es 20 years later #3 Feeling fine in Special health and fitness Anniversary of Shah s ouster feature inside Classifieds me oO JANUARY 17, 1999 Celebrations Classifieds Crossword rey Home & Garden Sentors Sports Talking Personals *«* 42 . Winter Adventures «++ 27 Norte Shore Free Press 11d Putiisne. Peter Seo 1133 Lonsdale Avene North Vane cuver BC VIM ih Caracas Puuicatons had Saws Product Ageement Yc S02 52 Pages ed tax urts | film | work Danica Riley Contributing Writer MEMBERS of the film industry fear new tax policies will com- promise their liveli- hood. George Chapman, a North Vancouver production manager, recently lost cight months of employment when a US. based company said it was cancelling three television Movies because of federal tax laws introduced Jan. 1. The policies force foreign actors to pay Canadian income tay rates and rescind a tederal tay cred it. Canadian film industry players fear US-based productions will pull out of Canada as a resuh, Chapman sad cach show lost would have employed 85. people and generated $8 million in the region. He said 90% of his work comes from the US. and only 10% is Canadian. “It's a tax graly because the government: por ors make afotoefmones anc. ant more than 15% of their canes.” Chapman is reterring te the 15% withholding tax previously pad oto Revenue Canad by American actors. Accord to Chapmian, Justice Greer a West Vancouver resident, bo inar: $58 million motion proton Mission ta Mars. it. because of the taxing situation, Peter Leitch, vice president and general manager of Lions Gate Studios in North Vancouver, pre- dicts Revenue Canada will get 50% of nothing. “The vast_ majority of production at Lions Gate Studios are U.S, -based and if these leave then it will have a serious impact on our business. We anticipate Revenue Canada will back down from this position and take the See Filin page 13 brings back memories $60-million music museum opening, next year in Seattle Travel 532 WWW.RSREWS. Com FREE NEWS photo Mike Wakeficid MIKE Findlay (left) and Rob Lennox are concerned that a new arts centre may take over soccer field space at Ambleside Park. WV turf def Soccer buffs ‘stunned’ by idea of arts centre at Ambleside Catherine Barr Contributing Writer WEST Vancouver’s soccer community is gearing up to fight in the fields. Last week it was revealed that a portion of Ambleside Park could become home to a new arts centre. “Twas stunned that anybody would even consider this kind of a project in a municipal park,” said West Vancouver Soccer Chib president Rob Lennox. On Monday West Vancouver council plans to vote on making available a portion of Ambleside Park to West Vancouver Acts Centre Trust (WVACT). But even before the vote has been taken, soccer enthusiasts are calling foul The site that council! has earmarked for the arts centre is currently home to Ambleside’s outdoor tennis courts and a full-size, tluminated soc- cer pitch and practice field, Commonly known as Ambleside A, the sand and gravel field is used by the West Vancouver Soccer Association and the Trollers Soccer Club. “That space is our primary practice field,” said Lennox. “If you count the adults, over 800 (people) use that practice field (each week).” Lennox said that Ambleside has been home to soccer in West Vancouver since 1925. Trollers Soccer Club player and coach Mike Findlay agrees: “The Trollers have been using Ambleside A on a Tuesday and Thursday night for See Arts page 14