MONTREAL, Nov. 29, 2016 /CNW/ - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE:
CNI) announced today that the 12th edition of the CN Canadiens
Alumni Challenge raised C$360,000 at
a friendly hockey game which took place on Saturday. The proceeds
will benefit charitable organizations supported by the CN
Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund (CN Community Fund),
notably the Service d'entraide de Charny
"We are very proud to make a significant contribution that will
help make a difference for many charity organizations," said
Olivier Chouc, CN vice-president of law, and chairman of the board
of the CN Community Fund. "I grew up in Quebec City, so I was glad we could play
against the Canadiens Alumni on a Quebec
City ice rink. I wish to congratulate our employees,
retirees and partners who generously donated to the community
through our CN Community Fund."
On Saturday, at Pavillon de la
jeunesse, CN's hockey club played against a team of former
Montreal Canadiens including Stéphane Richer, Francis Bouillon, Patrice Brisebois and Chris Nilan, with Guy
Lafleur as head coach.
The CN Canadiens Almuni Challenge is the CN Community Fund's
largest fundraiser. Since its first edition, in 2002, the event has
raised more than C$3 million for
charities across North
America.
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 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.
SOURCE CN