In fact, Westray's very existence was controversial from the very start. In July 1991, Liberal MLA Bernie Boudreau sent a letter to Nova Scotia Labour Minister Leroy Legere warning that the new ...

A Nova Scotia prosecutor who specializes in workplace safety cases says it's difficult to measure how successful a law inspired by the Westray mine disaster has been in the 18 years since it ...

READ MORE: Westray tragedy to be marked ... will to allow the time to do the necessary safety work.” In 1997, a Nova Scotia Supreme Court justice concluded the disaster was the result of ...

When the Westray coal mine opened in northern Nova Scotia in 1991, Glenn Martin was lucky enough to land a well-paying job underground that was supposed to last 15 years. READ MORE: Campaign ...

In 1997, a Nova Scotia Supreme Court justice concluded the ... ruthlessness… and cynical indifference.” It said Westray management and its owner, Clifford Frame, were ultimately responsible ...

NEW GLASGOW, N.S. - Family members who lost loved ones in the Westray coal mining disaster in Nova Scotia marked the 30th anniversary Monday, while continuing their calls for more criminal ...

Dr. Roland Perry, Nova Scotia's first provincial chief medical examiner, was involved in several high-profile cases over his three-decade career, including the Westray Mine disaster, which killed ...

The Westray Mine disaster memorial. Credit: Nova Scotia Federation of Labour Credit: Nova Scotia Federation of Labour Since the Westray amendments were passed in 2004 to strengthen the Criminal Code ...

The Westray Law was named in memory of 26 coal miners who were killed in the Westray Mine explosion in Nova Scotia in 1992. The law was enacted in Parliament following a decade-long political lobbying ...

In fact, Westray's very existence was controversial from the very start. In July 1991, Liberal MLA Bernie Boudreau sent a letter to Nova Scotia Labour Minister Leroy Legere warning that the new ...

NEW GLASGOW, N.S.—Twenty-five years after she lost her husband to one of Nova Scotia’s worst coal mining disasters, Darlene Dollimont-Svenson still finds it difficult talking about the life ...