The Northern Connector Friday, January 2, 2015
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Hotel ground broken
Employees make contribution…
TERRACE - Ground has been broken and the framing work begun for the 92-room Comfort Inn Hotel to be located immediately east of Canadian Tire on Hwy16. According to the agent overseeing the development, Charles Sung Soo Kim, the ini-
tial work on framing the hotel is underway and he foresees construction being completed either by the end of the construction season in 2015 or spring 2016 “We have started breaking the ground,” said Kim, who represents the numbered real estate company investing in the project. “Sooner or later we are
starting the foundation and framing work. Our construction has started.” He said that because the hotel is classified as limited service without a restaurant that the hotel probably won’t be part of the star rating system. There will, however, be a continental breakfast offered and the rooms will be about $159 a night, he said.
TERRACE - Terrace Little Theatre is holding auditions for its spring production of Wicked Women and One Lone
Wolf. Auditions take place Saturday, Jan. 3 at 1 p.m. and Wednesday, Jan. 7 at 7 p.m. Both auditions take place up-
stairs in the McColl Playhouse, 3625 Kalum St. Acting roles for several women and one man.
By Josh Massey
THE NORTHERN CONNECTOR
Auditions held for play STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / THE NORTHERN CONNECTOR
TERRACE - Stantec employees in Terrace made a contribution of $511 in cash, $450 in grocery store gift cards and 85 food items to the Terrace and District Community Services Society’s Homeless Outreach Program. From the left are Chris Konchalski, Dave Gordon, Cindy Hansen and Charity Beadow from Stantec, Jeannette Anderson from the Terrace and District Community Services Society and Linda Zurkirchen, Linda Pettipas and Heather Prince from Stantec. On the railing is a gesture of appreciation for Stantec and its employees from the community services society
Yes, time to think about taxes THE NORTHERN CONNECTOR
TORONTO - As one year passes and another unfolds, it’s time to make Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) contributions. They’ve been around since 2009 and yet Canadians still largely misunderstand them. The annual BMO TFSA Re-
port says 66 per cent claim to be knowledgeable about TFSAs, but only 22 percent correctly identified the contribution limit and 77 percent are unfamiliar with the over-contribution penalties. That would explain why one-in-ten have inadvertently over-contributed in the past, paying an average $412.50 in penalties. TFSAs are available to Cana-
dian residents 18 years of age or older, who can save up to $5,500 per year in cash and investments. Unused contribution room can be carried forward indefinitely into future years. Withdrawals can be made anytime in any amount, without being taxed, and can be fully recontributed the following calendar year as well.
Sid Bandstra congratulates Rolf VandeVelde on 35 years of service with Bandstra Transportation Systems Ltd.
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