Lac Megantic Tragedy

• Oscar-nominated Quebec filmmaker confronts rail industry with Lac-Mégantic tragedy docuseries

  Drawing on the harrowing first hand-accounts of victims and interviews with railway officials, the docuseries traces how the small town became the site of the 2013 rail disaster.

  Canada

  Apr 29, 2023
  
• Series dramatizing Lac-Mégantic rail disaster divides opinion among residents

  The eight-episode show comes months before the 10-year-anniversary of the July 6, 2013 disaster, when a runaway train loaded with crude oil derailed and exploded killing 47 people.

  Canada

  Feb 8, 2023
  
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• Lac-Mégantic engineer Thomas Harding’s firing ruled illegal

  An arbitrator says the firing last summer of Thomas Harding, the train engineer involved in the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, was illegal.

  Canada

  Jan 22, 2019
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• Netflix has no plans to cut Lac-Mégantic rail disaster scene from ‘Bird Box’ despite outcry

  Netflix's post-apocalyptic survival film "Bird Box" is drawing criticism for using footage of a real fiery train disaster but the streaming giant has no plans to remove it.

  Canada

  Jan 17, 2019
• Netflix accused of using footage of Lac-Mégantic disaster in ‘Bird Box’

  Lac-Mégantic Mayor Julie Morin wants the streaming service to take a look at its movie and TV catalogue to make sure no other production is using images of the tragedy.

  Canada

  Jan 15, 2019