EarthFirst Canada Inc. ("EarthFirst") (TSX: EF, EF.WT) is pleased to announce it has commenced construction at its 144 MW wind project located in the Peace River area of North East British Columbia and to report its First Quarter results. With the commencement of on-site construction activities at the Dokie I Project, the first quarter of 2008 is a very significant milestone for EarthFirst in the pursuit of its goal of having 600 MW of windpower production into the next 5 years as it began on-site construction at the Dokie I project.

The Dokie I Project construction activities during the first quarter focused on site preparation work including geo-technical work, clearing of the roads and the turbine sites as well as road development work to the site. This work is progressing according to the project plan. Work also continued on the detailed design and the tendering of various balance of plant contracts and ordering of long lead time equipment. The tendering process is expected to be complete by mid June 2008, which is slightly behind the project time line as a result of having to resolve some minor technical issues during the finalization of design. This slight delay in the tendering process is not expected to have any impact on the overall scheduled project completion.

In March, 2008, EarthFirst acquired the Nuttby Mountain Project from Atlantic Wind Power Corporation. The Nuttby Project which is situated approximately 20 km north of Truro, Nova Scotia has good access to transmission facilities, roads, rail and ports, a completed interconnection feasibility study and has secured a 45 MW 23 year Power Purchase Agreement with NSPI. Negotiations for a turbine purchase and warranty and service agreements with well known global wind turbine manufacturers for 2009 delivery have commenced. The process to obtain an environmental assessment and other required permits is underway. It is currently anticipated that the environmental assessment and related permits will be received in the fourth quarter of 2008.

Permitting work continued at the 30 MW Grand Valley projects during the first quarter of 2008 as various submissions and accommodations were made to the Environmental Assessment office in an attempt to secure the required environmental assessments. At this time it appears unlikely that the necessary permits will be received in time to commence construction in 2009.

EarthFirst, which is considered to be in the development stage, incurred a net loss for the first quarter of $0.72 million compared to nil for the prior year period primarily due to the internalization of the Management team and other costs to run the business as part of the restructuring transaction. Until the second quarter of of 2007, all expenditures made in the business were recorded as deferred development costs or pre-operating costs as they related to the development of windpower projects or were costs of placing the Corporation into service.

EarthFirst remains focused on building the Dokie I project built on time and on budget, while continuing to develop the other projects in its pipeline, this includes working on the permitting processes at Grand Valley and Nuttby. We continue to await the commencement of the BC Hydro Clean Power Call into which we will tender our fully permitted Wartenbe and Dokie Expansion Projects.

EarthFirst’s First Quarter Report has been posted to EarthFirst Canada’s website at www.earthfirstcanada.com and on Sedar at www.sedar.com.

For further information, please contact:

Derren Newell
VP, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
EarthFirst Canada Inc.
Tel: (403) 513-0766
Toll Free: 1 877-513-0777
E-Mail: dnewell@earthfirstcanada.com

Certain statements included in this news release constitute "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities legislation including the timing of the construction of the Dokie I project, anticipated completion of the financing of this project. Such forward-looking information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of EarthFirst to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking information.

Specifically, some of the material risks include not being able to acquire required permits, delays in construction timing or turbine delivery and not being able to complete the financing for Dokie I Project. In providing such forward-looking information we have made various assumptions regarding, among other things, turbine availability, timing of the receipt of permits, interest rates, foreign currency exchange, projected construction costs, timeframes and the costs of and availability of skilled labour.

The forward-looking information contained in this news release represents the expectations of EarthFirst as at May 13, 2008, and, accordingly, is subject to change after such date. However, EarthFirst expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.

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