January 5, 2018 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, January 3, 2018) MONTREAL — After a three-month-long trial, the Crown took just two and a half hours to present its closing arguments in the case against the three men charged in connection with the 2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster. Full story:...
January 4, 2018 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, January 3, 2018) MONTREAL — Train engineer Thomas Harding played a significant role in the deaths of 47 people in the Lac-Megantic tragedy because he didn’t sufficiently apply the brakes after parking the oil-laden convoy, the Crown...
January 17, 2017 | Canada, Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Northern Ontario Business, January 16, 2017) SUDBURY, Ontario — The former operator of the Algoma Central passenger train has surfaced on the U.S. Pacific coast with the acquisition of a closed short-line railroad. Full story: Northern Ontario...
January 6, 2017 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, January 5, 2017) SHERBROOKE, Quebec — A lawyer for the driver of the train that crashed in Lac-Megantic in 2013 is no longer seeking a stay of proceedings in his client’s criminal case. Thomas Walsh says Tom Harding wants to prove his...
December 21, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: DeSmog Blog, December 21, 2016) NEW YORK — Brian Stevens first learned about the Lac-Megantic disaster — in which an unattended oil train caught fire and exploded, killing 47 people in the Quebec town — when he saw the news reports on TV. Stevens is currently...
December 13, 2016 | Canada, CN, Headlines
(Source: Hope Standard, December 12, 2016) HOPE, B.C. — CN maintenance employee Michael Stevenson, 42, of Spuzzum was found dead 50 kilometres north of Hope on Nov. 24, said the BC Coroners Service (BCCS). They add that Stevenson worked as a maintenance worker with CN...
December 8, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: GlobalNews.ca, December 7, 2017) MONTREAL — Some Lac-Mégantic residents say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has failed in what they call his moral obligation to have a rail bypass built around the Quebec town. Full story: GlobalNews.ca
November 30, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, November 29, 2016) MONTREAL — The lawyer representing the engineer charged with criminal negligence following the Lac-Mégantic derailment will be asking the courts for a stay in proceedings because of an unreasonable delay in the start of the trial....
November 18, 2016 | Canada, Headlines
(Source: Canadian Underwriter, November 16, 2016) TORONTO — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada reiterated Tuesday a recommendation that Transport Canada and the rail industry “implement additional backup safety defenses” in order to ensure train crew members...
November 2, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, November 1, 2016) LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec — The downtown core of Lac-Mégantic, Que., is officially reopen. Residents can now drive, walk or bike through the area for the first time since a deadly train explosion destroyed the town’s core and...
