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Land ownership questions draw a big crowd in Kings County

13/07/202321/04/2025dansa

A grassroots land-protection group is calling on the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission to investigate the ownership of land in the Kings County area of Prince Edward Island.

More than 200 people attended a public forum in Montague on Saturday, organized by the Coalition for the Protection of PEI Lands.

“This is a big issue within Three Rivers,” said Shane MacDonald, one of the speakers at the meeting. “A lot of people have been waking up to the actual mass of purchases of large corporations in the Three Rivers area or even just Eastern PEI”

The meeting focused mainly on land owned by two Buddhist monasteries in Kings County, as well as land owned by corporations or individuals that coalition organizers believe to be affiliated with the Buddhist movement on PEI

The coalition has concerns over what it sees as a concentration of land ownership, and the impact of rising land prices on the local community.

“Multiple properties being sold and resold to non-residents is giving us massive inflation,” MacDonald told CBC News on Monday. “There’s evidence to see that a lot was sold a year ago for $20,000 and then sold for $100,000 a year after that. That’s a

NFL Mock Draft: Making all six of the Panthers’ 2023 picks

17/04/202321/04/2025dansa

(LR) Carolina Panthers general manager Scott Fitterer, Linda Reich, new Carolina Panthers head coach Frank Reich, team owners David and Nicole Tepper and team president Kristi Coleman pose for photographs following Frank Reich's introductory press conference at Bank of America Stadium on Tuesday, January 31, 2023. — (LR) Carolina Panthers general manager Scott Fitterer, Linda Reich, new Carolina Panthers head coach Frank Reich, team owners David and Nicole Tepper and team president Kristi Coleman pose for photographs following Frank Reich’s introductory press conference at Bank of America Stadium on Tuesday, January 31, 2023.

JEFF SINER

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The wait is almost over.

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In less than two weeks, the Panthers will be on the clock with the first overall pick. And since it’s Monday, The Observer is taking another swing at predicting how the draft weekend will go for Carolina.

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Previous Mike Kaye mock drafts: March 8 | March 20 | April 3

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Previous Ellis Williams mock drafts: March 13 | March 27 | April 10

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Below is our latest Panthers-only mock draft:

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First round, No. 1 (via CHI): Bryce Young, QB, Alabama

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The Panthers have used the first overall pick on Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud in my previous two mock drafts.

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However, like many other reporters over the past couple of weeks (shout out to our own Ellis Williams), I’ve had some recent conversations that make me believe that Alabama’s Bryce Young has a ton of momentum with the Panthers entering

Texas senators soften proposed prohibition on Chinese land purchases

10/04/2023dansa

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Lawmakers in the Texas Senate have revised a Gov. Greg Abbott-backed bill that would restrict land ownership by entities from China and three other countries, softening the language to still allow dual citizens and legal permanent residents of the United States to buy property in Texas.

Senate Bill 147 initially sought to ban the sale of Texas land to citizens, governments and entities from China, Iran, North Korea or Russia, drawing months of outcry. The bill’s author, Brenham Republican Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, said the legislation is aimed at stemming foreign influence in Texas agriculture and other sectors. It still prohibits the purchase or acquisition of property by a “governmental entity” of the four countries, by a company headquartered in the four countries, and by a company “directly or indirectly controlled” by a government of the four countries.

The original bill was heavily condemned by Asian American groups and lawmakers, who said its broad language would have made it impossible for many immigrants, entrepreneurs and green-card holders to buy homes or other property — while doing little to advance

China and Taiwan ‘involved in stand off’ on the second day of military drills

09/04/2023dansa

A Taiwanese Coast Guard vessel patrols around a coastal area in Hsinchu, Taiwan on April 9 (EPA)

Military drills by China around Taiwan entered their second day on Sunday in what the latter described as “simulated joint precision strikes”.

China began the three-day military exercises a day earlier in a bid to send a message to Taiwan after its president Tsai Ing-wen returned from a US visit. China, which considers Taiwan to be its own territory, has consistently frowned upon the island nation’s ties with the West.

Taiwan’s defense ministry said that as of Sunday midday, 58 Chinese aircraft, including Su-30 fighters and H-6 bombers, as well as nine ships, were spotted around the island.

The drills also reportedly resulted in a stand off between 20 military ships, according to a source.

About 10 Chinese and as many Taiwanese ships were involved in the stand off near Taiwan Strait’s median line, which serves as a buffer zone between the countries, said the Reuters report.

China also conducted simulated attacks aimed at “foreign military targets” off Taiwan’s southwest coast, the source said while maintaining their anonymity.

One of China’s aircraft carriers being monitored by Taiwan, the Shandong, is more than 400

Ukraine arrests two land plots in Lviv Oblast belonging to Medvedchuk wife Oksana Marchenko

05/04/2023dansa

A court seized land plots with real estate that Marchenko owned illegally and obtained through a fraud, the SBU said. The property is worth up to UAH 17.5 million ($476,000), the security service’s message reads.

Read also: Court sizes hidden assets of Oksana Marchenko worth over UAH 442 million

“The (land plots) are located in one of the best tourist spots in Lviv Oblast,” the SBU said.

“Medvedchuk’s wife started to illegally build a hotel complex there.”

The former head of the district land department was also convicted of criminal activity. He reported false information during 2004-2010 in order to issue state acts of land ownership in favor of Marchenko, the SBU said.

Read also: Medvedchuk’s daughter attends elite university in Moscow – Meduza

The official was served a notice of suspicion under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: Part 2 of Article 364 (abuse of power or position) and Part 2 of Article 366 (forgery). The case has been sent to court.

The SBU initiated the seizure of three land plots in Lviv Oblast illegally owned by Marchenko in August 2022. The investigation has been ongoing since then.

It was reported on Feb. 7 that

Residential lot to be created on Lakeshore Drive in Osoyoos

03/04/2023dansa

Madeline Baker, Times Chronicle Staff

Owners of a property on Lakeshore Drive in Osoyoos are hoping to have their 0.2 hectare property released from land reserves held by the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) to allow for subdivision and further development at the site.

The 0.2 hectare property at 3621 Lakeshore Drive is zoned as low-medium residential in the town’s Official Community Plan, has never been used for agricultural purposes, is bordered by single-family homes and one empty lot, and is serviced by the Town’s water and sewer systems, but still falls under the ALC’s reserve land.

According to the Town of Osoyoos’ growth management approach, which works in concert with the ALC to protect 288 hectares of mostly active agricultural land base, properties that have access to the town’s servicing infrastructure, like this one, are well suited to development rather than protection.

The property owner, who currently has their home on the property, plans to subdivide it into two smaller residential lots. This would, according to the Town of Osoyoos’ report to council, “open up potential for infill residential development within an already serviced area,” an important consideration given the housing shortage that plagues the town.

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This Lego Defender 90 Is the Cheapest Way to Get a Vintage Land Rover

24/03/2023dansa

The current Land Rover Defender is nicely designed, comfortable, incredibly capable off-road and can be ordered with a 518-hp V8. And yet, it just doesn’t have the same charm as the Defender it replaced. There’s just something special about the classic design. But if you can’t justify buying a bare-bones off-roader with questionable-at-best reliability, maybe this Lego Land Rover Defender 90 set will be more your speed.

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To be clear, though, this set isn’t going to be cheap. It costs $239.99, which isn’t exactly Lego Millennium Falcon money, but it’s also not something you’ll probably pick up for your kid’s classmate’s birthday party. Unless you just happen to be that kind of generous. In that case, hell yeah, and thank you for spreading the Lego love.

Surrey, BC to hold public meeting on potential 17.5% property tax hike – BC

20/03/2023dansa

A public meeting is being held on Monday to discuss Surrey’s budget and the potential 17.5 per cent property tax hike.

The proposed tax hike is a culmination of several factors, according to the city, including the possible halt of the city’s police force transition, global inflation, and other civic services.

The potential double-digit increase in property tax has people in the city worried.

Midpen buys 6,300-acre of San Mateo County’s coastal land property | Local News

23/01/2023dansa

Roughly 6,300 acres of San Mateo County’s coastal land known as Cloverdale Ranch has been added to the portfolio of properties protected and restored by the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District.

The purchase, made possible by a vote by Midpen’s Board of Directors last Saturday, marks the largest single ever completed by Midpen and was made possible through a partnership between the environmentally focused nonprofit and the Peninsula Open Space Trust, another nonprofit with similar environmental objectives.