NEW HOTEL TO BE BUILT IN MOOSE JAW

Released on September 28, 1998

Economic and Co-operative Development Minister Janice MacKinnon said

the construction of a new 60-room motor hotel in Moose Jaw is another

signal of the city's strong and diversifying economy.



MacKinnon participated today in a sod-turning for the Comfort Inn, a

$2.5 million development scheduled for completion in April, 1999.

Moose Jaw Mayor Ray Boughen was also involved in the sod-turning,

along with businessmen Jim Kuntz, Orest Wasylyk and Andy Sheppard,

three of the principal investors in the project.



"This is the third hotel expansion project in Moose Jaw this year,"

MacKinnon said. "It speaks volumes about the city's growing tourism

industry and also about the level of business confidence in Moose Jaw

as a result of such major developments as the NATO Flying Training in

Canada (NFTC) Program."



MacKinnon represented Saskatchewan at a NFTC ceremony in Farnborough,

England earlier this month in which Denmark became the first country

committing to send pilots to Moose Jaw and other prairie centres for

training.



"The Comfort Inn project became a reality for us when we saw the

amount of business we were getting at one of our other

properties," investor Jim Kuntz said. "When the overflow from

our other hotel started going to Regina, we knew there was a need

for more hotel space in the city."



Kuntz, Wasylyk and Sheppard are also investors in the Super 8

Motel which recently completed a 15-room expansion.



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For more information, contact:



Dave Barr

Economic and Co-operative Development

Regina

Phone: (306)787-1691