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    November 24, 2021
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    COMMONS
    MINING #4 – The Westray Disaster
    Twenty-six men were working underground when an explosion tore through the Westray Mine in Nova Scotia. Their friends and colleagues went into the wreckage to try to save them.
    Arshy Mann
    Host & Producer
    Jordan Cornish
    Producer
    Damilola Onime
    Producer, Wag the Doug
    Kieran Oudshoorn
    Managing Editor, Podcasts

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    Twenty-six men were working underground when an explosion tore through the Westray Mine in Nova Scotia. Their friends and colleagues went into the wreckage to try to save them.

    The story of Westray is one of managerial malice and the heroism of everyday people. But why is it that governments let this happen over and over again, at the expense of so many lives?

     

    Featured in this episode: Vernon Theriault, Tom Sandborn

    This episode is brought to you by Rotman’s Executive Leadership Online, PolicyMe, and Manscaped.

     

    To learn more:

    Westray: My Journey From Darkness to Light by Vernon Theriault and Marjorie Coady

    “Hell’s History” by Tom Sandborn in The Tyee

    The Last Shift by CBC’s The Fifth Estate

     

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