In Quebec, a mining town once called Asbestos considers the feared resource that shaped it
Home to what was once one of the world’s largest mines of its kind, the former town of Asbestos in Quebec, Canada found its very name tied to a subject of global concern – a natural resource widely considered a public health risk. Renamed Val-des-Sources in 2020 in a bid to break free of negative connotations following the mine’s closure in 2012 – which marked the end of Canada’s asbestos mining industry – the town has begun to reshape its identity, while still living alongside the cavernous ghost of the excavation site around which it was built.…read more at nowness.com
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