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Despite Pleas, Quebec to Fund Canada's Last Asbestos Mine
By Andrew Schneider - AOL NewsThe government of Quebec has decided to ignore the pleas of human rights advocates, hundreds of public health experts worldwide and one of the province's largest unions and says it will fund the expansion of Canada's last asbestos mine. The chrysotile asbestos from that mine will be shipped almost exclusively to Third World nations where asbestos cement plants are being constructed. Axel Drainville, Flickr Pictured is a the tower at Jeffrey Mine in Quebec. The province's government says it will fund the expansion of Canada's last asbestos mine despite widespread ...
Student Punished for Outing School Secretary as Porn Star
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsA Canadian high school student has been suspended from classes after confronting a school secretary about her extracurricular work as a porn star. A 14-year-old student at Etchemins Secondary School in Levis, Quebec, has been disciplined after asking the office worker and adult film star for her autograph. The clerical worker -- who acted under the name Samantha Ardente -- refused to give the student an autograph and reportedly urged him to keep quiet about her roles in films like "Serial Abusers 2," The Toronto Star reports. But the student did the opposite, reportedly creating a Facebook ...
Canadian Unions Say No to Sending Deadly Asbestos Overseas
By Andrew Schneider - AOL NewsChildren protesting in the streets of Indian villages and outrage by physicians and human rights activists worldwide didn't seem to be able to stop Canada from shipping deadly asbestos to developing countries. But one of Quebec's most powerful unions says it will no longer support the province's lethal trade. In a overwhelming voice vote today, representatives of the 300,000-member Confederation of National Trade Unions voted against the planned expansion of Canada's last asbestos mine in the town of Asbestos, Quebec, union communications director Michelle Filteau told AOL News. "This is a ...
Will Canada Export Death by Rejuvenating Its Last Asbestos Mine?
By Andrew Schneider - AOL NewsASBESTOS, Quebec -- A plan to increase production from Canada's last asbestos mine near this town named for the deadly mineral has enraged physicians and public health workers around the globe. They say the fibers from chrysotile ore, also called white asbestos, are to blame for a worldwide death count in the millions. Many experts are especially upset that the plan calls for the carcinogenic mineral to be shipped to countries where it encounters little, if any, protective restrictions on its use. Politicians, entrepreneurs and bureaucrats in Quebec insist that the chrysotile ore being mined ...
Jobs or Safety? Asbestos Debate Goes Global
By Andrew Schneider - AOL NewsThe Quebec government says it's close to making a decision on providing a $57 million (U.S. dollars) loan guarantee to Balcorp Ltd. That would give the group of foreign investors the capital to complete construction of the underground mine in Asbestos, Quebec, which geologists say may provide a portal to the largest supply of asbestos in the world. The money would help create 500 or more jobs in the mining region but would also allow Balcorp to ship the material, which has been banned in 55 countries, to numerous nations that have little, if any, protective restrictions on its use. The ...
Kirpan: 5 Facts on the Sikh Ceremonial Dagger Banned in Quebec Legislature
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsNo kirpans in the Quebec legislature. That's the decision of the Quebec National Assembly, which ruled Wednesday to ban the short, curved sword, a symbol of Sikh faith, from its premises. The World Sikh Organization of Canada is protesting the decision, which came after members of a Sikh delegation arrived at the legislature for a bill hearing and were ordered by security staff to remove their kirpans. Navdeep Bains, a Sikh MP, had previously worn his kirpan in the House of Commons. So, what is a kirpan exactly? Surge Desk did some digging. 1. It's an article of faith Baptized Sikhs are ...
Said Jaziri: 5 Facts About the Muslim Imam Caught After Illegally Crossing the Mexican Border
By David Knowles - AOL NewsWelcome to America! U.S. Border Patrol agents made an interesting discovery when they stopped a car 50 miles east of San Diego earlier this month. Inside the trunk of a BWM that was allegedly being driven by immigrant smugglers from Mexico, they found Said Jaziri, a Muslim cleric from Tunisia who was deported from Canada more than three years ago. Jaziri is believed to have hopped a border fence near Tecate, the Los Angeles Times reported, hiked through the desert and met up with the driver of the BMW at a place known as a rendezvous point for immigrant smugglers. So who is Said Jaziri? ...
Massive Winter Storm Slams Upper Midwest
By Paul Yeager - AOL News
(Dec. 11) -- A dangerous combination of snow, wind and cold is whipping through the upper Midwest, creating full-fledged blizzard conditions in much of the region. Conditions are so bad in some places that snow plows have been ordered off the road, according to The Associated Press. Some areas got as much as 20 inches of snow. The powerhouse storm was expected to gain strength as it heads east toward Chicago. Forecasters say the storm will bring a wintry blast to the Northeast and mid-Atlantic region from Sunday into Monday, ushering in a new shot of Arctic air that will encompass much of ...
Big Weekend Storm Coming, But Path of Heavy Snow Uncertain
By Paul Yeager - AOL News
(Dec. 7) -- With a deep snowpack already in place in the Northwest and northern Rockies, snow accumulating by the foot near the Great Lakes and cold air as far south as Florida, winter has started quickly this year. A potent storm this weekend will add to winter's early fury. The path of the storm's heavy snowfall is far from certain, but the extent of the cold to follow will match or exceed the current cold snap in the eastern half of the country. Nam Y. Huh, AP B.W. Yoo clears snow in the Chicago area on Sunday. Depending on how a big weekend storm tracks, Chicago could be in for heavy ...
Report Reveals Canada's Underground Tobacco Economy
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Sept. 27) -- Canada's National Post is running a five-part series on the country's black-market tobacco industry that's well worth checking out. "The factories at the heart of Canada's surprising underground tobacco industry are scattered secretively through four Ontario and Quebec aboriginal communities, operating with virtual impunity and churning out so many cheap, tax-free cigarettes, some critics believe they have brought to a halt a decades-long decline in smoking rates," the Post writes in a series summary. "Yet those plants have also given an entrepreneurial, free-market jolt to ...
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