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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.24

                   [letterhead of Norske Skog Canada Limited]

October 3, 2002

RFL Forest Ltd.
TimberWest Forest Company
2300 - 1055 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6E 3P3

ATTENTION: John Kelvin
           Vice President Log Marketing and Sales

Re: Chip and Pulplog Supply Agreement

We refer to the Chip and Pulplog Supply Agreement (the "Agreement") made as of
June 23, 1997 between 3264891 Canada Limited and 3264912 Canada Limited
(predecessors to Norske Skog Canada Pulp Operations Limited) and TimberWest
Forest Limited (now TFL Forest Ltd.) as amended by an agreement dated January 1,
1999 under which TimberWest Forest Company became a party to the Agreement.

We understand that the proposed sale of the Queen Charlotte Island portion of
TFL 47, FL16870, TL T0184, TL T0207, and TL T 0253 (the "Tenures") will not
occur at this time but that J.S. Jones Timber Limited ("Jones") will be carrying
out the Queen Charlotte Island operation on your behalf under a contractual
arrangement with you. We would accordingly ask that you confirm the following:

1.   Jones is obligated to carry out that operation in such a manner that
     pulplogs will be delivered to us from the Tenures in accordance with your
     obligations under the Agreement; and

2.   we should pay the purchase prices for those pulplogs in accordance with the
     Agreement directly to Jones until such time as you direct us otherwise in
     writing.

If you should subsequently transfer the Tenures to Jones we confirm that the
requirements of Section 14.1 of the Agreement would be satisfied in connection
with that transfer as long as Jones enters into a pulplog supply agreement with
us in respect of the Tenures effective the date of the transfer which is
consistent with your pulplog supply obligations to us under the Agreement.

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This Agreement, as amended to the date of this letter, remains in full force and
effect.

Please confirm your agreement with the above by signing and returning the
enclosed copy of this letter.

Yours very truly,

NORSKE SKOG CANADA PULP OPERATIONS LIMITED

Per:  /s/ Authorized Signatory
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Confirmed and agreed this 20th day of October, 2002

TFL FOREST LTD.

Per:  /s/ Authorized Signatory
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TIMBERWEST FOREST CORP.
on its own behalf and on behalf of
TIMBERWEST FOREST COMPANY

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                                                                  EXHIBIT 10.31

                      AMENDMENT TO CONTROL CHANGE AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDING AGREEMENT is made the 30th day of September, 2002

BETWEEN:

              NORSKE SKOG CANADA LIMITED, a corporation continued and
              amalgamated under the laws of Canada

              (the "Company")

                                                              OF THE FIRST PART,

AND:

              RUSSELL J. HORNER, of 1720 Trafalgar Street, Vancouver, British
              Columbia, V6K 3R8

              (the "Executive")

                                                             OF THE SECOND PART.

WHEREAS:

A.       The parties entered into an agreement (the "Control Change Agreement")
         dated as of August 29, 2001; and

B.       The parties wish to enter into this Amending Agreement for the purpose
         of amending the Control Change Agreement;

NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the premises, the respective covenants and
agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration (the
receipt and sufficiency of which the parties acknowledge) the parties covenant
and agree as follows:

1.       INTERPRETATION

1.1.     In this Agreement, capitalized words or phrases that are not defined
         but that are defined in the Control Change Agreement shall have the
         meanings ascribed to them in the Control Change Agreement;

2.       AMENDMENT OF DEFINITION OF CONTROL CHANGE

2.1.     The definition of "Control Change" contained in clause 2.3(c) of the
         Control Change Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the same and
         substituting the following:

         "(c)     "Control Change" shall mean any of the following:

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                  (i)      any change in ownership, direct or indirect, of
                           shares of the Company and/or securities
                           ("Convertible Securities") convertible into,
                           exchangeable for or representing the right to
                           acquire shares of the Company, as a result of or
                           following which Norske Skogindustrier ASA ("NSI")
                           beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, or
                           exercises control or direction over, shares of the
                           Company and/or Convertible Securities such that,
                           assuming only the conversion, exchange or exercise
                           of Convertible Securities beneficially owned by
                           NSI, NSI would beneficially own, directly or
                           indirectly, or exercise control or direction over,
                           shares of the Company that would entitle the
                           holders thereof to cast more than 50% of the votes
                           attaching to all shares of the Company that may be
                           cast to elect directors of the Company;

                  (ii)     any change in ownership, direct or indirect, of
                           shares of the Company and/or Convertible
                           Securities, as a result of or following which an
                           Acquiror (as defined in paragraph (vi) below)
                           beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, or
                           exercises control or direction over, shares of the
                           Company and/or Convertible Securities such that,
                           assuming only the conversion, exchange or exercise
                           of Convertible Securities beneficially owned by
                           the Acquiror,

                           A.       the Acquiror would beneficially own,
                                    directly or indirectly, or exercise
                                    control or direction over, shares of the
                                    Company that would entitle the holders
                                    thereof to cast more than 35% of the
                                    votes attaching to all shares of the
                                    Company that may be cast to elect
                                    directors of the Company, and

                           B.       if NSI then beneficially owns, directly
                                    or indirectly, or exercises control or
                                    direction over, shares of the Company
                                    that would entitle holders thereof to
                                    cast more than 35% of the votes attaching
                                    to all shares of the Company that may be
                                    cast to elect directors of the Company,
                                    the Acquiror would beneficially own,
                                    directly or indirectly, or exercise
                                    control or direction over, shares of the
                                    Company that would entitle the holders
                                    thereof to cast more of the votes
                                    attaching to all shares of the Company
                                    that may be cast to elect directors of
                                    the Company than may be cast by holders
                                    of shares of the Company beneficially
                                    owned, directly or indirectly, or over
                                    which control or direction is exercised,
                                    by NSI;

                  (iii)    the acquisition by NSI or an Acquiror of all or
                           substantially all of the assets of the Company; or

                  (iv)     a merger of the Company with or into one or more
                           other companies, corporations, trusts or other
                           entities (other than subsidiaries of, or trusts or
                           other entities controlled by, the Company):

                           A.       where the members of the Board of
                                    Directors of the Company immediately
                                    prior to the consummation of the merger
                                    do not

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                                    constitute a majority of the directors,
                                    trustees or other governing body of the
                                    company, corporation, trust or other
                                    entity surviving or continuing from the
                                    merger; or

                           B.       that results in the securityholders of
                                    the parties to the merger other than the
                                    Company owning, directly or indirectly,
                                    securities of the company, corporation,
                                    trust or other entity surviving or
                                    continuing from the merger that entitle
                                    the holders thereof to cast more than 35%
                                    of the votes attaching to all securities
                                    of the surviving or continuing company,
                                    corporation, trust or other entity that
                                    may be cast to elect its directors,
                                    trustees or other governing body; or

                           C.       that has been designated by resolution of
                                    the directors of the Company as a Control
                                    Change prior to the consummation of the
                                    merger;

                  and for the purposes of this clause 2.3(c)

                  (v)      the expression "NSI" shall include any group of
                           persons which includes NSI, any persons acting
                           jointly or in concert with NSI and any persons
                           associated or affiliated within the meaning of the
                           SECURITIES ACT (British Columbia) with NSI, or any
                           such group of persons or persons acting jointly or
                           in concert;

                  (vi)     the expression "Acquiror" shall mean a person,
                           group of persons or persons acting jointly or in
                           concert, or persons associated or affiliated
                           within the meaning of the SECURITIES ACT (British
                           Columbia) with any such person, group of persons
                           or persons acting jointly or in concert, but shall
                           not include an Acquiror as so defined which
                           consists of or includes NSI; and

                  (vii)    the expressions "change in ownership",
                           "acquisition" and "merger" include, as the context
                           may require, a transaction or series of
                           transactions by way of takeover bid, purchase,
                           exchange, lease, statutory amalgamation, statutory
                           merger, reorganization, consolidation, statutory
                           arrangement, recapitalization, liquidation or
                           other business combination;".

3.       AMENDMENT OF DEFINITION OF RESIGNATION

3.1.     The definition of "Resignation" contained in clause 2.3(k) of the
         Control Change Agreement is amended by deleting the same and
         substituting the following:

         "(k)     "Resignation" shall mean, if there is a Control Change, the
                  Executive giving the Company not less than 30 days prior
                  written notice of his resignation, provided that such notice
                  is given to the Company not later than one year after the
                  Executive learns of the Control Change and makes express
                  reference to the Control Change; and".

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4.       AMENDMENT OF TERM

4.1.     Section 3.1 of the Control Change Agreement is amended by deleting the
         same and substituting the following:

         "3.1   This Agreement shall apply if a Control Change occurs within the
         term commencing on the 29th day of August 2001 and ending on the 30th
         day of September 2004 or such date later than the 30th day of September
         2004 as the Company may from time to time specify by notice to the
         Executive. The obligations of the Company under section 5 shall survive
         the expiration of this Agreement if there is a Control Change prior to
         the end of the term of this Agreement."

5.       GENERAL

5.1.     The Control Change Agreement, as amended by this Amending Agreement,
         shall be, and continues in all respects to be, in full force and effect
         and is hereby confirmed unamended other than as expressly set forth
         herein.

5.2.     This Amending Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and be binding
         upon the Executive and his heirs, executors and administrators and upon
         the Company and its successors and assigns.

5.3.     This Amending Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts,
         each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which shall
         constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered
         by facsimile transmission.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Amending Agreement as
of the day and year first above written.

NORSKE SKOG CANADA LIMITED

By:      /s/ W. Thomas Stephens
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         Director

/s/ R. Horner
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Russell J. Horner

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