Lac-Megantic Disaster

• Netflix says Lac-Mégantic footage will be removed from ‘Bird Box’ movie

  After initially refusing, Netflix has agreed to remove images of the 2013 Lac-Mégantic disaster from its blockbuster film, "Bird Box.''

  Entertainment

  Mar 14, 2019
  
• Canadian MPs demand compensation over Netflix use of Lac-Mégantic images

  Canadian members of Parliament have passed a unanimous motion condemning Netflix for using images of the Lac-Megantic rail disaster in fictional dramas and demanding financial compensation for the Quebec community for using the tragic images without consent.

  Canada

  Jan 30, 2019
  
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• ‘Each of us grieves in our own way’: Lac-Mégantic residents mark 5th anniversary of tragic rail disaster

  Church bells will ring to remember the victims who lost their lives on July 6, 2013, after a runaway train derailed and exploded.

  Canada

  Jul 6, 2018
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• Lac-Megantic residents upset over losing land to new railway track project

  Ottawa and Quebec are splitting the bill for new railway tracks around Lac-Megantic, but not everyone is happy.

  Canada

  May 11, 2018
• Crown says bankrupt railway in Lac-Mégantic tragedy won’t have to stand trial 

  Prosecutors weren't convinced they could obtain a guilty verdict against the now-bankrupt Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway.

  Canada

  Apr 3, 2018
• TSB says runaway Regina railcar was left unattended with inadequate brakes

  The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) says a runaway railcar that rolled toward downtown Regina last March was left unattended with inadequate brakes.

  Canada

  Mar 21, 2017
• Canada rail safety questioned after train derailment in Toronto causes diesel leak

  Canada's rail safety measures have come under scrutiny since a July 2013 incident when a runaway train crashed, killing 47 people and destroying buildings in the Quebec town of Lac-Megantic.

  Canada

  Aug 22, 2016
• Ottawa to retire DOT-111 rail tanker cars ahead of schedule

  The tank cars will no longer be able to transport crude oil or other dangerous goods on Canadian railways as of Nov. 1.

  Canada

  Jul 25, 2016
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• Lac-Megantic’s ‘train from hell’ goes on the auction block

  The lead engine on the runaway oil train that derailed and exploded last summer in Quebec is scheduled to go to auction Aug. 5., a month after disaster-scarred Lac-Megantic marked the first year of the catastrophe.

  Jul 23, 2014