Lac-Megantic Train Derailment

• What happened to… the Lac Megantic train derailment

  On this episode of the Global News podcast Whatever Happened To…?, journalist Erica Vella revisits the 2013 Lac Megantic train derailment.

  Canada

  Feb 11, 2021
  
• 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
  
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• Feds, Quebec to announce Lac-Mégantic rail bypass on Friday

  The price tag for the 11-kilometre bypass is estimated at $133 million.

  Politics

  May 8, 2018
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• Danielle Smith: Making sense of the Lac Megantic verdict

  It may seem remarkable that there were no criminal convictions in Lac Megantic when the consequences were so much worse.

  Jan 19, 2018
• 12 jurors in Lac-Mégantic railway trial begin deliberations

  Twelve jurors in the Lac-Mégantic railway disaster trial have begun deliberations.

  Canada

  Jan 11, 2018
• 5 Montreal stories you must read this week: October 6

  From a father looking for answers at the Lac-Mégantic trial to Montrealers recounting how they survived the shooting in Las Vegas, here are the biggest stories Global News covered in Montreal this week.

  Canada

  Oct 6, 2017
• Mike Armstrong: Reporting on tragedy ‘like swimming in sadness’

  Journalists sometimes joke about being able to "turn it off" — shut down our emotions to get through something. We don't.

  World

  Oct 3, 2017
• Lac-Mégantic criminal negligence trial to begin Monday, as residents seek to move forward

  The trial for three men accused of 47 counts each of criminal negligence in connection with the train explosion in Lac-Mégantic four years ago is set to begin in Sherbrooke, Que. on Monday.

  Crime

  Oct 1, 2017
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• Half-dozen jurors selected in Lac-Mégantic train derailment trial

  All three accused have pleaded not guilty.

  Canada

  Sep 29, 2017