http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/2627/0 fr http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/westray-remembered/10976 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Reflecting on the causes of a disaster </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/westray_memorial.jpg" alt="" title="The Westray Memorial above ground where 11 miners remain trapped in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. (photo: BCameron3 via Wikipedia)" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p><em>On the evening of May 9, 2012 several hundred people gathered under rainy skies at the Westray Memorial Park in New Glasgow to commemorate the explosion that killed 26 miners in 1992. Here are the words of local Presbyterian minister Rev. Glen Matheson, who supported many of the families of miners in the wake of the disaster.&nbsp;</em></p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/westray-remembered/10976" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/westray-remembered/10976#comments Jim Guild Syndicalisme explosion Labour miners mineworkers mining Westray worker safety workers Mon, 21 May 2012 13:54:22 +0000 Jim Guild 10976 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca