MONCTON, New Brunswick, May 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 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.