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By Mimi Pickering

Speak Your Piece: Scotia Then and Now

Mimi Pickering · Mar 11, 2016

Forty years ago this month, the Scotia mine explosions killed 26 men. Current deaths from work-related accidents are a fraction of what they were in 1976. But miners face other dangers more deadly but less discussed.

Speak Your Piece: Scotia Then and Now

Mimi Pickering · Mar 19, 2010

The Scotia Mine exploded twice, killing a total of 26 men. Thirty-four years later, men and women are still dying from working in the mines.

Broadband and Technology

Speak Your Piece: The Digital TV Doldrums

dyadmin · Apr 22, 2009

The switchover to digital television is mandatory. The deadline's coming (or has effectively passed in some places). But for many rural viewers, the new technology has brought added expense AND fewer channels.