Four years after Lac-Mégantic, Montreal researchers seek model to reduce risk
Engineers at Concordia University are working to develop a math model they hope could help prevent similar rail disasters.
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Driver and owner of train in Lac-Megantic disaster added to class action lawsuit
The conductor as well as the owner of the train that derailed, exploded and killed 47 people in Lac-Megantic in 2013 have been added as respondents in a class action lawsuit.
Bruce Campbell: There's less than meets the eye for oil tank phase-out
Dangerous types of oil train cars will keep rolling through Canada and US until 2025
The scary truth about "bomb trains" moving through your town
Since 2013, at least 21 oil train accidents have spilled an estimated 7.1 million litres of crude on American soil. To many communities in the blast zone, they're known as "bomb trains."
Growth of Fort McMurray fire slows, Premier Notley to visit
Wildfires that levelled neighbourhoods in Fort McMurray slowed their rampage through tinder dry forest in northern Alberta on Sunday, allowing firefighters in the oilpatch city to focus on hotspots.
Feds won't say how much was paid to protect Ottawa from Lac-Megantic lawsuits
Ottawa denies any legal responsibility for the fiery 2013 oil−train derailment that killed 47 people, even though it was released from liability by contributing to a $460−million settlement fund.
Federal official compares pipeline blunders to mistakes that led to railway disaster
Depending on who's talking, pipeline companies are either making progress or there's a frightening disaster in the making.
Quebec judge signs off on $450-million settlement fund for Lac-Megantic victims
Compensation cheques should begin arriving in the mail by Christmas, says lawyer.
It's no fracking fun: life on the Bakken Shale
The Bakken oil boom has turned a quiet agricultural region into an industrial zone, where N. Dakota farmers and ranchers report over 100 oil spills per month.