OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 09/07/08 --

FORT SMITH, NWT                                   MONDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 2008
9:45 am               New Democrat Leader Jack Layton speaks on tar sands
                      Slave River Lookout
                      Fort Smith, NWT
VANCOUVER                                         MONDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 2008
4:30 pm               New Democrat Leader Jack Layton speaks to supporters
                      Italian Cultural Centre
                      3075 Slocan Street
                      Richmond, British Columbia

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