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The Hon. Raymond G.H. Seitz

Mr. Seitz served as Vice Chairman of Lehman Brothers (Europe), an investment bank, from April 1995 to April 2003, following his retirement as the American Ambassador to the Court of St. James from 1991 to 1995. From 1989 to 1991, Mr. Seitz was Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Canada. Mr. Seitz currently serves as a director of The Chubb Corporation and PCCW Limited.

William Aziz*

William Aziz is the Chief Financial Officer of Hollinger Inc. and the Managing Partner of BlueTree Advisors, a private management advisory firm. Mr. Aziz has been the Interim President and CEO of SR Telecom Inc. and the Interim CFO of Atlas Cold Storage Income Trust, both public companies. Prior to that, Mr. Aziz was President of the BiWay division of Dylex Limited, a chain of about 300 discount stores. As Chairman and CEO, Mr. Aziz also led a restructuring of White Rose Crafts and Nursery, a publicly traded chain of retail home décor and nursery products. Mr. Aziz has an Honours Business Administration degree from the University of Western Ontario and is a Chartered Accountant licensed in Ontario. Mr. Aziz practiced public accounting with Ernst & Young for nine years. Mr. Aziz currently serves as a director and member of the audit committee of both Canada Bread Co. and Tecumseh Products Company. In the past, Mr. Aziz has been a director of a number of other public companies, including Doman Industries Limited, where he served on the audit committee, and Algoma Steel Inc. Mr. Aziz has completed the Institute of Corporate Directors Governance College at the Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto and is certified to use the designation ICD.D.

Brent D. Baird*

Brent D. Baird is a private investor and a director of M&T Bank and a member of its Executive and Trust and Investment Committees. Mr. Baird is a director of M&T Financial Corporation and a member of M&T Bank's Directors Advisory Council-New York City Division. Mr. Baird is president of First Carolina Investors, Inc., a non-diversified investment company. Mr. Baird is also a director of Merchants Group, Inc. and Todd Shipyards Corporation.

Albrecht W. A. Bellstedt Q.C. *

Albrecht W. A. Bellstedt, Q.C. retired as Executive Vice President, Law & Corporate of TransCanada Corporation, a North American energy services company, on January 31, 2007. Mr. Bellstedt was previously a partner of the law firm Milner Fenerty, now known as Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, specializing in transactional work. Mr. Bellstedt received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Toronto. Mr. Bellstedt is also a director of each of Canadian Western Bank, a publicly traded chartered bank with its headquarters and principal operations in Western Canada, the Churchill Corporation, a publicly traded holding company in turn controlling four construction companies active in Western Canada, the Forzani Group Ltd., a publicly traded sporting goods retailer and FracSource Inc., a privately held gas-well stimulation business with operations in Texas and western Canada. Mr. Bellstedt served as a trustee of Atlas Cold Storage Income Trust from 1997 to 2004 and as a director of TC PipeLines GP, Inc., the general partner of TC PipeLines, L.P., a NASDAQ listed limited partnership with investments in U.S. gas pipeline assets, until January 2007.

Herbert A. Denton

Mr. Denton was elected as a director in February 2007. He is President of Providence Capital Inc., which he founded in 1991. Prior to that, he served as Managing Director for Jeffries & Co., where he headed mergers and acquisitions and represented a number of leading investors and funds. In 1982, Mr. Denton founded Pacific Equity, which was later acquired by Jeffries & Co. Early in his career, Mr. Denton worked for Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette and founded the firm's Hong Kong office. Mr. Denton has served on several boards of directors, including those of PolyMedica Corp., Mesa Air Group Inc., Trover Solutions Inc., Union Corporation, Inc. and Capsure Holdings, Inc.

Peter Dey*

Peter Dey is currently Chairman of Paradigm Capital Inc., an independent investment dealer, and Chairman of Addax Petroleum Corporation. Mr. Dey is also a Director of Goldcorp Inc., Workbrain Corporation, Soulpepper Theatre Company and Alpine Canada. Mr. Dey is a former Chairman of the Ontario Securities Commission and former Chairman of Morgan Stanley Canada, and he was a Senior Partner of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt. In 1994, Mr. Dey chaired the Toronto Stock Exchange Committee on Corporate Governance, and has since been involved with developing global corporate governance standards as Vice Chairman of the OECD Task Force on Board Room Practices, and as Chairman of the Private Sector Advisory Group of the Global Corporate Governance Forum. Mr. Dey holds a Masters of Laws degree from Harvard University, a Bachelor of Laws degree from Dalhousie University, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Queen's University.

Cyrus F. Freidheim, Jr.

President and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Freidheim was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in November 2006. He assumed the title of Publisher, Chicago Sun-Times, in September 2007. He has been a director of Sun-Times Media Group since October 2005. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Freidheim was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Office of Chiquita Brands International Inc., a major producer, marketer and distributor of fresh produce. He was Vice Chairman of BoozAllenHamilton from 1990 through 2002. Mr. Freidheim joined BoozAllenHamilton in 1966 and worked as the Managing Director of several international offices, as President of BoozAllen International and, subsequently, as head of its U.S. consulting business. Mr. Freidheim began his career at Ford Motor Company's central finance staff prior to joining BoozAllen. Mr. Freidheim currently serves as a director of Allegheny Energy Inc., HSBC Finance Corporation and SITEL Corporation.

Edward Hannah*

Edward Hannah is a partner practicing in the corporate group of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP. Mr. Hannah was a partner of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP between 1985 and 2000, and rejoined the firm again in January 2005. Mr. Hannah left Davies in April 2000 to consult for Web Capital Partners, a venture capital investor, and The Score Television Network, subsequently serving as Senior Vice-President of Headline Media Group Inc. Then, in 2001, Mr. Hannah joined Magna Entertainment Corp. as Vice-President and General Counsel, subsequently becoming Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development and General Counsel of MI Developments Inc., the publicly traded parent of Magna Entertainment Corp. Mr. Hannah has a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Yale University, an LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School (Gold Medallist), an LL.M. from Harvard Law School and an M.B.A. from York University.

Gordon A. Paris

Mr. Paris served as Chief Executive Officer of Sun-Times Media Group until November 2006. He had been appointed Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company in November 2003. On January 26, 2005, the Board of Directors eliminated the word "Interim" from Mr. Paris' titles. Mr. Paris is also a Managing Director and Head of the Media and Telecommunications and Restructuring Groups at Berenson & Company, a private investment bank. As of January 1, 2006, Mr. Paris' title at Berenson & Company became Advisory Director. Prior to joining Berenson & Company in February 2002, Mr. Paris was Head of Investment Banking at TD Securities (USA) Inc., an investment bank subsidiary of The Toronto-Dominion Bank. Mr. Paris joined TD Securities (USA) Inc. as Managing Director and Group Head of High Yield Origination and Capital Markets in March 1996 and became a Senior Vice President of The Toronto-Dominion Bank in 2000.

Graham W. Savage

Mr. Savage served for 21 years, seven years as the Chief Financial Officer, at Rogers Communications Inc., a major Toronto-based media and communications company. Mr. Savage currently serves as Chairman of Callisto Capital LP, a merchant banking firm based in Toronto, and as a director and a member of the audit committee of Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited. Mr. Savage is also a director and chairman of the audit committee of Royal Group Technologies Limited.

G. Wesley Voorheis*

G. Wesley Voorheis is the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Hollinger Inc. Mr. Voorheis also is the Managing Director of VC & Co. Incorporated and a Partner of Voorheis & Co. LLP, which acts as an advisor to institutional and other shareholders with respect to their investments in Canadian public and private companies. Prior to the establishment of Voorheis & Co. LLP, Mr. Voorheis was a partner in a major Toronto law firm specializing in securities law and mergers and acquisitions.

* The Company received a notice on August 1, 2007 from Hollinger Inc. that it and its wholly owned subsidiary, who collectively own a majority of the voting power of the Company's outstanding Common Stock (through their ownership of the Class B Common Stock, which has 10 votes per share) acted by written consent to remove certain directors from the Board of Directors, amend the By-laws to increase the size of the Board to 11 and elect these directors. As noted in the Company's filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, dated August 6, 2007, the Company is evaluating its options with regard to the actions taken by Hollinger Inc.