Page 51 Microtel Inn and Suites by W yndham T immins 1960 Riverside Dr T immins ON P4R 0A2 Tel 705 2641477 www microtelinncom T immins newest hotel situated on Riverside Drive in the heart of the most popular amenities that T immins has to of fer A myriad of shopping and entertainment options include big box stores restaurants and shopping mall The hotel provides free hot breakfast free coffee free wireless highspeed Internet free weekday newspaper indoor heated pool and hot tub fitness centre valet cleaning service business center copyfax service and handicap accessible joint venture with Northern Airborne Maintenance for aircraft repair and maintenance services This is a big step for CreeW est said Ron Basara ba CEO CreeW est GP Inc But a positive one The acquisit ions are positive assets for the LP CreeW est LP s plans to acquire these acquisitions have been in the works for sometime CreeW est s Board of Directors gave the go ahead in April 2013 to purchase the hangar facil ity and air charter service located in Sioux Lookout Ontario What we are interested in is a ven ture that provides sustainability for today and growth and expansion for the future Basaraba said This is important because of mining oppor tunities ie The Ring of Fire and other mining activities moving ahead with exploration and mining devel opment in the next few years The acquisitions will also allow CreeW est to expand and build on service to T immins and the James Bay Coastal areas the backyard of our geographi cal humble beginnings W ith a lar ge amount of our own cap ital and approved funding from the Nishnawbie Aski Development Fund and Commerc ial Institute Financ ing CreeW est was able to put this deal toget her that became real ity along with huge support from our Board and Chiefs explain ed Basaraba Prior to the purchase CreeW est under took a careful re view of Northern Skies Air Ser vices equipm ent and reviewed the potential of the Sioux Lookout location for proftable services to northwestern Ontario The review confrmed and found that the acquisition positions CreeW est to be a leader in providing services to min ing companies and local freight and passenger services to First Nations communities in northwestern Ontario As well the purchase gives CreeW est the foundation that will enable Cree W est to expand services into T immins and James Bay coastal communities in near future Additional services provided by Cree W est will incl ude regular of charter fights for regular and emer gency health needs fights for Ontario gov ernment business for ministries such as Ministry of T ransportation Min istry of Natural Resources Northern Development and Mines and federal government ministries such as Indian and Northern Af fairs Canada Health Canada and various others There is a growing need in the re source sector such as mini ng also Basaraba said W e see a steady growth of business over the next ten to twenty years and this makes the purchase of the air service and han gar most attrac tive in the geographi cal area that we are now situated in The acquisition of Northern Skies Air Services will prove and solidify po tential wealth creation in the decision to acquire such a well constructed hangar as we feel that establishing ourselves now will certainly assist us in future to be a player in future min ing acti vities as a hub and distribution center in aviation and non aviation sectors W e will build grow expand and make our ownership communities proud of what we have accomplished and where we can go from here Ba saraba added CreeW est is a First Nations Regional Or ganization founded by community economic development representa tives from the Attawapiskat Fort Albany Kashechewan and W eenusk First Nations originally formed to provide the benefts arising from the construction and operations of the De Beers Canada V ictor Project CreeW est LP presently holds the Air T ransportation contract with DeBee rs Canada and is in a Joint V enture agreement with Air CreeBec provid ing the work of that contract of Air T ransportation and car go movement between T immins and the DeBeers V ictor Site Contd from pg 50 Cr eeW est to expand and build on service