In 2018, Prime Minister Trudeau and Quebec's premier announced joint funding for a project to divert trains around the heart of Lac-Mégantic. But the project has been mired in delays & met by vocal opposition from unions & neighbouring communities cdnpoli
The downtown core of Lac-Mégantic, Que., is shown on Thursday, June 22, 2023. July 6 will mark the 10th anniversary of the day a freight train loaded with crude oil rolled unmanned into the downtown core and exploded in the middle of the night, killing 47 people.
Ten years after a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, residents are still waiting for a promised railway bypass. Some of them fear that the increasing number of railcars carrying hazardous materials through their town will lead to another disaster.Get Access to iPolitics
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