Lac-Megantic

• Quebec town votes against Lac-Mégantic rail bypass project as expropriations loom

  The neighbouring municipality of Frontenac confirmed that 92.5 per cent of eligible residents opposed the project in a referendum held Sunday.

  Canada

  Feb 20
  
• Ottawa moves to acquire land for Lac-Mégantic rail bypass, 10 years after disaster

  Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced that he made the difficult decision to expropriate land after the failure of negotiations to purchase property from local landowners.

  Canada

  Feb 13
  
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• 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
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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
• The CP Holiday Train returns to the rails for the first time in 3 years

  Over the next four weeks, the train decorated with hundreds of thousands of LED lights will head out to raise money and food donations for local food banks.

  Canada

  Nov 23, 2022
• Quebec to move ahead with plan to redistribute $39M to Lac-Mégantic victims

  In June, the Quebec Superior Court ruled that the government could redistribute as it saw fit the money it received in connection with bankruptcy proceedings involving the railway.

  Canada

  Oct 1, 2021
• 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
• 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
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• 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
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• Nantes, Frontenac railway operations to move to Lac-Mégantic industrial park

  The activities currently being carried out in Nantes and Frontenac will be integrated into the plans and specifications for a bypass project in Lac-Mégantic.

  Canada

  Aug 29, 2019