Canadian Western Bank - Second Quarter Results Webcast and Conference Call - June 4, 2009

    EDMONTON, June 3 /CNW/ - Notification of Second Quarter Results Webcast
and Conference Call event:

    Canadian Western Bank (TSX: CWB.)
    Second Quarter Results Webcast and Conference Call
    June 4, 2009, 3:00 PM ET

    To listen to this Webcast and Conference Call event, please enter
http://www.newswire.ca/en/webcast/viewEvent.cgi?eventID=2665960 in your web
browser.

    To participate in the live call please dial either (416) 644-3423 or
(800) 732-9303. A replay of the call will be available from June 4, 2009 at
5:00 PM ET until June 18, 2009 at 11:59 PM ET. To access the replay please
dial either (416) 640-1917 or (877) 289-8525 and enter the passcode 21305850
followed by the pound sign.

    For a complete listing of upcoming and archived webcasts available
through CNW Group, please visit our events calendar at
http://www.newswire.ca/en/webcast/index.cgi. CNW's webcast of earnings calls
is consistent with Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada
(IIROC) objectives of providing investors with material information broadly
and quickly.

For further information: Kirby Hill, CFA, Assistant Vice President,
Investor and Public Relations, Canadian Western Bank, Phone: (780) 441-3770,
E-mail: kirby.hill@cwbank.com; Larry M. Pollock, President and Chief Executive
Officer, Canadian Western Bank, Phone: (780) 423-8888