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                                  NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release
February 26, 2004

                 NATIONAL POST TO IMPROVE SERVICE TO READERS IN
                        MANITOBA AND NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO

     The National Post to be printed in Winnipeg by the Winnipeg Free Press.


WINNIPEG: The National Post is pleased to announce that the Winnipeg Free Press
will be printing its edition for Manitoba and northwestern Ontario, starting on
Sunday evening March 14, for delivery to readers on Monday morning, March 15,
2004.

"This is an important step in improving our service to readers in these
communities," said David Asper, the Chairman of the National Post. "It is also
another illustration of the long-term commitment we have to the success of
Canada's truly national newspaper," he said.

The National Post recently introduced the Electronic Edition of the newspaper,
which permits daily on line delivery virtually everywhere at 5 a.m. Eastern
Time.

The National Post has, since its launch more than five years ago, been printed
in Regina and trucked its copies to Manitoba and northwestern Ontario each day.
The Regina printing plant will continue to print the National Post to serve
readers in Saskatchewan.

The National Post is Canada's fourth largest English language daily newspaper
with an average daily circulation of over 250,000 copies nation-wide and a
weekly cumulative readership of 1.7 million.

This agreement with the Free Press means that National Post readers in Manitoba
and northwestern Ontario will have more reliable access to home and newsstand
delivery.

"It also provides us with the ability to better serve our existing customer base
and to expand it by being able to get the paper where it needs to be without
worrying whether the Trans Canada Highway from Regina is open or not. It is
another step on the road to the growing success of the National Post," said
Asper.

Free Press Publisher Murdoch Davis said today that he was "very pleased that we
have been able to come to this agreement with the National Post."


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"It's a good deal for both parties. One of our objectives has been to build our
commercial printing business and to increase efficient utilization of our
presses. This is a good step in that direction," said Davis.

David Asper noted that: "For a media company proudly based in Winnipeg, being
able to print the flagship newspaper in our hometown is a great story for us."

The National Post is a division of CanWest Global Communications Corp. (NYSE:
CWG; TSX: CGS.S and CGS.A; www.canwestglobal.com), an international media
company. CanWest, Canada's largest publisher of daily newspapers, owns, operates
and/or holds substantial interests in newspapers, conventional television,
out-of-home advertising, specialty cable channels, radio networks and web sites
in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The Company's
program production and distribution division operates in several countries
throughout the world.

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For Information Contact:

Mr. David Asper
Chairman
The National Post
204-956-2025












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