Faculty at St Mary’s University in Halifax are calling for the resignation of the president and the chair of the Board of Governors. The union that represents nearly 300 staff members voted overwhelmingly in support of a no-confidence motion.
Brett Rusin is live with us this morning, and he has the details on what is happening behind this groundswell of opposition and this vote. Brett, what’s going on?
Yeah, Heather, this is just the latest move by the union representing the faculty at St Mary’s University, the third-largest university by enrollment in Nova Scotia behind Dalhousie and Cape Breton University.
And you can tell that faculty members aren’t happy with the way things are being run. 91% of the faculty voting to that they don’t have confidence in those two members of leadership that you mentioned. Now, what does this vote mean?
Nothing automatically in the immediate schedule or timeline. There’s noting binding. There’s nothing enforceable about this. The vote is taking and taken by the union internally.
But it does show the lack of confidence that the faculty has in the management of the University. Debt is up, enrollment is down, which is in contrast to other universities that are either doing fairly well or even on the upswing in some cases.
As for university’s side of things, they say that they’re hearing the thoughts and the voices and the opinions of the union representing the faculty. They want to work closely with the union and with faculty members, work amicably to ensure that the university continues to be sustainable in the future.
As for next steps, the union says that they plan to have an information meeting just outside of the university just on one of the main busy street corners that the university is situated on in the south end of Halifax. That will happen tomorrow afternoon. Open to faculty members as well as to members of the general public to learn more about the situation. At SMU, Heather.
Falcuties at Saint Mary University in Halifax are calling for the resignation of the president and the chair of the board of governers. The Union represents near 300 staff members voted overwhelmingly in support of no confidence motion.
Falcuties at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax are calling for the resignation of the president and the chair of the board of governers. The Union that represents nearly 300 staff members voted overwhelmingly in support of a no-confidence motion.
Brett Ruskin is live with us this morning. He has details on what’s happening behind this really grant our opposition and this vote. Brett let’s going on?
Brett Ruskin is live with us this morning. He has details on what’s happening behind this really groundswell of opposition and this vote. Brett what’s going on?
Yeah, Heather. Just the latest move by the union representing faculty at Saint Mary’s University or SMU, the third university by enrollment in Nova Scotia behind Dalhousie and Cape Breton university.
And you can tell the faculty members aren’t happy with the way things are being run. 91% of the faculty voting to that they don’t have confidence in those two members of leadership that you mentioned. Now, what does this vote mean?
And you can tell that faculty members aren’t happy with the way things are being run. 91% of the faculty voting to that they don’t have confidence in those two members of leadership that you mentioned. Now, what does this vote mean?
Nothing automatically in the immediate schedule or timeline. Noting bind it. Nothing is forceable about this. The vote is taking and taken by the union internally.
Nothing automatically in the immediate schedule or timeline. There’s noting binding. There’s nothing enforceable about this. The vote is taking and taken by the union internally.
But it does show the lack of confidence the faculty has in the management of the university. Debts is up, enrollment is down. That in contrast other universities, that are either doing fairly well, even on the upswing in some cases.
But it does show the lack of confidence that the faculty has in the management of the university. Debts is up, enrollment is down. That’s in contrast to other universities that are either doing fairly well, or even on the upswing in some cases.
As for university side of things, they said they’re hearing the songs and voices of opinions of the union representing faculty. They want to work closely with the union and with the faculty members. work emicably to ensure that university continue to be sustainable in the future.
As for university’s side of things, they say that they’re hearing the thoughts and the voices and the opinions of the union representing the faculty. They want to work closely with the union and with faculty members, work amicably to ensure that the university continues to be sustainable in the future.
As for next steps, the union says that they plan to have an information meeting just outside of the university on one of the main busy street corners that the university is situated in the south end of Halifax. That will happen to more revenue open to faculty members as well as to members the general public to learn more about the situation. At SMU, Heather.
As for next steps, the union says that they plan to have an information meeting just outside of the university just on one of the main busy street corners that the university is situated on in the south end of Halifax. That will happen tomorrow afternoon. Open to faculty members as well as to members of the general public to learn more about the situation. At SMU, Heather.
President Biden is set to announce a new student debt relief plan that will impact millions of Americans if it goes into effect. Supreme Court struck down a previous plan. Chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce has the details. Good morning, Mary.
Good morning, George. Well, during a trip to the key battleground state of Wisconsin today, President Biden will unveil his new sweeping student loan plan, which could erase or lower debt for tens of millions of Americans.
So here is what we can expect: The plan targets runaway interest, canceling up to $20,000 for the 25 million borrowers who now owe more than they borrowed. Those making $120,000 or less a year would be eligible to have all of their interest wiped out. The plan would also eliminate debt for borrowers with at least 20-year-old loans.
Now, the rollout of this is set to begin this fall, and the White House says that combined with its previous efforts, this means that more than 30 million Americans could see relief.
Is this the president’s most significant attempt to address this since the Supreme Court struck down his plan last year? But, guys, it comes as the president is eager to show voters he can make good on this pledge as we head into the November election.
President Biden set to announce a student debt relief plan that will impact millions of Americans, if the plan goes into effect. previous plan. Mary has the detail. Good morning, Mary.
President Biden is set to announce a new student debt relief plan that will impact millions of Americans if it goes into effect. Supreme Court struck down a previous plan. Chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce has the details. Good morning, Mary.
Good morning, George. Well, during key trip to VC today, President Biden will unveal his new sweeping student loan plan which could raise or lower debts for tens of millions of Americans.
Good morning, George. Well, during a trip to the key battleground state of Wisconsin today, President Biden will unveil his new sweeping student loan plan, which could erase or lower debt for tens of millions of Americans.
So here is what we can expect. The plans target runaway interests cancelling up to $20000 for the 25 million borrowers who now owe more than they borrowed. Those who make $120000 or less a year will be eligible to have all of their interests weeped out. The plan would also eliminate debts for borrowers at least 20-year-old loans.
So here is what we can expect: The plan targets runaway interest, canceling up to $20,000 for the 25 million borrowers who now owe more than they borrowed. And those making $120,000 or less a year would be eligible to have all of their interest weeped out. The plan would also eliminate debts for borrowers with at least 20-year-old loans.
Now the rollout base is set to begin this fall. The White House says it combined with previous effort. This means more than 30 million Americans see the relief.
Now the rollout of this is set to begin this fall, and the White House says that combined with its previous effort. This means that more than 30 million Americans could see relief.
Is this the President’s most significant attempt to address with the Supreme Court struck down his plan last year? But guys, it comes as the President is eager to show voters he can make good on pledge as we head into November election.
Is this the President’s most significant attempt to address this since the Supreme Court struck down his plan last year? But guys, it comes as the President is eager to show voters he can make good on pledge as we head into the November election.
But in other news today, an earthquake has struck in Taiwan. Sally has the details of that morning.
Morning, thank you very much Steven. Yes, at least four people are dead, and dozens are injured after a 7.4 magnitude quake struck Taiwan. Seismologists say the earthquake is the strongest to hit the East Asian nation in 25 years.
Our Asia correspondent, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, is in the capital Taipei for us this morning. Morning Rupert, what more do we know about the impact of this earthquake?
Well, it struck right across the east coast of the island and has unleashed a lot of damage. The most dramatic things we’ve seen so far are pictures of very large landslides.
The east coast of Taiwan is far more dramatic than the west coast, rugged and mountainous, and there are narrow valleys and high, craggy mountains over 12,000 ft high, and a lot of them go right down into the ocean.
What this earthquake is done this very very powerful shake this morning is it has unleashed very large landslides, coming down into the ocean, into valleys. They’re cutting off valleys, cutting roads, clearing away bridges, so it’s really a messy situation over there.
The main city in the east of the island, Hualian, which is quite a small city and it’s a quite remote area, was struck, and there has been damaged there. We’ve seen two large buildings have partially collapsed. But I have to say, given the strength of this earthquake - 7.4 and very very strong shaking, mercifully the damage to the urban infrastructure has so far been relatively light.
Rupert, I know earlier there had been concerns about tsunamis. What’s the latest on that?”
That’s right. The Japenese authorities, because Japan’s southern islands are very close to Taiwan, they put up a tsunami warning this morning immediately after the earthquake. We have seen some very very small tsunami about 30 centimeter, but still water rushing into a fishing port off the east coast here and rushing out again. But nothing on the scale that would cause major damage, and fortunately, those tsunami warnings have now been lifted.
Rupert Wingfield Hayes in Taipei, thank you very much indeed.
But in other news today, an earthquake striking Taiwan and Sally has the details of that morning.
But in other news today, an earthquake has struck in Taiwan. Sally has the details of that morning.
Thank you very much Steven. Yes, at least 4 people are dead and dozens are injured after a 7.4 magnitude quake struck Taiwan. Smologist says the earthquake is the strongest to hit the south east asia nation in 25 years.
Thank you very much Steven. Yes, at least 4 people are dead and dozens are injured after a 7.4 magnitude quake struck Taiwan. Seismologists say the earthquake is the strongest to hit the east asia nation in 25 years.
Our asia correspondent R.W. is in the capital Taipei for us this morning. Morning R! What more do we know about the impact of this earthquake.
Our asia correspondent, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, is in the capital Taipei for us this morning. Morning Rupert, what more do we know about the impact of this earthquake?
Well, it struck right across the east coast of the island. And it unleashed a lot of damage. The most dramatic thing so far we’ve seen are pictures of very very large landslides.
Well, it struck right across the east coast of the island, and it has unleashed a lot of damage. The most dramatic things so far we’ve seen are pictures of very very large landslides.
The east coast of Taiwan is far more dramatic than the west coast. Ruggy, mountainous, and there are narrow vallies, high craggy mountains, well over 12,000-foot high, and a lot of them go right down to the ocean.
The east coast of Taiwan is far more dramatic than the west coast. Rugged, and mountainous, and there are narrow vallys, high craggy mountains, well over 12,000-foot high, and a lot of them go right down into the ocean.
What this earthquake is done? It’s a very very powerful shake in this morning, it has unleashed very large landslides, coming down into the ocean, into valleys, cutting off valleys, cutting off roads, clearing away bridges, so it’s really a messy situation over there.
What this earthquake is done this very very powerful shake this morning is it has unleashed very large landslides, coming down into the ocean, into valleys. They’re cutting off valleys, cutting roads, clearing away bridges, so it’s really a messy situation over there.
The main city in east of the island, Hualian, which is quite a small city and quite remote area, was struck and has been damaged there. We’ve seen two large buildings has been partially collapsed. But I have to say, given to the strength of the earthquake - 7.4 and very very strong shake, mercifully the damage to the urban infrastructure has so far been relatively light.
The main city in the east of the island, Hualian, which is quite a small city and it’s a quite remote area, was struck, and there has been damaged there. We’ve seen two large buildings have partially collapsed. But I have to say, given the strength of this earthquake - 7.4 and very very strong shaking, mercifully the damage to the urban infrastructure has so far been relatively light.
And Rupert, I know earlier there had been concerns, possibly concerns about tsunamis. What’s the latest on that?
That’s right. The Japenese authorities, because Japenese southern islands are very close to Taiwan, they put up a tsunami warning this morning immediately after the earthquake. We have seen some very very small tsunami about 30 centremeter, but still water rushed into fishing pool of east coast and rushed out again. And nothing of the scale will cause major damage, fortunately, those tsunami warnings have not been lifted.
That’s right. The Japenese authorities, because Japan’s southern islands are very close to Taiwan, they put up a tsunami warning this morning immediately after the earthquake. We have seen some very very small tsunami about 30 centimeter, but still water rushing into a fishing port off the east coast here and rushing out again. But nothing on the scale that would cause major damage, and fortunately, those tsunami warnings have now been lifted.
Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Taipei, thank you very much indeed.
With the number of emergency crews arriving in the Summerside neighborhood on Monday night, some neighbors feared it was a response to a tragedy.
“I saw a lot of cops coming out of the house, and there were a lot of people on the driveway as well. They seemed like they were consoling somebody.”
Edmonton Police confirmed they responded to a dog attack call around 8:00
p.m. at 82nd Street and 11th Avenue Southwest. Officers discovered a severely injured 11-year-old boy who was attacked by two very large dogs. Despite life-saving attempts, the boy was declared dead at the home.
The dogs belong to the person living in the home where the boy was visiting. Both dogs have been seized by Animal Control. Its officers have already responded to two attack complaints at the home this year. One complaint is still under investigation, but the other was settled without charges laid.
“My son walks to school and from school, so that’s concerning that, you know, not even just their dog, but any animal attack could happen now. It’s in my mind.”
“Thinking about my own kids. Imagine losing a kid at 10.”
“What a devastating thing to take place.”
Liza Sunley doesn’t know the details of the attack, but as CEO of Edmonton Humane Society, she says there’re things for dog owners to watch for - to try to preventing attacks.
“It’s very important that owners know their dog, they have them trained, and that anyone who’s interacting with animals has some level of awareness of how to read body language or is there with the owner who can help to interpret that. So if a dog is fearful or begins to be aggressive, we can stop that behavior, separate the person from the dog.”
The two dogs are currently at the animal control center under the Dangerous Dogs Act. A judge can rule dogs to be put down if they bite or threaten to bite a person.
With the numbers of emergency’s crews arriving to Summer Side neighbourhood on Monday night, some neighbours feared with the response to a tragedy.
With the number of emergency crews arriving in the Summerside neighborhood on Monday night, some neighbors feared it was a response to a tragedy.
I saw a lot cops coming out of the house, and there was a lot of people on the drive way as well. This indicates they were consoling somebody.
I saw a lot of cops coming out the house, and there was a lot of people on the driveway as well. They seemed like they were consoling somebody.
Edmonton police confirms they responded to a dog attack call on 8 p.m. at 82nd street at 11 Avenue southwest. Officers discovered surveilance a boy who was attacked by two very large dog Despite life saving attempts, the boy was declaired dead at home.
Edmonton police confirmed they responded to a dog attack call around 8 p.m. at 82nd Street and 11th Avenue Southwest. Officers discovered a severely injured 11-year-old boy who was attacked by two very large dog Despite life-saving attempts, the boy was declared dead at home.
The dogs belong to the person living in the home where the boy was visiting. Both dogs has been seized by Animal Control. It’s officers that have already reponded to two attack complaints at this home this year, one of complaints is still in investigation. The other settled without charge let.
The dogs belong to the person living in the home where the boy was visiting. Both dogs has been seized by Animal Control. Its officers have already reponded to two attack complaints at the home this year. One complaint is still under investigation, but the other was settled without charges laid.
“My son walks to school and from school. so that’s concerning that, you know, not even their dogs but any animal attack could happen now in my mind.”
“My son walks to school and from school. so that’s concerning that, you know, not even their dog but any animal attack could happen now. It’s in my mind.”
“Keep up my own kids and it doesn’t lose kids attend.”
“Thinking about my own kids. Imagine losing a kid at ten.”
What a devastating thing to take place.
Liza Sunly doesn’t know the details of the attack. But as CEO of Edmonton Human Society our task goes to try to watch for preventing attacks.
Liza Sunley doesn’t know the details of the attack, but as CEO of Edmonton Humane Society, she says there’re things for dog owners to watch for - to try to preventing attacks.
“It’s very important that owners there, you know, know their dog and they have them trained. And anyone who intereact with animals have some level of awareness that how to read body languages, is there with the owner who can help to interpret that. So as if a dog is fearful and begins to be aggressive, you know, we can stop that behavior, and seperate the person from the dog.”
“It’s very important that owners, you know, know their dog. They have them trained, and that anyone who’s intereacting with animals has some level of awareness of how to read body language, or is there with the owner who can help to interpret that. So that if a dog is fearful or, you know, begins to be aggressive, we can, you know, stop that behavior, and separate the person from the dog.”
The two dogs are currently at the Animal Control Center. Under the Dangerous Dog Act, a judges can rule dogs to be put down, if they bite or threaten to bite a person.