January 23, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, January 22, 2019) MONTREAL — Netflix is apologizing to the people of Lac-Megantic after actual footage of the 2013 rail disaster that devastated the town was used in dramas on the streaming service. The company says it had not been aware of...
January 23, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, January 23, 2019) MONTREAL — An arbitrator says the firing last summer of Thomas Harding, the train engineer involved in the Lac-Megantic rail disaster, was illegal. He won’t be returning to work, but he will get financial compensation....
January 18, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, January 17, 2019) NEW YORK — Netflix is refusing to remove from its hit movie Bird Box footage of the rail explosion that killed 47 people in Lac-Mégantic, Que., despite an appeal from the town’s mayor. Full story:...
January 17, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, January 16, 2019) WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Canadian province of Alberta’s OPEC-style decision to force production cuts is benefiting oil companies with higher prices, but it is also pushing capital elsewhere and threatens to undermine booming...
January 16, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, January 15, 2019) MONTREAL — A day after learning that a science-fiction show on Netflix used actual footage of the Lac-Megantic rail disaster, the mayor of the Quebec town said she believes images of the tragedy were used in a second Netflix...
January 15, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Calgary Herald, January 14, 2019) CALGARY — Premier Rachel Notley urged the federal government “to step up” and help Alberta’s energy industry get its product to market during a news conference in Calgary on Monday. Full story: Calgary...
January 15, 2019 | Canada, CP, Headlines
(Source: Canadian Press, January 14, 2019) GATINEAU, Que. — The Canadian Transportation Agency will investigate possible problems with freight train service issues in the Vancouver area including whether rail companies are fulfilling their obligations. The agency said...
January 9, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Ars Technica, January 8, 2019) NEW YORK — The Canada National Railway Company (CN) has spent years developing a product called CanaPux, in which thick bitumen crude oil from Canada’s oil sands is mixed with a polymer to become a solid puck that can be...
January 9, 2019 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: www.oilprice.com, January 8, 2019) SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Canadian crude oil hit the highest price level in more than a year on growth in oil-by-rail shipments, Bloomberg reports based on data about price movements for the commodity it had compiled. Full...
January 9, 2019 | Canada, Headlines
(Source: Editorial in the Winnipeg Free Press, January 8, 2019) WINNIPEG — In the end, it comes down to trust. Is it reasonable for governments, and the regulatory bodies they create and support, to trust profit-driven private industries to police themselves on...
