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CASTLEGAR SKATING CLUB
Carnival “Broadway” Saturday, March 23, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets at door.
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COMMUNITY

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PROPOSED COLUMBIA RIVER BRIDGE
BETWEEN CASTLEGAR AND ROBSON

OPEN HOUSES

and

PUBLIC MEETING

The Ministry of Transportation and Highways is proposing to
construct a new bridge over the Columbia River at Castlegar.
Five possible sites between the CP Rail Bridge and the Celgar
Pulp Mill have been identified in a preliminary planning study.
The Ministry would like to present and discuss the possible
sites with the public to ensure that all major issues and concer-
ns have been addressed and that any other potential sites have
not been overlooked. Preliminary concepts for improvements to
the intersection of Highway 3A and the Robson Access Road
will also be presented.

All members of the public are invited to view the proposals at
an open house and to attend a public meeting to discuss the
project.

1st OPEN HOUSE: Wednesday, March 20, 1991
Brilliant Cultural Centre
Brilliant Road
12:00 Noon-8:00 p.m.

2nd-OPEN HOUSE: Tuesday, March 26, 1991
Fireside Motor inn
1810-8th Avenue, Castlegar
4:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m

PUBLIC MEETING: Tuesday, March 26, 1991
Fireside Motor inn
1810-8th Avenue, Castlegar
7:30 p.m.

Ministry staff will be present at all three events to explain the

concepts and answer your questions. We look forward to your
attendance and participation.

FREEDOM
and Highways

MOVE Honourable Rita M. Johnston, Minister

Province of
British Columbia
Ministry of Transportation

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The Kahurangi Maori dance
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10. ~ cosmews photo by Louis Laroche

By MURRAY OXBY
‘The Canadian Press

Taxes, like death, are something few people
want to think about. *

So the to put off the task
of filling out your 1990 income tax return can be
hard to e

But ling through the return at the last minute
can be costly, tax warn.

Specialists warn against
putting off inevitable

ADVICE

© The different types of income — gross, net or
taxable — are often confused.

* People fail to follow the instructions.

“Quite often people don’t read (the proper
even when the instructions say go to line

deductions may be overlooked and mistakes will
delay a refund.

And missing the April 30 deadline will trigger
stiff penalties if you owe the government money.

“*The worst thing you can do with Revenue
Canada is to ignore us," says Colette Gentes-Hawn,
a department spokeswoman in Ottawa.

If you're expecting a refund, it’s best to file as
early as possible and beat ‘‘the big push at the end of
April,’’ Gentes-Hawn says. The department begins
Processing returns in March.

But early filing won’t help if the return contains
critical mistakes.

For instance, if the taxpayer claims a deduction for
@ registered retirement savings plan but neglects to
include a receipt, the department will set aside the
return and mail a letter asking for the receipt.

“*By the time the letter. goes out, by. the time the
taxpayer gets it, by the time the taxpayer digs up the
information and sends it back to the assessor, it
could take several months,”’ says Murray Rumack, a
tax partner with accounting firm Ernst and Young in
Toronto.

‘When the department receives the information,
the return has to be tracked down and the process
started again.

“Think of the tax returns as going along on a nice
belt,’’ Gentes-Hawn says. ‘‘One falls off, it’s
unbelievable what it’s like to pick it up and put it
back on . . . it takes a long time."”

People shouldn’t mail their returns until they’re
sure everything necessary is included, she cautions.

Rumack listed some mistakes commonly made on
income tax returns:

© Taxpayers forget to claim deductions or
credits. Revenue Canada will correct an obvious
omission, Rumack says. ‘‘But they can’t be-expected
to go back and do all this for every taxpayer, if the
taxpayer himself doesn’t do some homework.”

© Simple mathematical calculations are
incorrect.

* Basic information such as the social insurance
number, a spouse’s name or a change of address is
entered incorrectly or forgotten.

so-and-so,”” Rumack says, “‘They have to read the
tax form carefully —- you don’t have to be a genius
or an accountant to follow that.’’

People who realize they may have made a
mistake — or are having second thoughts about not
reporting something — after they've sent in their
return can use Revenue Canada’s ‘‘T-1 adjust’’ form.
The form allows the taxpayer to ask the department
to change the entry on a particular line of their
return.

Filing another tax return would only confuse
matters and increase the delay, Rumack says. All

with the must include a
social insurance number.

No matter how disorganized you are, a tax
return must be filed by April 30 if you owe money to
the government.

A taxpayer who files late is initially penalized
five per cent of the taxes owing. On top of that, there
is a penalty of one per cent per month — up to 12
months. So, for example, someone who files two
months late would face a total penalty of seven per
cent.

As well, interest is charged on the taxes owing at
arate of 15 per cent a year.

On the other-hand, taxpayers who are owed
refunds earn interest at the same annual rate, starting
April 30 or when the government receives their
return, whichever is later.

A person who doesn’t have enough cash on hand
to pay taxes is better off borrowing money than
paying the penalty and interest charges, which are not
deductible, Rumack says.

In cases where an important form like a T4 slip
is not available, the taxpayer should estimate his pay
and include the name and address of the employer on
the return, Rumack says.

And in an extreme case in which an emeregency
Prevents someone from completing a return before
the deadline, he should estimate what is owed and
send in a cheque, completing the return later. Even
though the return is late, he will avoid the late filing
penalty and interest charges if enough money has
been paid, Rumack says.

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CABLE 10

Veitch gets grip on wages

VICTORIA (CP) — The British
Columbia government hasn’t been
tough enough in keeping public sec-
tor wages down, Finance Minister
Elwood Veitch said Tuesday.

It had to propose wage control
legislation to replace the Public Sec-
tor Collective Bargaining Disclosure
Act, passed only last summer, he

“*You try gentler pressure first and
if it doesn’t work you have to get
People’s attention in another form,”’
Veitch said.

The initial legislation, Bill 79,
requires parties in public sector con-
tract disputes to disclose their dif-
ferences publicly to an independent
registrar before a strike or lockout.

The legislation outraged labor and

SHAW CABLE 10 SCHEDULE
March 13, 14, 15, 17, 1991

5 p.m. (Wed) 9 a.m. (Fri) 5 p.m.
(Sun) West Kootenay Today — This
week, Mike McMann _ interviews
Ellen Lefevre from the B.C. Parkin-
son’s Disease Association and Gerry
Archibald, a Castlegar resident who
has Parkinson's disease.

5:30 p.m. (Wed) 9:30 a.m. (Fri)
5:30 p.m. (Sun) 1990 USCC Youth
Festival — Coverage continues with
Part 3 of the annual event that is
held at the Brilliant Cultural Centre.

6:30 p.m. (Wed) 10:30 a.m. (Fri)
6:30 p.m. (Sun) Chamber Chat —
Helen Secco talks to Shawn Melenka
and Eric O'Dell about this year’s

Silver City Days and Carol Tickner
about the upcoming Nutrition Run
on March 17 in Trail. Produced by
H. Secco.

7:30 p.m. (Wed) 11:30 a.m. (Fri)
7:30 p.m. (Fri) 18th Annual North
Shore Gymnastics

9:30 p.m. (Wed) 1:30 p.m. (Fri)
9:30 p.m. (Sun) No Funeral by
Request — This was the topic of a
panel discussion held Feb. 26 at
Selkirk College in Trail.

11 p.m. (Wed) 3 p.m. (Fri) 11
P-m. (Sun) Sign Off.

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on Friday at 9 a.m. and Sunday at 5
p.m.

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the NDP, who argued the gover-
mment was interfering with
bargaining.

Veitch would not, say how much
the disclosure process was costing,
but the registrar’s salary alone is
$80,000 annually.

He suggested parts or all of the old
bill will be scrapped for Bill 82, the
Compensation Fairness Act, which
will have as yet to be determined
wage controls for the public sector.

Dental Society plaque

for outstanding
College's Dental Assisting program
member for the Dental Assisting Mm
's Dental Assisting program, and
ewards presented to graduates of the Open

, Ms. Payne,
. Open College principal.

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y. Feb. 12 at the Selkirk College

LocalLearns two awards

Castlegar resident May Kanigan
has captured a double award for her
outstanding achievements in the
Open College Dental Assisting
Program.

The first award, sponsored by the
Vancouver and District Dental
Society, is for outstanding
achievement in level one dental
assisting, a course of study Kanigan
began in July 1987. She received an

of the practicum requirements in her
husband's office: As one of the first
students to enrol in the Open
College’s new dental assjsting
Program, Kanigan completed hy
courses as fast as the college -in-
troduced them.

*‘May pushed the development of
the dental assisting program to keep
up with her quest for knowledge.
Her attainment of such high scores is

and college-level career and technical
courses leading to recognized cer-
tificates' and diplomas. Adult basic
edutation courses which lead to the
equivalent of high school com-
pletion, as well as. literacy and
English as a second language are also
available.

In Castlegar, the Selkirk College
Open Learning Centre provides ac-
cess to the full range of offerings

engraved plaque in iti of
her 98.8 per cent achievement in level
one.

For completing the second level
dental assisting with an average of 95
Per cent, she also received a $200
cash award from the College of Den-
tal Surgeons of B.C. Both awards
were presented by Open College
principal Dick Scales at the Selkirk
College Open Learning Centre in
Castlegar on Feb. 12.

Kanigan took on a dual role as
receptionist and office manager when
her husband, Dr. Phil Kanigan,
began his dental practice. Later, she
took a few years off td have a
family, Selkirk College said in a news
release. When her two sons were old
enough to begin school, May
Kanigan returned to work: Her
husband encouraged her to pursue a
career in dental assisting.

“*I wanted to have the background
knowledge to better serve our patien-
ts,” Kanigan said. ‘‘I looked for-
ward to being able to answer
questions, rather than just relaying
messages.””

With a young family, Kanigan
couldn’t leave home to get her
training. Then she discovered Open
Learning — she could do basic cour-
se work at home and complete some

an »”” Scales

through the Open College,

said “at the i y in
Castlegar.

The Open College is a component
of the Open Learning Agency,
established in 1988 by the B.C.
legislature. The agency also includes
the Open University and the
Knowledge Network. The Open
College offers a wide range of em-
Ployer-based training opportunities

Open Uni and the Small
Colleges Consortium, of which
Selkirk College is a member. The
Selkirk College Open Learning centre
has as its focus, enabling individuals
to qualify for admission to the West
Kootenay Teacher Education
Program, offered through Selkirk
College in cooperation with the
University of British Columbia.

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Revenue Canada doesn’t just collect taxes, it also delivers are before 10:00 a.m. and after 2:00 p.m. From February
federal and provincial credits you could benefit from, including 25 through April 30, Revenue Canada's phone hours are

the goods and services tax credit; the child tax credit, and this extended to 8:00 p.m., Monday to Thursday. There's also an
year, for the last time, the federal sales tax credit. But if you automated phone service called T.|.P.S., for answers to com-
don't file a tax return because you don't owe any taxes, you mon questions. For a complete list of services and phone
could miss out. numbers in your region, see your Guide.

Is tax filing easier this year? What other services are available?

Revenue Canada has introduced new measures to simplify You can visit Seasonal Tax Assistance Centres in convenient
the tax filing process. The guides use clearer, plainer language, locations, like shopping malls, for information, guides and
the Special return has been trimmed down and there are two forms. See your local newspaper for times and locations.

i here's also a video called “Stepping Through Your Tax
Return” that you can borrow from public libraries or your
district taxation office.

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Make sure all the personal information printed on your return
is correct, especially your address. Before you start, make sure
you have all your receipts and information slips. Check your
calculations, and attach all the information that's asked for in
the return. These steps will help avoid delays in getting your
refund.

If I move, will I still get my cheque?

If you're moving, call or write Revenue Canada with your new
address, so we can make sure your cheque gets to you. If you
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