January 16, 2018 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, January 15, 2018) SHERBROOKE, Que. — A Quebec judge told the jurors at the Lac-Megantic trial Monday to take all the time they need to reach a verdict for three former railway employees accused in the tragedy that killed 47 people. Full story:...
January 15, 2018 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, January 15, 2018) SHERBROOKE, Que. — The jurors at the trial of three men charged with criminal negligence causing death in the Lac-Megantic railway disaster will deliberate for a fifth day Monday after failing to reach a verdict Sunday. Full...
January 12, 2018 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, January 11, 2018) SHERBROOKE — While the jury was out of earshot, the Quebec Superior Court judge presiding over the trial of three men indicted for their roles in the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster acknowledged the Crown’s case against two of the...
January 12, 2018 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, January 11, 2018) SHERBROOKE — The jurors at the trial of three men charged with criminal negligence causing death in the Lac-Mégantic railway disaster completed their first day of deliberations Thursday without reaching a verdict or emerging...
January 11, 2018 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, January 10, 2018) MONTREAL — After a marathon trial that began last September, a jury has now been asked to decide if three former Montreal, Maine and Atlantic (MMA) railway employees are guilty of criminal negligence causing the deaths of 47 people...
January 11, 2018 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, January 11, 2018) MONTREAL — Justice Gaétan Dumas acknowledged the Crown had a flimsy case against former Montreal, Maine and Atlantic (MMA) railway traffic controller Richard Labrie, 59, and ex-MMA operations manager Jean Demaître, 53. Along with...
January 10, 2018 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: National Post, January 9, 2018) SHERBROOKE, Quebec — The Lac-Megantic railway disaster that killed 47 people was an accident and resulted from a perfect storm of unforeseeable events, the lawyer representing one of the accused in the tragedy said in his...
January 10, 2018 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, January 9, 2018) SHERBROOKE, Quebec — Tom Harding, the locomotive engineer indicted for his role in the 2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, didn’t cause the tragedy, his defense lawyer said Monday. Full story: CBC News
January 9, 2018 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, January 9, 2018) SHERBROOKE, Quebec — Final arguments will end today at the jury trial of three men charged with criminal negligence in the Lac-Megantic rail disaster that killed 47 people. Tom Harding, Richard Labrie and Jean Demaitre have...
January 5, 2018 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, January 4, 2018) MONTREAL — Gaétan Bourassa, the lawyer for Jean Demaître, the former railway operations manager indicted for his role in the 2013 Lac-Mégantic train disaster, told jurors Thursday one of the Crown witnesses who testified against his...
