SOME PORT HAWKESBURY PENSIONERS HAVE TO REPAY MONEY … WOODLAND MANAGEMENT SEMINARS: WOODLAND INCOME TAX AND ESTATE PLANNING … “NAZI” CATTLE: FARMER FORCED TO CULL PART OF HERD … SUPPLY CHAIN ESSENTIALS… CANIRON X… 
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SOME PORT HAWKESBURY PENSIONERS HAVE TO REPAY MONEY
Source: Pulp & Paper Canada A decision has been reached in a case involving two pension administration firms responsible for the pensions of former employees of the Port Hawkesbury, N.S., paper mill when it was owned by NewPage. Details of the settlement were not revealed, but the result is that pensioners who were overpaid due to miscalculation by the pension administrator will have to pay back 70 percent of the monies received in error. (read more)

WOODLAND MANAGEMENT SEMINARS: WOODLAND INCOME TAX AND ESTATE PLANNING
Source: NSDNR
The course will cover woodlot income and tax topics such as commercial versus non-commercial, business structures, how your woodlot income is taxed, record keeping and measuring income, farm losses, income splitting, and claw back of benefits (OAS & GIS). Plus a discussion on Prescribed Forest Management Plans and estate planning including woodlot tax liability on death. There are four events scheduled: January 16, DNR Antigonish Office; January 23, Oxford Lions Club; January 30, NSCC Truro; February 6, DNR Lunenburg Office. All events are scheduled for 1 pm to 5 pm. Register at simon.mutabazi@novascotia.ca. (read more)

“NAZI” CATTLE: FARMER FORCED TO CULL PART OF HERD
Source: BBC
A farmer in Devon has been forced to slaughter half his herd of Heck cows after they repeatedly tried to attack his farm workers. Farmer Derek Gow said that the Heck cow descended from cattle specifically bred by Nazi scientists between the world wars. The Heck cow was renowned for its fearsome horns and extremely aggressive nature. (read more)

SUPPLY CHAIN ESSENTIALS
Source: NSFA Would you like to optimize your skills to take advantage of supply chain opportunities? The NSFA in partnership with the Dept of Labour Workplace Development is pleased to offer free of charge this 40 hour customized Workplace Education program which will help you build the skills, knowledge, and performance you require when dealing with supply chain opportunities. This course will start on January 16 and run until February 27 each Friday from 10 am to 4 pm in Bible Hill. (read more)

CANIRON X
Source: cbblacksmiths.com
CanIRON is Canada’s national blacksmith conference. It is held every two years, travelling from west to east across Canada. In 2015, CanIRON will makes its final eastern stop on Cape Breton Island, N.S., before heading back to the western provinces. The event will be hosted by the Cape Breton Blacksmiths Association (CBBA). As 2015 is Canada’s Craft Year as well as the tenth anniversary of the CanIRON conference, the CBBA is setting out to make CanIRON X an extraordinary event that will inspire blacksmiths across the country and the world with what can be achieved in the blacksmith craft, while raising public awareness of the vibrancy of blacksmithing in Canada. July 2-5. (read more)