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Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. Announces Outside Director

Date 30/04/2002

The Board of Directors of Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. (WCE) is pleased to announce that Mr. Kevin Archibald has been elected to the position of Outside Director.

Mr. Archibald is currently the Vice-President of Pesticide Free Production Canada, he is Past President of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association and has held the position of director with the Canada Grains Council. Mr. Archibald has farmed with his family in Manitoba since 1978.

WCE Inc., is governed by a 12 person Board of Directors, including two Outside Directors who are neither participants or employees/affiliates of Participants.

For further information on WCE's Board of Directors or for information on the Exchange, visit www.wce.mb.ca.

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc., established in 1887, is Canada's only agricultural futures and options exchange. WCE offers futures contracts on canola, canola meal, flaxseed, domestic feed wheat, western barley, and field peas. Options contracts are available on canola, flaxseed, domestic feed wheat, and western barley.