Rail Disaster

• 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.

  Canada

  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
  
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• 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.

  Canada

  Jul 5, 2023
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• 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
• 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.

  Canada

  Jul 3, 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
• 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
• 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
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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
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• 5 years after Lac-Megantic tragedy claimed 47 lives, $133M rail bypass to be built

  The Quebec and federal governments say they will jointly fund a rail bypass in Lac-Megantic, nearly five years after 47 people were killed when a train derailed and exploded in the town.

  Canada

  May 11, 2018