drive, in downtown Sault Ste. Marie. Attending the conference will be CN officers, officials of SSMEDC and representatives of the Ontario and municipal governments.

About CN

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, and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America.

ABOUT SSMEDC

The Sault Ste. Marie Economic Development Corporation is a non-profit organization, funded by public and private partners, whose goal is to be the community's leader in supporting and promoting an environment that generates sustainable employment in a healthy, growing and diversified economy.

CONTACTS

For CN:
Mark Hallman
Director,
Communications, Media
Phone: 905-669-3384

For SSMEDC:
Ian McMillan
Executive Director,
Tourism Sault Ste. Marie
Phone: 705-759-5465