WINNIPEG, Jan.
Saturn RELAY is the overall presenting sponsor of CanWest CanSpell and
Air Canada is the official travel partner for spellers, families and CanSpell
crew members. We believe it's our responsibility to be a positive
contributor in every community we operate in. In addition to owning the Global Television Network, CanWest is
Canada's largest publisher of daily newspapers, and also owns, operates and/or
holds substantial interests in conventional television, out-of-home
advertising, specialty cable channels, web sites and radio stations and
networks in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom. He was responsible for
commercial banking, syndication operations, cross-border lending and all
associated credit, administration, accounting, legal, technology and
regulatory activities.

"Chris Cooper"
President + CEO

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This release includes certain statements that may be deemed "Forward-
looking statements".

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CanWest CanSpell is designed to engage middle-school students, Grades 4
through 8, by celebrating excellence in academic achievement and encouraging
positive study habits.
Students who qualified moved on to the Regional Finals in each market, and the
eventual Winner and Runner-Up from each region progressed to the CanWest
CanSpell National Bee in Ottawa.

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The fourth-largest print media group in Canada, with more than 3000
employees and annual revenues of $555 million in 2005, Transcontinental Media
is Canada's second -largest and Eastern Canada's largest publisher of local and
regional newspapers, the preferred communication tools in the communities they
serve. Brooks has thirty-nine years of domestic and international banking
experience, serving at various levels of management and executive management.
He has recently retired and has been an active member of the Halton Business
Advisory Group as well as a mentor to the MBA School of Business at the
University of Victoria. He also expanded energy activities into the United
States and Europe.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
NORTHERN SUN EXPLORATION COMPANY INC.

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19 - The CanWest CanSpell National
Spelling Bee is pleased to announce the expansion of its exciting education
program with the addition of three new sponsoring newspapers to represent
young spellers in Atlantic Canada. John's, Newfoundland, The Guardian in Charlottetown ,
PEI, and The Daily News in Halifax, Nova Scotia - all part of the
Transcontinental family of daily newspapers - will launch registration in
their individual markets beginning January, 2006.

Now in the early stages of registration for year two, CanWest CanSpell
has registered more than 150,000 participants and over 1200 schools in the
original 11 regional markets. Transcontinental
Media's newspaper portfolio includes 12 dailies and over 125 weekly, bi-
weekly, and monthly newspapers published in the provinces of Newfoundland +
Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick , Quebec, Ontario
and Saskatchewan.

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C. The addition of the Transcontinental newspapers
increases the participating regional markets total to 14.SV. Brooks has been granted 75,000 options to purchase capital stock in
the Company at a price of $0.com.

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CanWest CanSpell follows the Scripps National Spelling
Bee guidelines and Regional Winners from all Canadian cities will participate
in the Scripps Bee in Washington, D.com (http://www.com).
Global Television will air an hour-long program from the National Finals
CanWest CanSpell event from Ottawa on April 22, 2006.

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The Telegram in St. John's, Halifax and Charlottetown will be invited
to participate by visiting their local Saturn area retailers for their CanWest
CanSpell registration and study information. Total distribution is approximately 350,000 issues for daily
papers and over 2,500,000 for its weeklies.

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Transcontinental Media, also the country's leading publisher of consumer
magazines, is a subsidiary of Transcontinental Inc.61.

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VANCOUVER, April 26 - NORTHERN SUN EXPLORATION
COMPANY INC.

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"We are delighted that these Transcontinental newspapers have joined the
CanWest CanSpell team," said David Asper, Executive Vice Chairman, CanWest
Global Communications Corp.B) ,
Canada's leading printer and the seventh largest in North America.
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Literacy in general, and related
skills such as spelling, are at the core of what we believe in as publishers
and as members of our communities. Saturn will begin on a direct-to-customer registration process
to engage participants, beginning in January of 2006.MV.

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"At Saturn, our commitment to the community doesn't stop with the
delivery of vehicles to our customers," said Dave McCall, director of Saturn
and Saab in Canada.SV and CGS . (TSX: TCL.

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"We believe that this initiative teaches students
appropriate skills and study habits ."
CanWest CanSpell engages the entire multi-platform force of CanWest
MediaWorks.A, TCL. The
Corporation has more than 14,000 employees in Canada, the United States and
Mexico and reported revenues of C$2.

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Their degree of penetration and excellent credibility make them a
highly effective complement to any advertising campaign. In 1970 he joined the Bank of
Montreal where he specialized in the natural resource sector in Montreal,
Toronto and Calgary. All statements in this release that address future
production, reserve potentials or exploration drilling, are forward-looking
statements . The
TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for
the adequacy or accuracy of the contents of this news release.

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CanSpell is targeted at spelling.canspell. Brooks began his career with Barclays Bank in London in 1961, and
spent nine years at various management levels in Africa, the West Indies,
Central America, Gibraltar and Mauritius.

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CanWest CanSpell is part of a larger
CanWest initiative designed to encourage and celebrate all literacy and
numeracy skills.
In 1982 , Mr, Brooks joined the National Bank of Canada as the Executive
Officer responsible for retail, commercial and corporate operations throughout
Western Canada.
Mr.com, or visit the Company
website at http://www.

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This will enable
spellers in Atlantic Canada to participate through first a Written Bee and
then once qualified, a Regional Bee event in each of the new markets .com), an international media company, is Canada's largest
media company.2 billion in 2005.

Northern Sun is an Alberta-based exploration and production company,
currently producing and exploring for oil and gas in Alberta, Saskatchewan and
the North West Territories.

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In its inaugural year (2005), the CanWest CanSpell program hosted more
than 80,000 children through a series of school -level and written bees. "We are delighted that our Saturn retailers in
Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia will join our dealers from
the other CanSpell regions in playing an active role in the CanSpell
registration process. (the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr.
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For additional information please contact the Company toll-free at
(866) 869-8072, via email at info@northernsunex .

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Transcontinental's Atlantic newspapers join CanWest CanSpell

Harvey Brooks to its Board of Directors , and as Chairman of the Company's
audit committee. Brooks was Senior Vice
President and General Manager, United States Division for National Bank, which
was one of the top 10 asset-based lenders in the US.

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Jamie Thomson, publisher of The Daily News and speaking on behalf of the
participating Atlantic newspapers, said, "Transcontinental newspapers are
proud to be part of the CanSpell program . in May/June of 2006. Regional fans can look for registration information or follow
their finalists through the CanSpell website on Canada. He founded the National Bank's Energy Group in Calgary, and
developed the lending practices which have enabled the Bank to become the
market leader among lending institutions to intermediate and emerging junior
energy companies in Canada. Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not
guarantees of future performance and that actual results or developments may
differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.

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CanWest Global Communications Corp.canwestglobal. In 1993 he was promoted to Senior Vice President for
Ontario and Western Canada in Toronto and during his tenure undertook the
acquisitions of Confederation Trust, Family Trust and Municipal Trust.