Category: Halifax

The Teachers Union and the province are getting ready to go back to the bargaining table next week to try to settle their contract dispute. Concilliation talks are scheduled for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Meanwhile, the work to rule campaign continues…and one of the effects could be on students seeking university scholarships. The Teachers union has directed its members not to write reference letters for those students. So universities and colleges in the province are considering whether to drop the reference letter requirement.

Human activity has been ruled out as a cause of the fish kill in St. Mary’s Bay. D-F-O also says it appears the die-off is subsiding.

Tens of thousands of dead herring started washing ashore in late November then other sea life last month…but officials say it started to wind down just before the holidays.

The scientists say they may never know why the herring died…all sorts of testing has proven inconclusive. They also say the fresh fish from the bay are safe to eat.