Railroad gets court injunction against native blockade

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********************* CN obtains court injunction to re-open rail line

MONTREAL, QUEBEC - 04/21/2006 - CN has obtained an injunction from the Ontario Superior Court, ordering First Nations members currently obstructing CN's main line between Montreal and Toronto at a site near Marysville, Ontario, to remove their blockade.

CN had requested the injunction on the basis that this rail line is an essential link in CN's transcontinental network, whose unobstructed operation is essential to CN's freight customers across North America, as well as to the travelling public using VIA passenger rail services.

CN is in no way involved with the dispute involving First Nations near Caledonia, Ontario that apparently triggered this illegal action at Marysville, two hundred miles distant from the Caledonia controversy, and should not be expected to suffer any harm due to a matter with which it has no involvement or interest whatsoever.

Although CN favours a peaceful resolution to this matter, it will take all measures open to it under the law to protect its right to operate its rail service without obstruction or hindrance.

Canadian National Railway Company 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 cities of Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., Green Bay, Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, St. Louis, and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America.

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