In his former career as executive director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Bruce Campbell was a co-investigator or collaborator on several SSHRC grants, most recently with York ...

LAC-MÉGANTIC, Quebec - The Canadian government did not adequately audit the rail firm at the center of the Lac-Mégantic crude tanker disaster that last year killed 47 people, an independent federal ...

A rail disaster in Quebec in 2013 touched off international concern about the safety of so-called "oil trains" that haul crude from oil fields to refineries and ports across North America, including ...

A US bankruptcy court approved Friday a Can$445 million ($338 million) settlement for victims of the fiery 2013 Lac-Megantic rail disaster in Quebec that killed 47 people. US bankruptcy Judge Peter ...

MONTREAL, Dec 22 (Reuters) - A C$460 million ($330.46 million)settlement fund for victims of the 2013 Lac-Megantic crude-by-rail disaster will begin disbursements this week without the participation ...

Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, on July 6, 2013, after a train owned by a subsidiary of Canadian Pacific, derailed and caused a fatal oil spill. (Photo by a Sûreté du Québec helicopter via Courthouse News) ...

LAC-MÉGANTIC Quebec (Reuters) - It was the final report that was supposed to bring closure to this small town after an explosive train derailment claimed 47 lives and ignited a North American debate ...

Smoke and fire rise from railway cars that were carrying crude oil after derailing in downtown Lac Megantic, Que., Saturday, July 6, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson Despite the Lac-Mégantic ...

OTTAWA - The federal government has laid new charges in the 2013 train derailment disaster in Lac-Megantic, including against Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway Ltd. and the defunct company’s former ...

Canada has reportedly still allowed Boeing 737 Max 8s to fly even after they were grounded almost a year ago. This news emerges despite the fact that crashes involving the plane — Lion Air in ...