Cape Breton highway twinning meetings

Public meetings have been scheduled by the government to discuss highay tolls to pay for twinning projects, including three in cape Breton.

The province is looking for feedback from the public on whether they would be willing to pay tolls to get the hgihways twinned sooner.

The first meeting will be February 21 at the Membertou Trade and Convention Centre; February 22 in River Bourgeois at the Tara Lynne Community Centre; then February 23 at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre.  They all run from 6:30pm to 8:30pm.

CBU talks

Cape Breton University and the Faculty Association sit down at the bargaining table again today trying to avoid a strike.

The Faculty is in a legal a strike position and has said it will give 48 hours strike notice Saturday if there’s no progress in these talks.  The main item in dispute is the layoff clause.