Although more than a dozen asbestos mines operated in Eastern Canada, Cassiar was one of just two in the West — the other western mine, Clinton Creek, was also owned by Cassiar Asbestos Corp. It was ...

When your hometown disappears, there’s no going back. That was the case for residents of Cassiar, a close-knit community ...

Dozens of feet of tubing connect Gayla Benefield to her oxygen machine so she can walk from room to room inside her home on the picturesque Kootenai River, surrounded by the Cabinet Mountains. Like ...

Mineworkers and families accuse the Asbestos Relief Trust of failing to process asbestos-related claims in Mpumalanga.

HELENA — Federal mine safety regulators fell short over the years in ensuring worker safety at a vermiculite mine in Libby, but probably couldn't have done much more to prevent asbestos-related deaths ...

State officials warn that harmful mine material may have been released during the catastrophic floods that washed through parts of Lincoln County in early December.

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Montanans are well aware of the asbestos disaster caused by the vermiculite mine in Libby that ...

Montanans are well aware of the asbestos disaster caused by the vermiculite mine in Libby that turned the town into a Superfund site. Libby’s tremolite asbestos lurked in the shadows for decades until ...

Asbestos-containing vermiculite from the Grace mine was used as insulation in millions of houses across the U.S. In Libby, contaminated waste from the mine was unwittingly used by many residents as a ...

BILLINGS, Mont. — An asbestos screening clinic in a small Montana town where thousands have been sickened by toxic dust from a nearby mine has been abruptly shuttered by authorities following a court ...

The Center for Asbestos Related Disease in Libby, Montana, closed in May after a court judgment. The clinic's federal funding is also threatened.... Near old Montana mine, special clinic for ...