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                                  NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release
October 5, 2006

                          NOTICE OF TELECONFERENCE CALL

    CANWEST GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP. - FISCAL 2006 FOURTH QUARTER RESULTS
               THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2006 - 5:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME

WINNIPEG, MB: YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN A TELECONFERENCE CALL TO REVIEW
CANWEST GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP.'S FOURTH QUARTER FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE
2006 FISCAL YEAR.

CANWEST GLOBAL PRESIDENT AND CEO, LEONARD ASPER WILL HOST THE CONFERENCE CALL,
AND WILL BE JOINED BY PETER VINER, PRESIDENT & CEO, CANWEST MEDIAWORKS, TOM
STRIKE, PRESIDENT, CANWEST MEDIAWORKS INTERNATIONAL, AND JOHN MAGUIRE, CHIEF
FINANCIAL OFFICER, CANWEST GLOBAL. FORMAL REMARKS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A QUESTION
AND ANSWER SESSION.

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CONFERENCE CALL-IN NUMBER:                        416-644-3418 OR 866-250-4877

REPLAY PHONE NUMBER:                              416-640-1917 OR 877-289-8525

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