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Support staff ready to strike at university Talks continued Monday in effort to avoid job action at VIU BY JENN M C GARRIGLE THE NEWS BULLETIN
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Eye care Certified iridologist Alexis Gilchrist performs a consultation examination of Megan Schelter’s eyes at the Unity Holistic Metaphysical Fair on Saturday, where attendees got the opportunity to sample everything from reiki to reflexology to hypnosis therapy.
Cyclist killed in nighttime collision with vehicle A cyclist has died after colliding with a car in central Nanaimo on the weekend. The incident happened shortly after 8 p.m. Friday near 111 Wall St. when a 28-year-old man, riding a bicycle southbound on a steep downhill section of the street, collided with the right side of a northbound Mazda 3 car as it turned left into the driveway of a condominium complex. The cyclist suffered massive head trauma in the collision and died in
hospital over the weekend. Police said it was raining and dark when the crash occurred. The cyclist was wearing dark clothes and had no lights on the bicycle, making it almost impossible for him to be seen, and was also not wearing a helmet. The cyclist had also been consuming alcohol. The cyclist’s name has not been released. Nanaimo RCMP Traffic Services, a collision analyst and the B.C. Coroners Service are continuing the inves-
tigation and it has not been determined if any charges will be pending against the 36-year-old Nanaimo man who was driving the car. “It’s a coroners investigation and we’re working with the coroner right now,” O’Brien said. Police are reminding all cyclists to use lights and reflectors and wear helmets and for all cyclists and pedestrians to wear bright clothing, especially when winter weather conditions limit visibility.
Strike action could shut down Vancouver Island University today (Nov. 20). By press time Monday, the university’s nearly 300 support staff were on track to join workers at several other institutions in an all-campus walkout Tuesday and Wednesday, but labour action could be called off if the provincial government is willing to enter talks with the union, said Deborah Hopper, president of CUPE Local 1858. “We’re asking for the government to talk to us,” she said. “The work with the mediator went well … but the government is required to sign off on the proposal. The real sticking point is that the government will not respond.” Hopper said the union did not hear from the province over the weekend as anticipated, but she was still hoping for some progress by the end of the day yesterday. “The university is keeping very up-to-date information for students on their website,” she said. If the walkout takes place, support workers will be back to work Thursday and will reassess the situation at that time, Hopper said. The other unions representing VIU workers have informed CUPE that they will honour picket lines, she added. Fred Jacklin, VIU’s registrar and director of enrolment services, confirmed that classes will be cancelled today and possibly tomorrow if picket lines are up. “It’s starting to look more possible,” he said, adding that the strike, if it happens, would affect all campus locations. ◆ See ‘UNIVERSITY’ /3
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