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September 1, 2010
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Corbin Vander Zalm takes top prize at Red Robinson Talent Show competition.
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Adanacs crowned Minto champs Dan Olson
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Coquitlam Adanacs Mike Krgovich, left, and Garrett Stickler celebrate the club’s first Minto Cup win after downing the defending national champions, the Orangeville Northmen. A full web gallery of photos from Saturday’s game can be viewed online at www.thenownews.com.
It began with a purpose, and ended with a Minto Cup championship. Saturday’s 8-4 triumph over the Orangeville Northmen demonstrated how the Coquitlam junior Adanacs were both good followers and even better leaders. By defeating the two-time defending national champions in a 2-0 series sweep, Coquitlam ended more than 30 years of wishing, hoping and dreaming. A year’s worth of dedication, sacrifice and sweat proved to be well spent. Following the meticulous instruction of head coach Curt Malawsky, the two-time provincial champions raised the bar and set the tone in a five-game tournament march that resulted in the organization’s first national title. CONT. ON PAGE 27, see ADANACS.
Business is split on effects of HST
Film industry sees lights, camera, more action Janaya Fuller-Evans editorial@thenownews.com B.C.’s film and TV industry is already benefiting from the introduction of the HST, according to industry representatives. While other businesses are seeing a drop in sales since the harmonized sales tax was introduced on July 1, film and television studios have noticed an increase in productions. “Since the HST was introduced, the activity of inquiries and projects landing in B.C. has increased significantly,” Ron Hrynuik, general manager of Bridge Studios, wrote in an e-mail. Because B.C. didn’t offer provincial sales tax
exemptions to studios like other provinces, productions had to pay PST on set supplies and production equipment before July. “All of the PST that the productions used to have to pay, from lumber on all the sets, equipment rentals, right to the phone and furniture rentals at our studio, is eliminated,” Hrynuik said. “They get the HST back, and that really makes a difference on productions.” While it is not clear whether the tax shift attracted new film and TV business right away, studios and equipment providers noticed a change in July. “It places us at a more competitive CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, see HST EVENS.
Restaurateurs see profit margins eaten away John Kurucz jkurucz@thenownews.com
The numbers vary, but the effects are the same. Two months removed from the onset of the 12-per-cent harmonized sales tax (HST), a handful of Tri-Cities restaurant owners are noticing a dip in business. Hogan’s Restaurant and Lounge owner Gary Hogan said Tuesday that his business has seen a 25-per-cent drop since the tax came into effect July 1. “It’s been tough. It’s been a very slow summer, we’re not as busy as we need to be and
I hear nothing but bad stories from people I speak to business-wise,” said Hogan, who took over the Port Moody-based business in March. “The tips are poor, and the attendance is poor.” Aside from the financial realities of the tax, Hogan said that the trickle down effect of the HST has hit consumers on another level as well. “People are unhappy and concerned, definitely. Restaurants operate on a fairly slender margin. The margins are slim and you have to be on your game to stay in this business,” Hogan said. “It pisses [customers] off philosophically at the same time as pissing them off CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, see STAFF CUTS.