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November 18, 2003

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Media Advisory - Canada Post, Canadian Pacific Railway and Hudson's Bay Company to launch Mail, Rail, Retail Exhibit  
What:
Canada Post, Canadian Pacific Railway and Hudson's Bay Company announce the launch of Mail, Rail, and Retail: Connecting Canadians, a traveling exhibit that outlines the history of each organization and their partnership in building Canada into the country it is today. The exhibit opens to the public on Thursday, November 21, 2003, at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Ottawa, where it will run until November 29, 2004 before moving to other communities across Canada. The Mail, Rail and Retail exhibit looks at how mail, rail, and retail services have been crucial to building and maintaining communication, transportation and commercial networks across Canada.

Where:
Grand Hall
Canadian Postal Museum
Canadian Museum of Civilization
100 Laurier Avenue East
Ottawa, Ontario

Who:
The Honourable Andre Ouellet,
President and CEO, Canada Post
George Heller,
President and CEO, Hudson's Bay Company
Marcella Szel, Strategy and Law and CPR Corporate Secretary,
CPR
Sylvie Morel, Director General, Exhibitions and Programs,
Canadian Museum of Civilization

When:
Wednesday, November 20, 2003 at 6:00 p.m. (EST)
(Reception begins at 5:00 p.m., multi-media presentation
follows at 6:00 p.m.)

Media:
Interview and photo-ops are available.
(Please note: A media tour of the exhibit will commence at
10:30 a.m. Please contact (819) 776-7176 to attend.)


Contact Information:

Katherine Raso,
Hudson's Bay Company,
(416) 861-4432,
Katherine.raso@hbc.com;

Tyra Henschel,
Canadian Pacific Railway,
(403) 540-7669,
tyra_henschel@cpr.ca;

  Railway Association of Canada
99 Bank Street, Suite 901
Ottawa, ON K1P 6B9

Telephone: (613) 567-8591
Fax: (613) 567-6726
  

  Mr. Paul Goyette
Director, Communications and Public Affairs

Phone: (613) 564-8097