Canadian Western Bank - First Quarter Results Webcast and Conference Call - March 5, 2009

    CALGARY, March 3 /CNW/ - Notification of First Quarter Results Webcast
and Conference Call event:Canadian Western Bank (TSX: CWB.)
    First Quarter Results Webcast and Conference Call
    March 5, 2009, 3:00 PM ETTo listen to this Webcast and Conference Call event, please enter
http://www.newswire.ca/en/webcast/viewEvent.cgi?eventID=2548700 in your web
browser.

    To participate in the live call please dial either [phone] or
[phone]. A replay of the call will be available from March 5, 2009 at
5:30 PM ET until March 19, 2009 at 11:59 PM ET. To access the replay please
dial either [phone] or [phone] and enter the passcode 21297397
followed by the pound sign.

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For further information: Kirby Hill, CFA, Assistant Vice President,
Investor and Public Relations, Canadian Western Bank, Phone: [phone],
E-mail: [e-mail]; Larry M. Pollock, President and Chief Executive
Officer, Canadian Western Bank, Phone: [phone]