SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of June 2006

Shaw Communications Inc.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

(Address of principal executive offices)

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SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant, Shaw Communications Inc., has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date:		June 22, 2006
		Shaw Communications Inc.

By:
/s/ Steve Wilson
Steve Wilson
Sr. V.P., Chief Financial Officer
Shaw Communications Inc.

NEWS RELEASE

Shaw Communications to acquire Saltspring Cablevision

CALGARY, AB (June 15, 2006) — Shaw Communications today announced that it has entered an agreement with the shareholders of Saltspring Cablevision to acquire the cable system on Saltspring Island. Saltspring Cablevision operates the cable and internet systems located on Saltspring Island, the largest of the Gulf Islands located in the Strait of Georgia between mainland Vancouver and Victoria, B.C.

“We are delighted to welcome Saltspring residents as our customers and we know they will enjoy the extensive cable and internet services that we offer our customers”, said Peter Bissonnette, President of Shaw Communications Inc. “Saltspring will also complement our existing cable properties in nearby Victoria and others located on Vancouver Island so that we take advantage of operational synergies with these systems”.

Shaw Communications Inc. is a diversified Canadian communications company whose core business is providing broadband cable television, High-Speed Internet, Digital Phone, telecommunications services (through Big Pipe Inc.) and satellite direct-to-home services (through Star Choice Communications Inc.) to over three million customers. Shaw is traded on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges and is included in the S&P/TSX 60 Index (Symbol: TSX — SJR.B, NYSE — SJR).

For more information, please contact:

Shaw Investor Relations Department
Investor.relations@sjrb.ca