Lac-Megantic Train Disaster

• Fear in Lac-Mégantic that ‘monster trains’ will lead to another rail disaster

  On July 6, 2013, a train carrying 72 tank cars filled with crude oil derailed and exploded, killing 47 people and destroying entire city blocks in the Quebec town.

  Canada

  Jul 4, 2023
  
• Ottawa to expropriate land for rail bypass in Lac-Mégantic

  Several groups that are opposed to the railway bypass say they are displeased with the federal government's decision and are studying legal options.

  Canada

  Jun 15, 2023
  
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• Quebec court says Canadian Pacific Railway not liable in Lac-Mégantic train derailment

  Justice Martin Bureau ruled that the actions the railway company was accused of are not the direct, immediate and logical cause of the damages suffered by the tragedy victims.

  Canada

  Dec 15, 2022
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• Lac-Mégantic marks seventh anniversary of 2013 rail disaster with memorial site

  Seven years after a rail disaster decimated its downtown, Lac-Megantic sought Monday to honour both its past and future.

  Canada

  Jul 6, 2020
• CP Rail to acquire railway that owns tracks involved in Lac-Mégantic train derailment

  Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. says it will acquire the Central Quebec and Maine Railway.

  Canada

  Nov 21, 2019
• Small train derailment near Lac-Mégantic

  Lac-Mégantic was the site of the 2013 train derailment disaster that killed 47 and destroyed much of the town.

  Canada

  Aug 24, 2019
• Lac Megantic marks sixth anniversary of rail disaster

  A commemorative church service is to be held at the Ste-Agnes Church on Saturday afternoon.

  Canada

  Jul 6, 2019
• 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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• Restaurant bar at centre of tragic Lac-Mégantic train derailment for sale

  Le Musi-Café owner Yannick Gagné has set the asking price at $2.5 million.

  Canada

  Mar 12, 2018
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• MMA and former employees plead guilty, fined $1.25 million in Lac-Mégantic case

  Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway pleaded guilty and was ordered today to pay $1 million for violating the Fisheries Act.

  Canada

  Feb 5, 2018