by Cathy McNeil | Aug 25, 2022 | Our Family Stories
The lifelong impacts of an explosion undergroundOn February 24, 1979, 16 miners entered No. 26 Colliery in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, to begin their shift. They were working the night shift from 11 pm to 7 am. They descended five and a half miles into the No. 12 South...
by adminThreadsofLife | Aug 2, 2022 | Our Family Stories
A hard worker who loved to laugh by Pam Durling Ryan was the youngest of three and loved his siblings dearly. He was closest in age to his brother, Mitchell and they were inseparable when they were young. The two could always be found out searching for mud holes with...
by Susan Haldane | Apr 27, 2022 | Day of Mourning, How We Help, Our Family Stories
Following a workplace tragedy, many families would say that every day is a day of mourning. It’s especially true in the early days following a fatality, but the aftermath of a serious injury or an occupational illness, too, are filled with grief at the loss of life,...
by Susan Haldane | Apr 14, 2022 | How We Help, Our Family Stories, Steps for Life
Jim and Pam have a big family – six children. As Pam explains, they chose that together, imagining the games, the meals, the graduations, the weddings, the grandkids. Jim was the type of dad who would send loving text messages to his daughters. But one day in 2014,...
by adminThreadsofLife | Mar 10, 2022 | Our Family Stories, Steps for Life, Volunteers
In Stellarton, Nova Scotia, on January 14, 1952, John Mailman died in a coal mine gas explosion. His son was only 18 months old. The community rallied around his widow, providing support in any way they could, but Elaine Mailman wishes that an organization like...
by adminThreadsofLife | Feb 23, 2022 | Our Family Stories
by Elizabeth Stewart with Kate Kennington It is a huge understatement to say that the grief journey is difficult and hard to travel. What we hope for those affected by workplace tragedy is that they find a support network of family and friends, find ways to honour...
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