Lac-Megantic

Towns and cities across Canada are taking on powerful train companies over everything from speed to belligerence

47 people died when a trail derailed in the Quebec town

…and Lac-Mégantic, layoffs, and Leduc 1. View this and more in our encyclopedia of the oil crash

Producers in North Dakota’s Bakken oil fields have been told to make crude is safer before being shipped by rail

Wells: What good is Transport Canada anyway?

One year after the tragic train derailment and explosion, the tiny Quebec town struggles to find hope

Lac-Mégantic, then and now: Images revisiting scenes of devastation capture a gradual return to normalcy

The anti-pipeline movement has led to a rail renaissance for crude oil

Underwater discoveries, RCMP corruption and discounts for well-behaved kids

Your daily dose of political theatre

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Why Canada is rushing to lead the charge on phasing out potentially dangerous crude-carrying rail cars