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UN, NYSE: FDG) announced that Elk Valley Coal Partnership and Local 7292
of the United Mineworkers of America agreed to a new five-year collective
agreement at the Coal Mountain operations in southeast British Columbia . It is the third
consecutive five-year agreement at Coal Mountain since Fording purchased the
mine .

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The Trust, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Fording Inc.

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(TSX: FDG.

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About Fording

Fording Canadian Coal Trust is an open-ended mutual fund trust.

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com/webcast/rbc41/panel11/.

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Coal Mountain operations have an annual production capacity of approximately
3. Through
investments in metallurgical coal and industrial minerals mining and
processing operations, the Trust makes quarterly cash distributions to
unitholders .

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The Trust's shares are
traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol FDG.

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The link is:
http://www.

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Elk Valley Coal Reaches New Five-Year Labour Agreement at Coal Mountain

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holds a 60% interest in the Elk Valley Coal Partnership and is the world's
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About Fording
Fording Canadian Coal Trust is an open-ended mutual fund trust.UN and on the New York
Stock Exchange under the symbol FDG.UN and on the
New York Stock Exchange under the symbol FDG.

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There will be a live audio Webcast of the panel discussion. The Trust's shares are traded on the
Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol FDG.
The agreement covers the period from January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2009
and provides for improvements in wages and benefits.

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Fording to participate in RBC Capital Markets' Income Trust Investor Symposium

The Webcast will also be available
on the home page of the Trust's website http://www.

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m.fording. Through
investments in metallurgical coal and industrial minerals mining and
processing operations, the Trust makes quarterly cash distributions to
unitholders. Elk Valley Coal
Partnership, comprised of Canada's senior metallurgical coal mining
properties, is the world's second largest exporter of metallurgical coal, and
expects to supply approximately 27 million tonnes of high-quality coal
products to the international steel industry in 2005.

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The discussion is scheduled for 10:30 a. Popowich will discuss key topics related to productivity which is the
theme of the conference, as well as various areas related to the business of
the Trust. CALGARY, May 5 - Fording Canadian Coal Trust (TSX:
FDG.

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UN, NYSE: FDG) today announced that Jim Popowich, President, will
participate in a resource panel discussion at the 8th Annual RBC Capital
Markets' Income Trust Investor Symposium being held in Toronto, Ontario on
Wednesday, January 25, 2006. The Trust, through its subsidiaries, holds a 60% interest in the
Elk Valley Coal Partnership and is the world's largest producer of the
industrial mineral wollastonite . Elk Valley Coal Partnership, comprised of
Canada's senior metallurgical coal mining properties, is the world's second
largest exporter of metallurgical coal, supplying high-quality coal products
to the international steel industry.