The wreckage in Lac Mégantic. Photo by Jean-Francois Hamelin for VICE Canada. On Monday, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Montreal, Maine & Atlantic, the company that owned the train that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While many Canadians and people around the world remember the train derailment in Lac-Mégantic, Que., Oscar-nominated Quebec ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A momument to the victims of the Lac-Mégantic disaster. Government of Canada OTTAWA, Ontario - Canada's transport minister and the ...

LAC-MÉGANTIC — Standing in a small wooden hut built by the train tracks in Lac-Mégantic, Jean-Philippe Lessard is politely fielding questions from a handful of tourists. They’re asking him where to ...

LAC-MÉGANTIC, QC, July 16, 2026 /CNW/ -- The Government of Canada welcomes the decision issued today by the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) approving the Lac-Mégantic rail bypass project. This ...

Ten years after it was devastated by the worst train wreck in Canadian history, Lac-Mégantic is re-emerging from the ashes to become a model for sustainable small town living. On the night of July 6, ...

Kathy Fox still remembers the looks on the faces of the grieving family members on the morning in August 2014, as she tried to explain how the Lac-Megantic rail disaster had happened. “You can imagine ...

Gilles Fluet would have been the train’s first victim. He had just crossed the tracks in downtown Lac-Mégantic, Que., on his way home from the bar, when 72 black cylindrical tank cars full of crude ...

Photos by Jean-Francois Hamelin. Rolling hills, clean country air, pristine streets… Lac Mégantic certainly doesn’t feel like a “war zone.” But if you take a peek past the dozens of cameras aimed at ...

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