Mulcair pledges inquiry into Lac-Mégantic disaster, rail safety

The NDP's Tom Mulcair, hoping to remind voters in Quebec of the Conservative government's record on protecting public safety, got a first-hand look today at a new Lac-Mégantic as it rises from the ...

CP Rail to acquire railway that owns tracks involved in Lac-Mégantic disaster

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. says it will acquire the Central Quebec and Maine Railway, which operates the tracks at the centre of the Lac-Mégantic disaster in 2013. CP Rail and Fortress ...
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Report: Canada didn't audit railway adequately before Lac-Mégantic disaster

LAC-MÉGANTIC, Quebec - The Canadian government did not adequately audit the rail firm at the center of the Lac-Mégantic crude tanker disaster that last year killed 47 people, an independent federal ...
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Painful Recovery Begins In Lac-Megantic

In Canada, 28 bodies have been located one week after a devastating train explosion in Eastern Quebec. Railcars full of oil sped down a long hill into the heart of a small town before derailing and ...
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Quebec Town Honors Train Derailment Victims, One Year Later

Thousands of residents of a small town in eastern Canada attended a vigil just after midnight this morning. They were honoring victims of one of North America's deadliest train accidents. One year ago ...