Transport Canada

Since the Lac-Megantic train tragedy, the federal Transport Department has implemented several of the Transport Safety Board's recommendations in order to help avoid such disasters.

As I began my research, I learned about a couple, Pauline Begnoche and her husband Gaston, who had lost their daughter Talitha and two young grandchildren Bianca and Alyssa, in the disaster.

Documents show the country is falling behind its trading partners in connecting infrastructure to the vehicles that use it.

Depending on who's talking, pipeline companies are either making progress or there's a frightening disaster in the making.

Early analysis of vessel speeds in the Cabot Strait shows that more than two-thirds are not complying with a voluntary speed restriction meant to protect endangered right whales that migrate through the area.