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The Churchill Corporation Announces Director Resignation

EDMONTON, April 15 /CNW/ - The Churchill Corporation (TSX: CUQ) announced
today that Mr. Kim McInnes, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer of Ivanhoe Cambridge, who has served as a director of Churchill since
2002 will not be standing for re-election at the corporation's upcoming
meeting of shareholders. Mr. McInnes is resigning from his position as a
director effective immediately to focus his energy on Ivanhoe Cambridge
business interests.
The Board of Directors would like to thank Mr. McInnes for his service
and dedication to the corporation during the past six years, in particular his
leadership as Chairman of Churchill's Compensation Committee.

The Churchill Corporation provides building construction, industrial
construction and maintenance services throughout western Canada. Churchill
common shares are listed on The Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "CUQ".

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements in this Press Release may constitute "forward-looking
statements". Forward-looking statements include, without limitation,
statements regarding the future financial position, business strategy,
budgets, litigation, projected costs, capital expenditures, financial results,
taxes, plans and objectives of the corporation. Many of these statements can
be identified by looking for words such as "believes," "expects," "may,"
"will," "intends," "anticipates," "estimates," "continues," or the negative
thereof, or other variations thereon. Although management of Churchill
believes its expectations regarding future performance of the corporation are
based on reasonable assumptions and currently available competitive, financial
and economic data, market conditions and operating plans, it can give no
assurance its expectations will be achieved. The corporation cautions that, by
their nature, forward-looking statements, involve risks, and uncertainties and
that its actual actions, and/or results could differ materially from those
expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements, and that the
aforementioned risks, uncertainties and actions could affect the extent to
which a particular projection materializes. The corporation assumes no
obligation to update the forward-looking statements should circumstances or
the corporation's management's estimates or opinions change.

For further information: Peter F. Adams, Ph.D., P.Eng., Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer, The Churchill Corporation, (780) 454-3667, www.churchillcorporation.com