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It’s not their fault says lawyers representing accused workers in Lac Megantic disaster

September 3, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

The union and lawyers representing two railway employees accused in the Lac-Megantic disaster are urging the Crown to drop the charges in light of recent findings by the Transportation Safety Board. Engineer Tom Harding, railway traffic controller Richard Labrie and Jean Demaitre, the manager of train operations (and not a member of the union), each face […]

Filed Under: Canada, Environment, News, Safety Tagged With: Canada, Daniel Roy, disaster, explosion, Jean Demaitre, Lac-Megantic, oil-train derailment, Quebec United Steelworkers, Richard Labrie, Thomas Walsh, Tom Harding, Transport Canada, Transportation Safety Board, TSB, Wendy Tadros

Californians wonder how safe shipping oil by rail is?

July 3, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

How safe is shipping oil by rail? That’s a question being asked in California. It’s because Canada is going to be stepping up its shipments of oil by rail. Some of those trains will be heading south of the border into North Dakota and on to California refineries. One politician is calling for a study […]

Filed Under: Alberta, Canada, International Tagged With: Alberta, California. oil cars, Canada, crude oil, derailment, disaster, Lac-Megantic, refinery, train

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