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In Lac-Mégantic, everyone marks the anniversary in their own way
July 7, 2015 | Monteral Gazette| LAC-MÉGANTIC – Shortly after 1 a.m. Monday — exactly two years after a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic — four friends huddled in the...
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4 Minnesota oil train disaster plans haven’t been released to public
July 7, 2015 | Fox Twin Cities|Some Minnesota lawmakers and railroad safety advocates are concerned that new disaster plans are not being released to the public. They gathered Tuesday morning, on the...
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Legislators, residents hold news conference on oil train safety
July 7, 2015 | Star Tribune| A group of DFL legislators, firefighters and other emergency officials and a citizen group used the second anniversary of the Lac-Megantic oil train disaster to hold a...
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With a solemn remembrance and music, protesters decry oil-train accidents
July 11, 2015 | Philly.com|Two years after a fatal oil-train derailment in Quebec drew national attention to the transport of crude oil, more than 100 people gathered Saturday in Center City to...
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Judge rules against Canadian Pacific over crude rail settlement dispute
July14, 2015 | Aberdeen Journal| A challenge by Canadian Pacific Railway over settlements for victims of a crude-buy-rail oil disaster has been rejected by a judge. The company has been subject to a...
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Judge delays ruling on Lac Megantic disaster settlement
September 25, 2015 | WMTW | PORTLAND, Maine —A bankruptcy judge in Maine has postponed a ruling on a $338 million settlement fund for victims of a fiery train derailment that claimed 47 lives in...
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$338M Fund in Deadly Oil Train Derailment Close to Approval
October 9, 2015 | ABC News| A Canadian railroad’s withdrawal of opposition to a $338 million fund for victims of an oil train derailment that killed 47 people in Quebec has set the stage for final...
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Railroad Work Is Getting More and More Dangerous. These Workers Want To...
October 17, 2015 | In These Times|CHICAGO—Railroad workers from around the country and Chicago residents stood on an overpass on a recent bright September Sunday, watching a seemingly endless line of...
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Accused in Lac-Mégantic derailment plead not guilty on federal charges
November 13, 2015 | Montreal Gazette | LAC-MÉGANTIC — A number of accused have pleaded not guilty to federal charges laid in connection with the 2013 Lac-Mégantic train derailment. The accused are all...
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The Train Derailment That Gushed Oil Into A Quebec River Has Spawned Freaky Fish
February 17, 2015 | Vice News | Two-and-a-half years after a train carrying millions of gallons of crude oil derailed and exploded in the small Quebec town of Lac-Mégantic, scientists are finding...
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All 3 MMA rail workers acquitted in Lac-Mégantic disaster trial
January 19, 2018 | CBC News | After nine days of deliberations, jurors have acquitted the three former Montreal, Maine and Atlantic (MMA) railway employees charged with criminal negligence causing...
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Five Years after Lac-Mégantic
July 7, 2018 | The DOT-111 Reader |It’s been five years since the downtown section of Lac-Mégantic was obliterated by an oil train explosion. The effects of the disaster still reverberate through the...
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Video Clips Of Oil Train Disaster Used In Netflix Sci-Fi Films Anger Canadians
February 9, 2019 | NPR News | Canadians are furious over Netflix’s use of real-life footage of a deadly oil-train disaster in two of the company’s recent science fiction productions. The 2013 accident...
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6 Years After This Train Exploded, Deadly Cargo Still Rolls Through Canada
July 16, 2019 | The New York Times | When things go wrong, those in power often promise to make it right. But do they? In this series, The Times is going back to the scene of major news events to see...
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