EXHIBIT 99.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         In connection with the Annual Report of Hollinger Inc. (the "Company")
on Form 20-F for the period ended December 31, 2002, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, The
Lord Black of Crossharbour PC(C), OC, KCSG, Chief Executive Officer and Director
of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant
to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my
knowledge:

1.   The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d)
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
     respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

     By:  /s/ Conrad M. Black
         ____________________________
          Name: The Lord Black of Crossharbour PC(C), OC, KCSG
          Title: Chief Executive Officer and Director
          Hollinger Inc.

June 25, 2003