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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00BC_01CA8E43.A81916D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable N.S., Irving reach deal on $40m land swap By DAVID JACKSON Provincial Reporter Tue. Jan 5 - 1:56 PM=20 The Dexter government will spend up to $40 million to buy land in = southwest Nova Scotia and Cumberland County from J.D. Irving Ltd. and = Rothesay Paper Holdings Ltd. The approval is contained in a Dec. 21 cabinet document called an order = in council. It doesn't say how much total land is involved, but it lists 31 parcels = in Yarmouth, Digby, Annapolis, and Cumberland counties. The document says the total purchase price is not to exceed $40 million, = and that doesn't include appraisal, survey and legal costs. Irving put 69,000 hectares of timber land in southwest Nova Scotia on = the market early last year. The previous Tory government submitted an offer on 8,500 hectares, but = current Natural Resources Minister John MacDonell said in July that = Irving turned it down. He's said numerous times since then that the province was still = interested in buying land, and that talks were ongoing. Buy Back Nova Scotia, a broad coalition of interested people and = organizations, including conservationists, all-terrain vehicle clubs, = fishermen and municipalities worried about losing access to trails and = wilderness areas, lobbied the provincial government to buy the Irving = lands before a private interest did. The Dexter government set aside $81 million for land purchases in the = budget. (djackson@herald.ca) __._,_.___ ------=_NextPart_000_00BC_01CA8E43.A81916D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.18854"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff" bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><B><BIG><FONT class=3DContent_Lg-Headlines-links>N.S., Irving reach = deal on=20 $40m land swap</FONT><BR></BIG></B><BR><FONT class=3Dbyline>By DAVID = JACKSON=20 Provincial Reporter</FONT><BR><FONT class=3Dbyline>Tue. Jan 5 - 1:56 = PM</FONT>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"POSITION: relative" id=3Dygrp-mlmsg> <DIV style=3D"Z-INDEX: 1" id=3Dygrp-msg> <DIV id=3Dygrp-text> <DIV class=3Dstory_text><BR>The Dexter government will spend up to $40 = million to=20 buy land in southwest Nova Scotia and Cumberland County from J.D. Irving = Ltd.=20 and Rothesay Paper Holdings Ltd.<BR>The approval is contained in a Dec. = 21=20 cabinet document called an order in council.<BR>It doesn=92t say how = much total=20 land is involved, but it lists 31 parcels in Yarmouth, Digby, Annapolis, = and=20 Cumberland counties.<BR>The document says the total purchase price is = not to=20 exceed $40 million, and that doesn=92t include appraisal, survey and = legal=20 costs.<BR>Irving put 69,000 hectares of timber land in southwest Nova = Scotia on=20 the market early last year.<BR>The previous Tory government submitted an = offer=20 on 8,500 hectares, but current Natural Resources Minister John MacDonell = said in=20 July that Irving turned it down.<BR>He=92s said numerous times since = then that the=20 province was still interested in buying land, and that talks were=20 ongoing.<BR>Buy Back Nova Scotia, a broad coalition of interested people = and=20 organizations, including conservationists, all-terrain vehicle clubs, = fishermen=20 and municipalities worried about losing access to trails and wilderness = areas,=20 lobbied the provincial government to buy the Irving lands before a = private=20 interest did.<BR>The Dexter government set aside $81 million for land = purchases=20 in the budget.<BR><BR>(<A href=3D"mailto:djackson@herald.ca" target=3D"" = classname>djackson@herald.<WBR>ca</A>)<BR></DIV> <P></P></DIV><!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStart|**|-~--> <DIV style=3D"HEIGHT: 0px; COLOR: #fff">__._,_.___</DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"WHITE-SPACE: nowrap; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px; COLOR: #666; CLEAR: = both; PADDING-TOP: 15px"=20 id=3Dygrp-actbar><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D4></FONT> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00BC_01CA8E43.A81916D0--
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