CBU vote continues

The faculty at Cape Breton University continues to vote today on a tentative contract.

They began voting yesterday on the deal worked out after threats of a strike. The Association represents 152 professors, librarians, archivists, lab instructors, nursing practice educators and research chairs.

NS SPCA sees animal cruelty charges rise quite a bit

The Nova Scotia SPCA has seen many more animal cruelty charges in the last couple of years.  2015 and 2016 saw numbers jump quite a bit, with criminal code charges also happening when necessary.  There are also now 16 animal cruelty officers, where they’ve had as few as three in recent years.