Lac-Megantic

• Quebec rail bypass approved 13 years after deadly Lac-Mégantic derailment

  The project includes 12.5 kilometres of new tracks that would reroute trains around Lac-Mégantic Que., instead of directly through its core.

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• Lac-Mégantic: Supreme Court refusal clears CP rail of liability in 2013 tragedy

  Canadian Pacific Railway Company has been cleared of all liability in the Lac-Mégantic, Que., train disaster that claimed 47 lives in 2013.

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  May 14
  
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• Quebec couple fight to keep home expropriated for Lac-Mégantic rail bypass

  The federal government expropriated the couple's home in 2023 to divert trains from the community's downtown after the 2013 rail disaster.

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  Oct 7, 2025
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• Lac-Mégantic marks 12th anniversary as calls for improved rail safety mount

  On Sunday, the town lowered flags to half-mast, laid flowers and organized a moment of silence to commemorate the July 6, 2013, tragedy.

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  Jul 6, 2025
• Prep work to start in Lac-Mégantic rail bypass project

  Residents of Lac-Mégantic and surrounding towns are divided on the project, with some saying the new route has more curves than the old one and could trigger derailments.

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  Oct 6, 2023
• Lac-Mégantic marks 10th anniversary of train derailment that killed 47 people

  The disaster happened on July 6, 2013 when the brakes failed on a train parked in nearby Nantes and it barrelled down the slope into the Quebec town.

  Canada

  Jul 6, 2023
• Fish not biting ‘like they used to’ in Lac-Mégantic 10 years after rail disaster

  Some Quebec anglers say they're seeing fewer fish, and their catches are increasingly adult fish — a sign that fewer are being born.

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  Jul 5, 2023
• 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.

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  Jul 4, 2023
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• Ten years after Megantic, experts say stricter rules, tougher enforcement needed

  A slew of investigations, court cases, reports and regulatory changes followed over the succeeding decade, but the volume of dangerous goods transported on the tracks rose too.

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  Jul 3, 2023
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• 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