Nova Scotia Government: Beleaguered Cape Breton Paper Mill

Pacific West Commercial Corp. Dept: The Nova Scotia government has tossed a $124.5-million lifeline to a beleaguered Cape Breton paper mill, according to The Chronicle Herald. The province has already spent $31.4 million maintaining forestry activities in the area and keeping the mill in a hot idle state since the former owner closed it last September, bringing total provincial support to a whopping $155.9 million and uPDATED 6:45 p.m. Monday Premier Darrell Dexter unveiled a lucrative financial package Monday to help Pacific West Commercial Corp. of Vancouver restart the former NewPage Port Hawkesbury mill in Point Tupper this fall. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.