Edgar Filing: FORDING CANADIAN COAL TRUST

	UNITED STATES						OMB APPROVAL
	SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 144						OMB Number: 3235-0101 Expires: December 31, 2006 Estimated average burden hours per response . . 4.47

	NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES						SEC USE ONLY
	PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933						DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.
ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker							CUSIP NUMBER
1 (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print) Fording Canadian Coal Trust					(b) IRS IDENT. NO. 000000000	(c) S.E.C. FILE NO. 001-15230	WORK LOCATION
1 (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER STREET CITY STATE ZIP CODE							(e) TELEPHONE NO.
205 – 9^th Avenue S.E., Suite 1000, Calgary, Alberta T2G OR4							(403) 260-9878
2 (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD Golden Apple Income Inc.		(b) IRS IDENT. NO.	(c) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER 26.5% Stockholder	(d) ADDRESS STREET CITY STATE ZIP CODE 5650 Yonge St. Toronto, Ontario M2M 4H5

INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S Identification Number and the S.E.C File Number.

3 (a)

SEC USE ONLY

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

Title of the

Class of

Securities

To Be Sold

Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the

Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker

who is Acquiring the Securities

Broker-Dealer

File Number

Number of Shares

or Other Units

To Be Sold

(See instr. 3(c))

Aggregate

Market

Value

(See instr. 3(d))

Number of Shares

or Other Units

Outstanding

(See instr. 3(e))

Approximate

Date of Sale

(See instr. 3(f))

(MO. DAY YR.)

Name of Each

Securities

Exchange

(See instr. 3(g))

Trust Units

RBC Capital Markets
Royal Bank Plaza, 2nd Floor

P.O. Box 50
Toronto, ON
M5J 2W7

900,000

$61,227,000

based on (12/07/2004)

Closing Price of $68.03 (NYSE)

48,970,558

12/09/2004

NYSE
TSE

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. (a) Name of issuer

(b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number

(d) Issuer's address, including zip code

(e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code

2. (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold

(b) Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity

(c) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10% stockholder, or
member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)

(d) Such person's address, including zip code

3. (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold

(b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold

(d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of

this notice

(e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof

outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer

(f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold

(g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.

TABLE I – SECURITIES TO BE SOLD

Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold

and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:

Title of the Class	Date you Acquired	Nature of Acquisition Transaction	Name of Person from Whom Acquired (If gift, also give date donor acquired)	Amount of Securities Acquired	Date of Payment	Nature of Payment
Trust Units	3/7/2003	Private Transaction	Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (“OTPP”) OTPP acquired the securities on 10/9/02 in an open market transaction on the TSX	900,000	3/7/2003	Capital Contribution
INSTRUCTIONS:	If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.

TABLE II — SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS

Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.

Name and Address of Sellers

Title of Securities Sold

Date of Sale

Amount of

Securities Sold

Gross Proceeds

None

REMARKS:

INSTRUCTIONS:		ATTENTION:
See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.		The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed.

December 10, 2004

________________________________________________________________________________

DATE OF NOTICE

____________________________ /s/ Roger Barton____________________________

By: Roger Barton

The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.

Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.

ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001).