Although Canada doesn't have a domestic market for asbestos, we actively support the industry and promote exports to other countries, especially India. And despite these times of government cutbacks, the Quebec government has even stepped in to keep the industry alive by agreeing to lend the Jeffrey Mine in Asbestos, Quebec, $58-million to restart and expand.

TORONTO - Families of Ontario workers who died of asbestos-related diseases are making a last-ditch plea to stop a project that would revive one of Ca...

MONTREAL - A prominent asbestos merchant is headed to Parliament Hill as part of a broader counter-offensive to salvage the reputation of his beleague...

Science is playing second fiddle to political concerns in Canada and the U.S. Recently, we've seen more "muzzling" of scientists, funding cuts, and an increasing disregard for science in policy-making. This scientific antipathy could not come at a worse time.

The federal Conservative party has sent a threatening email to the widow of an asbestos victim in the latest chapter of Canada's debate over the hazar...

MONTREAL - A Montreal company trying to revive one of the country's last remaining asbestos mines has requested another extension on a deadline set by...

The choice presented between no Senate and a partially reformed Senate, is really not a choice at all. Both options lead to an increasingly dysfunctional and discredited Parliament.

CBC -- Canada won the fight, for at least another two years, to keep asbestos off an international list of hazardous chemicals as discussions wrapped ...

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- OTTAWA - The prime minister is celebrating St-Jean-Baptiste in the heart of the asbestos industry as Canada's delegation to an i...

Canada told the world Wednesday it opposes placing limits on the export of chrysotile asbestos -- likely setting the stage for international efforts t...