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Other assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of other assets | Other assets are as follows:
|  | December 31, 2016 |  |  | December 31, 2015 |
Prepaid lease payments (note 7) |  | $ | 1,839 |  |  | $ | 1,834 |
Intangible assets (note 10(b)) |  | 1,790 |  |  | 3,174 |
Deferred financing costs (note 10(c)) |  | 320 |  |  | 413 |
Deferred lease inducement asset (note 10(d)) |  | 927 |  |  | 1,070 |
|  | $ | 4,876 |  |  | $ | 6,491 |
Schedule of intangible assets | Intangible assets
|  | December 31, 2016 |  |  | December 31, 2015 |
Cost |  | $ | 18,122 |  |  | $ | 17,881 |
Accumulated amortization |  | 16,332 |  |  | 14,707 |
Net book value |  | $ | 1,790 |  |  | $ | 3,174 |
Schedule of estimated amortization expense for future years | The estimated amortization expense for future years is as follows:
For the year ending December 31, |  |
2017 |  | $ | 776 |
2018 |  | 638 |
2019 |  | 249 |
2020 |  | 127 |
|  | $ | 1,790 |
Schedule of deferred finance costs | Deferred financing costs
December 31, 2016 |  | Cost |  |  | Accumulated Amortization |  |  | Net Book Value |
Credit Facility |  | $ | 550 |  |  | $ | 230 |  |  | $ | 320 |
December 31, 2015 |  | Cost |  |  | Accumulated Amortization |  |  | Net Book Value |
Credit Facility |  | $ | 480 |  |  | $ | 67 |  |  | $ | 413 |
Schedule of deferred lease inducement assets |
|  | December 31, 2016 |  |  | December 31, 2015 |
Balance, beginning of year |  | $ | 1,070 |  |  | $ | 1,212 |
Amortization of deferred lease inducements |  | (143 | ) |  | (142 | )
Balance, end of year |  | $ | 927 |  |  | $ | 1,070 |

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