Ottawa hopes asbestos mining waste will yield plants and biofuels
November 14, 2010 by Winnipeg Free Press · Leave a Comment
It was home to 5000 miners when the asbestos industry peaked in the 1970s, but today there are only 450, he said. "We see this (mining) waste as a bank …
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Tories losing their census
July 26, 2010 by Winnipeg Free Press · Leave a Comment
The series also points out the hypocrisy in Canada's asbestos industry, in that we export it, but use very little at home. Winnipeg Centre MP Pat Martin has …
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Joe Nichols, Tom Waits, Skyzoo, Chuck Prophet among albums overlooked in 2009
January 4, 2010 by Winnipeg Free Press · Leave a Comment
… the home front looked grim. " Let Freedom Ring!" portrays a land of orange alerts and car alarms with blood on the sheets and asbestos in the Kool-Aid. …
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Around Canada
November 9, 2009 by Winnipeg Free Press · Leave a Comment
MONTREAL — An aggressive cancer linked to asbestos is killing more Canadians than ever before, even decades after the end of a boom that saw buildings …
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Around Canada : Home Safety Products Review
May 22, 2012 by Winnipeg Free Press · Leave a Comment
MONTREAL — An aggressive cancer linked to asbestos is killing more Canadians than ever before, even decades after the end of a boom that saw buildings … See all stories on this topic.