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After years of negotiations - the two sides twice reached verbal agreements only to have CP Rail change its mind, says the heritage group - the national railway is now asking a purchase price of $ 30,000 and a five- year lease at $ 1,800 annually. " We don't have that kind of capital. Plus, we have to fix up the building, and who knows how many more thousands that would cost," said Bryan Pollon, spokesman for the Minnedosa Heritage Committee, which reached its decision Friday afternoon. The heritage group thought it had an agreement earlier with CP Rail and did some restoration work totalling $ 60,000 to $ 70,000 in materials, and $ 25,000 in volunteer labour, Pollon said. The last deal the committee thought it had with CP Rail was to purchase the building for $ 1 and issue CP Rail a charitable tax receipt in lieu of property taxes. That's similar to the deal CN Rail made with a group in Neepawa for its station there. Pollon has not yet contacted the railway. CP Rail gave the group a week to respond, as of Feb. 8. - staff Train station deal leaves the rails Committee balks at CP's asking price COLIN CORNEAU / THE BRANDON SUN FILES After years of negotiating, the Minnedosa Heritage Committee says it cannot meet the price CP is asking for its train station. Psychology works for: P ARENTING C HALLENGES Manitoba Psychological Society Visit us at www. mps. ca M ORE municipalities have joined hands under the province's mandatory municipal amalgamation process. Municipal Government Minister Stan Struthers said this week the province is nearing completion with the mergers of 39 municipalities into 19. Struthers has said through amalgamation, the new, larger municipalities will reduce red tape and the cost of local government, and they will have better access to provincial and federal infrastructure funding in the coming months. The province says 85 of the province's 196 municipalities have fewer than 1,000 residents and under Bill 33 are required to submit an amalgamation plan by this spring. The plans are expected to produce a 30 per cent reduction in the number of municipalities outside Winnipeg. The province's amalgamation plan has not been without its bumps. The Association of Manitoba Municipalities is taking the province to court over the issue, arguing the process should be voluntary over a longer period of time. The province wants the newly merged municipal councils to take office Jan. 1, 2015, following the next general municipal election this October. The newly amalgamated municipalities are: . Rural Municipality ( RM) of Sifton and Oak Lake forming the new RM of Sifton. . RMs of Strathcona and Riverside forming the new RM of Prairie Lakes. . Village of Glenboro and RM of South Cypress forming the new Municipality of Glenboro- South Cypress. . RM of McCreary and Village of Mc- Creary forming the new Municipality of McCreary. . RMs of Minto and Odanah forming the new RM of Minto- Odanah. . RMs of Langford and North Cypress forming the new Municipality of North Cypress- Langford. . Town of Ste. Rose du Lac and RM of Ste. Rose forming the new Municipality of Ste. Rose. . Town of Boissevain and RM of Morton forming the new Municipality of Boissevain- Morton. . Town of Erickson and RM of Clanwilliam forming the new Municipality of Clanwilliam- Erickson. . RM of Ethelbert and Village of Ethelbert forming the new Municipality of Ethelbert. . RM of Brenda and the Village of Waskada forming the new Municipality of Brenda- Waskada. . RMs of Shellmouth- Boulton and Silver Creek forming the new RM of Riding Mountain West. . Town of Treherne and RM of South Norfolk forming the new Municipality of Norfolk- Treherne. . Town of Rivers and RM of Daly forming the new Riverdale Municipality. . RM of Rossburn and Town of Rossburn forming the new Rossburn Municipality. . RM of Russell, Village of Binscarth and Town of Russell forming the new Municipality of Russell- Binscarth. . Village of Winnipegosis and RM of Mossey River forming the new RM of Mossey River. . RM of North Norfolk and Town of MacGregor forming the new Municipality of North Norfolk. . RMs of Lawrence and Ochre River forming the new RM of Lakeshore. - staff Municipal mergers nearing completion Amalgamation saves money, says Struthers A_ 12_ Feb- 08- 14_ FP_ 01. indd A12 2/ 7/ 14 6: 24: 35 PM ;