Project Runway Canada - Fashion's Ultimate Faceoff Returns to Primetime with an All-New Season

                          A CANWEST ORIGINAL SERIES

                            PROJECT RUNWAY CANADA

               2008 GEMINI AWARD-WINNER FOR BEST REALITY SERIES

         PREMIERES ON GLOBAL TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2009 - 10PM ET/PT

    FASHION'S ULTIMATE FACEOFF RETURNS TO PRIMETIME WITH AN ALL-NEW SEASON

                                   - PLUS -

                    FASHION DESIGNER CONTESTANTS REVEALED

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    TORONTO, Dec. 3 /CNW/ - The tantrums, the tears, the divas - fashion
isn't always pretty... The 2008 Gemini Award Winning Project Runway Canada
returns for an all-new season making its network premiere on Global Television
with encore performances on SLICE(TM).
    Beginning Tuesday, January 27 - 10pm ET/PT Project Runway Canada,
primetime's most fashionable reality series, returns with heart wrenching,
edge-of-your-seat excitement TV fans will love.
    "Given the knock-out hit Project Runway Canada was for Slice(TM), we
couldn't be happier the series is coming to the much broader audience of the
conventional platform," said Karen Gelbart, SVP, Lifestyle Content, Canwest
Broadcasting. "From A-list celebrity guest judges to the intense competition
amongst the passionate designers - viewers will not be disappointed."
    Style icon and international supermodel, Iman, returns as Host and leads
a panel of expert industry insiders who will judge the talent and skills of
14 promising new designers from across the country. Respected Canadian fashion
designer Brian Bailey will once again act as mentor to the designers as they
take on weekly fashion challenges.
    "We are beyond thrilled to bring Project Runway Canada to Global viewers
this year," says John Brunton, President and CEO of Insight Production Company
Ltd. "The stakes, the competitors and the drama are all bigger and better, so
we can't wait to share this with a whole new audience."
    Vying for top-spot as the next Canadian fashion star, Project Runway
Canada design contestants compete in dramatic challenges hoping to seize their
breakthrough moment. Handpicked from across the country, this season's fashion
designers come from an array of backgrounds, hailing from Vancouver, Calgary,
Winnipeg, Montreal, Hamilton, Barrie and Toronto.

    The Project Runway Canada Designers are:

    -   Adejoké Taiwo, 24, from Calgary, AB
    -   Baylor Orlando, 37, from Montreal, QC
    -   Brandon R. Dwyer, 22, from Barrie, ON
    -   Camille Prins, 28, from Toronto, ON
    -   Christie Clayton, 30, from Vancouver, BC
    -   Danio Frangella, 33, from LaSalle, ON
    -   Genevieve Graham, 30, from Vancouver, BC
    -   Jaclyn Murray, 26, from Winnipeg, MB
    -   Jason Meyers, 31, from Hamilton, ON
    -   Jeff MacKinnon, 41, from Toronto, ON
    -   Jessica Biffi, 25, from Toronto, ON
    -   Kim Cathers, 29, from Vancouver, BC
    -   Margarita Voultsos, 24, from Montreal, QC
    -   Sunny Fong, 32, from Toronto, ON

    For access to full contestant bios and photography please log on to
www.canwesttvmedia.com.
    Faced with do-or-die tasks and extreme pressure, these aspiring designers
endure the added stress of living under the same roof. Only one designer will
win it all - a cover and feature spread in ELLE Canada, a professional
portfolio photo shoot courtesy of L'Oréal Paris, a 'Runway to Retail' business
mentorship with Winners, and $100,000 to start their own fashion line.
    Resident judges Rita Silvan, Editor-in-Chief of ELLE Canada, and Shawn
Hewson, Creative Director of Bustle Clothing will be joined by an exciting
line-up of celebrity guest judges each week, including actress Elisha
Cuthbert, fashion model Coco Rocha and designer Wayne Clark.
    Project Runway Canada premieres on SLICE(TM) Saturday, January 31 at 9pm
with encore presentations Mondays at 10pm ET/PT.
    In addition, Project Runway Canada fans can get the inside scoop at
GlobalTV.com/runway. Come January 2009 the newly redesigned show website will
showcase designer inspiration pages, behind the scene videos, extensive photo
galleries and more.
    Project Runway Canada is produced by Insight Production Company Ltd.
Project Runway Canada's Executive Producers are John Brunton and Barbara
Bowlby, Supervising Producer is Andrea Gabourie.

    About Canwest Originals

    Canwest is the proud home of the most diverse slate of Canadian Original
programs across the Dramatic, Lifestyle and Entertainment genres. As a
steadfast supporter of the Canadian production community, Canwest is dedicated
to bringing the best of the country to audiences nationwide - including award
winning shows such as: Project Runway Canada, 'da Kink In My Hair, The Guard,
Sarah's House, Holmes on Homes, Restaurant Makeover, Billable Hours, Kenny vs.
Spenny, and the nation's number one entertainment newsmagazine Entertainment
Tonight Canada.
    Global Television is a Canwest Broadcasting network.

    About Canwest Broadcasting

    Canwest Broadcasting operates two conventional television networks,
Global Television and E!, and eighteen of the country's most popular specialty
channels, including HGTV, Mystery TV, National Geographic Channel, Showcase,
Slice(TM) and TVtropolis. Canwest Broadcasting is a division of Canwest Media
Inc.

    About Canwest Media Inc.

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is Canada's largest publisher of paid English language daily newspapers and
owns, operates and/or holds substantial interests in conventional television,
out-of-home advertising, specialty cable channels, web sites and radio
stations in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Turkey, Indonesia, Singapore, the
United Kingdom and the United States.

    About Insight Production Company Ltd.

    Insight Production Company Ltd., headed by John Brunton & Barbara Bowlby
has become an industry leader in the creative development, financing and
production of highly rated television programs in every genre. Since 1979,
Insight has created thousands of hours of groundbreaking television that
continues to be broadcast over major networks worldwide and its reputation for
quality has been recognized by numerous international awards and multiple
Gemini's. Recent hits include Canadian Idol, Canada's homegrown version of the
hugely successful international format, now in its sixth season; Are You
Smarter Than a Canadian 5th Grader?, an exciting game show that takes adults
back to the 'classroom'; Award-winning Project Runway Canada, hosted by
International Supermodel Iman; and Deal or No Deal Canada, the hit primetime
game show, starring Howie Mandel, which delivered to Global Television Network
its highest ratings of all time for a Canadian program. For further
information, visit www.insighttv.com.

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international creators and producers of entertainment brands in the world with
leading prime time drama, serial drama, entertainment and factual
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subsidiary of RTL Group, Europe's largest television and radio broadcast
company, which is 90% owned by Bertelsmann AG, an integrated media and
entertainment company that commands leading positions in the world's media
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