TORONTO, March 27 /CNW/ - Scotia Capital is hosting its annual Spring
Growth Conference on Wednesday, March 28 and Thursday, March 29, 2007 in
Toronto. This year's thematically-oriented event has been structured to
provide investors with an opportunity to meet with leading Canadian
growth-oriented companies. Audio portions of the presentations will be
broadcast live on the Web beginning at 9:10 a.m.Scheduled presenters(*) and times are:

    Wednesday, March 28:
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    9:10 a.m.    Gildan Activewear
                 Glenn Chamandy, President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
                 Laurence Sellyn, Executive Vice-President (EVP), Chief
                 Financial & Administrative Officer

    9:40 a.m.    Uni-Select
                 Richard G. Roy, Chief Operating Officer (COO)
                 Denis Mathieu, Vice-President (VP) & Chief Financial
                 Officer (CFO)

    10:30 a.m.   Calloway REIT
                 Simon Nyilassy, President & CEO

    11:00 a.m.   AutoCanada Income Fund
                 Bob Clark, President

    11:30 a.m.   RONA
                 Claude Guévin, EVP & CFO

    1:00 p.m.    Canadian Hydro Developers
                 John Keating, CEO

    2:00 p.m.    Plutonic Power Corporation
                 Donald McInnes, President

    Thursday, March 29
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    9:00 a.m.    Axcan Pharma
                 Frank Verwiel, President & CEO

    9:30 a.m.    Draxis Health
                 Dan Brazier, COO

    10:00 a.m.   Biovail
                 Gilbert Godin, Senior Vice-President (SVP), Technical
                 Operations/Drug Delivery
                 Nelson Isabel, VP Investor Relations & Corporate
                 Communications

    10:40 a.m.   MDS
                 Douglas Prince, EVP Finance & CFO
                 Sharon Mathers, VP Investor Relations & External
                 Communications

    11:10 a.m.   Labopharm
                 Jim Howard-Tripp, President & CEO

    11:40 a.m.   CryoCath Technologies
                 Jan Keltjens, President & CEO

    1:00 p.m.    SNC-Lavalin
                 Riadh Ben Aissa - EVP Infrastructure, Water & Construction

    1:15 p.m.    Stantec
                 Don Wilson, VP & CFO
                 Mark Jackson is the SVP & COO

    1:30 p.m.    Armtec Infrastructure Income Fund
                 Charles Phillips, President & CEO

    1:45 p.m.    Wajax Income Fund
                 Neil Manning, President & CEO

    2:00 p.m.    Panel DiscussionPresentations will run approximately 30 minutes.
    Listeners may access the conference live via a Web audio link at
www.scotiacapital.com. The conference will be archived on Scotia Capital's Web
site for three months.

    (*) Agenda is subject to change. See www.scotiacapital.com for most
    current schedule.

    Since 1998, Scotia Capital's Industry Conferences have been ranked No.1
in Canada by independent surveys. Scotia Capital represents the global
corporate and investment banking and capital markets platform of the
Scotiabank Group, one of North America's premier financial institutions. The
Scotiabank Group has combined assets of $396 billion in assets (as at
January 31, 2007) and over 57,000 employees worldwide, including affiliates.
It is also Canada's most international bank, serving customers in some 50
countries around the world. For more information, visit www.scotiabank.com or
www.scotiacapital.com.