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Cape Breton University could be strikebound before the end of the month.
The Faculty Association has set January 23rd as its strike date. The association’s executive has given much more than the required 48 hours notice. Association spokesman Andrew Reynolds in a news release said the main issue in dispute is the layoff clause, but the strike notice is also a referendum on the management of CBU. He said the university is being steered towards the rocks and will soon run aground.
Efforts to haul the Agra 1 off the bottom off Little Pond have been delayed until the weekend.
The Salvage company is bringing in a larger and more powerful tug. It’s also putting more pumps aboard to get rid of water in the ballast tanks and lighten ship.
Transportation Minister Geoff MacLellan is satisfied that the salvage operation is going as smoothly as possible, although he admits the longer the small tanker sits there the more opportunity there is for a catastrophe.