CN Chair Robert Pace, CEO Luc Jobin to join Mayor Fougere

REGINA, April 20, 2017 /CNW/ - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) board chair Robert Pace and president and chief executive officer Luc Jobin will be joined Sunday evening by Regina Mayor Michael Fougere and other local officials to plant a commemorative tree and unveil a commemorative plaque in honour of Canada's 150^th birthday.

The tree planting and plaque unveiling will be part of a Canada 150 community celebration being hosted by the city of Regina.

Where: Victoria Park, Regina
When: 5 p.m., Sunday, April 23
Who: CN executives, Mayor Fougere, First Nations leaders 
What: Community celebration and picnic at 3 p.m., tree planting ceremony at 5 p.m.

A sugar maple tree celebrating Canada will be planted and plaque unveiled in the park. With its partner TreeCanada, CN is planting trees and donating commemorative plaques in 150 communities across Canada in recognition of the nation's 150^th birthday.

CN is a true backbone of the economy, transporting 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 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 on CN, visit the company's website at www.cn.ca.

SOURCE CN