City to buy CN land. (Around the North).North Bay city council has taken steps to purchase more than nine hectares of land from the Canadian National Railway Canadian National Railway, rail system in Canada and the United States, extending from coast to coast in Canada with many branch lines in each province and in the United States. . City council has allocated $50,000 from this year's budget to complete an environmental assessment of CN property. Pending the outcome of the assessment, the city intends to accept CN's offer to sell the property for one dollar. The property extends from the Ontario Northland Railway The Ontario Northland Railway is a Canadian railway and provincial Crown corporation. Its north-south mainline has a southern terminus at North Bay, passing through Cochrane, and a northern terminus at Moosonee, on the south shore of James Bay - all in its namesake province of line to Timmins Timmins, town (1991 pop. 47,461), central Ont., Canada, on the Mattagami River. Timmins is the commercial center of the rich Porcupine gold-mining district, where gold was first discovered in 1909. Silver, copper, lead, and zinc are also mined. Street. Possible soil contamination Soil contamination is the presence of man-made chemicals or other alteration in the natural soil environment. This type of contamination typically arises from the rupture of underground storage tanks, application of pesticides, percolation of contaminated surface water to of the rail lands has prompted council to further study the soil on the property. Officials say CN has extended the offer to July 15. |
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