The Nova Scotia Labour Department's senior executive director of safety says an "unthinkable act" could have occurred if workers had been in the Donkin coal mine access tunnel just 90 minutes earlier.
Nova Scotia's Labour Department says it has three dedicated inspectors who are capable of properly regulating the underground mine, but outside expertise was needed this summer to look into roof falls in the world's only subsea coal mine.
A Halifax agency that supports migrant workers says more needs to be done after Nova Scotia's Labour Department issued an order and a warning to the Keltic Lodge in Ingonish, N.S., after a temporary foreign worker's complaint about mould in the staff residence and bugs in the food.