October 10, 2008 TransCanada Investor Meetings Registration CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Oct. 10, 2008) - TransCanada Corporation will host an Investor Reception and Meeting in Toronto at Le Meridien King Edward hotel. The reception will be held Nov. 5. The meeting will be held the morning of Nov. 6, followed by lunch. At this half day event, members of TransCanada's senior executive team will provide investors with an update of the company's strategy and growth opportunities. TransCanada Corporation will also host an Investor Meeting in New York on the morning of Nov. 7 at Jumeirah Essex House. At this morning event, members of our senior executive team will provide investors with an update on TransCanada's and TC PipeLines, LP's strategy and growth opportunities. For further information and to register, please click on the link below: http://www.transcanada.com/events/investormeeting Please RSVP on-line by October 24. A live webcast of the Toronto meeting and a copy of the presentation will be available on TransCanada's website. With more than 50 years' experience, TransCanada is a leader in the responsible development and reliable operation of North American energy infrastructure including natural gas pipelines, power generation, gas storage facilities, and projects related to oil pipelines and LNG facilities. TransCanada's network of wholly owned pipelines extends more than 59,000 kilometres (36,500 miles), tapping into virtually all major gas supply basins in North America. TransCanada is one of the continent's largest providers of gas storage and related services with approximately 355 billion cubic feet of storage capacity. A growing independent power producer, TransCanada owns, or has interests in, over 10,900 megawatts of power generation in Canada and the United States. TransCanada's common shares trade on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges under the symbol TRP.

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