INCOME TAXES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 01, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Components of income (loss) before income taxes, after adjusting the income (loss) for non-controlling interests
United States			$ (360)	$ 1,011
Canada			(3,977)	1,460
Total			(4,337)	2,471
Current (benefit) provision :
United States - State			0	94
Total United States			0	94
Canadian			(651)	1,529
Total current			(651)	1,623
Deferred benefit:
United States - Federal			0	(90)
United States - State			220	0
Canadian			(291)	(325)
Total deferred			(71)	(415)
Total			$ (722)	1,208
Reconciliation between the reported income tax provision (benefit) and the amount computed by multiplying the earnings (loss) attributable to the entity by the U.S. federal tax rate
U.S. federal tax rate			35.00%
Tax (benefit) provision computed by applying statutory rate			$ (1,518)	865
Increase in the valuation allowance - U.S. federal and Canadian tax law			1,051	1,653
Additional effect of the foreign tax provision on the total tax provision			(484)	(1,243)
U.S. state deferred tax provision			220	0
Other			9	(67)
Total			(722)	1,208
Deferred income tax assets:
U.S. tax effect of deferred Canadian taxes			0	91
Foreign tax credit carryover			4,028	4,661
Alternative minimum tax credit carryover			460	460
U.S. federal net operating loss carryover			8,728	4,440
Tax basis of investment in land and residential real estate in excess of book basis			836	1,115
Property and equipment accumulated book depreciation and depletion in excess of tax under U.S. tax law			3,611	4,494
Liabilities accrued for books but not for tax under U.S. tax law			4,843	4,423
Liabilities accrued for books but not for tax under Canadian tax law			2,303	2,149
Other			1,108	746
Total gross deferred tax assets			25,917	22,579
Less Valuation allowance			(23,410)	(21,387)
Net deferred income tax assets			2,507	1,192
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Property and equipment accumulated tax depreciation and depletion in excess of book under Canadian tax law			(1,012)	(1,459)
Book basis of investment in land development partnerships in excess of tax basis			(1,668)	0
Other			(31)	(4)
Total deferred income tax liabilities			(2,711)	(1,463)
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Net			(204)	(271)
Net deferred income tax liability included in Consolidated Balance Sheets:
Current deferred income tax asset (included in other current assets)			0	178
Deferred income tax liability			(204)	(449)
Valuation allowance, other disclosures
Increase in valuation allowance			2,023
Increase in valuation allowance recognized as income tax expense			1,344
Increase in valuation allowance charged to accumulated other comprehensive loss			679
Alternative minimum tax credit
Tax credit carryforward
Tax credit carryovers			460
Foreign
Tax credit carryforward
Tax credit carryovers			4,028
Valuation allowance, other disclosures
Alberta corporate tax rate	12.00%	10.00%
Canadian statutory tax rate	30.65%	28.75%
Foreign | Canada Revenue Agency
Valuation allowance, other disclosures
Increase in valuation allowance			292	$ 1,028
Federal
Tax credit carryforward
Operating loss carryovers			$ 25,671