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Employee Stock Compensation Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract] |
Grant Date Fair Value |
Grant Date | 12/16/12 | 5/5/10 | 5/19/09
Option – grant date price (Cdn$) | $1.49 | $2.40 | $1.55
Options outstanding | 165,000 | 2,065,000 | 519,000
Expected life yrs. | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0
Expected volatility | 68% | 56% | 56%
Risk free interest rate | 0.7% | 2.2% | 1.9%
Weighted average fair value | $0.84 | $1.19 | $0.65
Grant date fair value | $139,000 | $2,449,000 | $339,000
Stock Option Plan Activity |
| 2012 | 2011
|  | Weighted |  |  | Weighted |
|  | Average | Aggregate |  | Average | Aggregate
|  | Exercise | intrinsic |  | Exercise | intrinsic
| Options | Price (Cdn$) | value(1) | Options | Price (Cdn)$ | Value(1)
2006 Plan |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding, beginning of year | 2,433,400 | $2.27 |  | 2,584,000 | $2.23 |
Granted | 165,000 | $1.49 |  | - |  |
Exercised | - | - |  | (150,600) | $1.60 |
Cancelled | - | - |  | - | - |
Forfeited | - | - |  | - | - |
Outstanding, end of year | 2,598,400 | $2.22 | $1,650 | 2,433,400 | $2.27 | $-
Exercisable, end of year | 1,958,400 | $2.22 | $ 413 | 1,271,150 | $2.24 | $-

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