A coal miner's car displays a homemade vanity plate that reflects the labour situation at the Prince Mine in Point Aconi, N.S. on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2001. Operations are expected cease at the mine by the end of the week as the once thriving industry come to a halt in Cape Breton and many miners face a future without a pension but will receive severance pay. (CP PHOTO/Andrew Vaughan)