HOLLINGER INC. SEEKS TO REVERSE INTERIM DIRECTORS' ARRANGEMENTS


TORONTO - October 20, 2005: Hollinger Inc. (TSX: HLG.C; HLG.PR.B) announced
today that it is seeking leave from the Ontario Superior Court to commence legal
action to review compensation arrangements, releases and a $6 million
indemnification trust that were approved by five previous directors of Hollinger
for themselves.

The current Board of Directors of Hollinger believes it is in the best interests
of its shareholders to seek a review of the compensation and other arrangements
of the previous directors and the governance process used to put them in place.
Among the arrangements approved by the five directors, who were on the board
until June or July 2005, and that Hollinger seeks to review was their committing
Hollinger to pay each of the five directors a termination bonus of $600,000 for
ceasing to be a director for any reason, including voluntary retirement or
dismissal for cause. During the first five months of 2005, each of the interim
directors received fees of more than $600,000. Two of them also received
termination bonuses, increasing their compensation to more than $1.2 million for
the period. The remaining three directors have taken the position that they are
each also entitled to the $600,000 termination bonus.

The releases approved by the previous directors purported to release them from
future legal action by Hollinger against them, while the indemnification trust
funds hold Hollinger funds committed by the previous directors for their use to
pay their own legal fees should there be legal action.

To commence the intended action, Hollinger seeks to vary the terms of a July 8,
2005 Consent Order that changed the composition of the Hollinger board and may
have contained terms limiting Hollinger's ability to commence its intended
action against the five former directors.


ABOUT HOLLINGER INC.

Hollinger Inc.'s principal asset is its approximately 66.8% voting and 17.4%
equity interest in Hollinger International Inc., a newspaper publisher with
assets that include the Chicago Sun-Times, a large number of community
newspapers in the Chicago area and a portfolio of news media investments.
Hollinger also owns a portfolio of commercial real estate in Canada. The Company
is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols HLG.C and HLG.PR. B.
More information is available at www.hollingerinc.com

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John Lute
Lute & Company
416 929 5883