January 18, 2018 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, January 18, 2018) SHERBROOKE, Que. — Jurors will deliberate for an eighth straight day today at the trial of three men charged with criminal negligence causing death in the Lac-Megantic railway disaster. There was no news from the 12 jurors...
January 17, 2018 | Headlines, NS, Oil Train
(Source: Times Free Press, January 17, 2018) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Cleanup of a spill that dumped more than a thousand gallons of oil into Citico Creek is complete, according to Norfolk Southern spokeswoman Susan Terpay, but a county commissioner is demanding the...
January 17, 2018 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, January 16, 2018) CALGARY — Steep discounts in prices for western Canadian heavy oil are moderating and should gradually ease through 2018 to allow Canadian producers to reap bigger rewards from strengthening world oil prices, according to GMP...
January 17, 2018 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, January 16, 2018) SHERBROOKE, Que. — A Quebec Superior Court judge has urged the jury in the trial of three former railway workers charged in the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster to continue deliberations and try to reach a unanimous verdict. Full story:...
January 16, 2018 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: Minot Daily News, January 13, 2018) HEIMDAL, N.D. — A broken wheel led to the derailment of six of the 107 loaded tank cars carrying crude oil on a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train May 6, 2015, near Heimdal, in Wells County, according to a recently released...
January 16, 2018 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Portland Tribune, January 9, 2018) PORTLAND, Ore. — As expected, the Port of Vancouver Commission on Tuesday voted to end the Tesoro Savage oil train terminal project, exercising a clause that cancelled the terminal’s lease for space at the port. Full...
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...
