Cape Breton University has sent out letters of offer to 30 students and says it is ready to open a new medical school this fall.

A new building at CBU is scheduled to open in October in conjunction with Dalhousie University's medical school and classes are expected to start in August in the old Nova Scotia Community College buildings next door until the new structure is finished.

Dr. Jennifer Hall, senior associate dean of CBU's medical campus, told CBC's Information Morning Cape Breton that rece…