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TRAGIC: Dozens feared dead in Quebec oil-train derailment

LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) -- Blackened debris, twisted metal and gas leaks hampered rescue workers' search for perhaps dozens of bodies Tuesday, three days after a runaway oil train smashed into this small lakeside town and incinerated homes, a library and a crowded bar. Thirteen people were confirmed dead and nearly 40 others were still missing in a catastrophe that raised questions about the safety of transporting oil by rail instead of pipeline. Investigators were zeroing in on whether [Read more]

Oily sheen appears on Athabasca River

  FORT CHIPEWYAN, Alta. - A northern Alberta Indian band says a mysterious oily sheen on the Athabasca River appears to be spreading and is lapping at the shores of Fort Chipewyan. "It's not a huge amount," Eriel Deranger, spokeswoman for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, said Tuesday. "But there is obviously a petrochemical of some kind in the Athabasca River system in such great quantities from upstream that it is now residing on the shores of Lake Athabasca." Reports of dead [Read more]

TransCanada CEO says there’s no silver lining for pipelines after rail disaster

  CALGARY - Executives with major Canadian pipeline companies say they see no silver lining to the Lac-Megantic train disaster.There have been suggestions that transporting oil by pipeline may seem more palatable after several oil-laden rail cars exploded over the weekend, killing more than a dozen people and devastating the small Quebec town.But TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) CEO Russ Girling said there's "no good news here for anybody" in the tragedy and the notion that the pipeline [Read more]

Lac-Megantic: train brakes a key issue

  OTTAWA - The question of how the brakes were set — or possibly reset — on a runaway train at the heart of the Lac-Megantic devastation emerged Monday as a critical aspect of the tragedy.Details and the sequence of events began to take shape with the acknowledgment the locomotive suffered an engine fire just hours before the train derailed Saturday.The blaze, which was quickly extinguished and thought to have been fed by the engine diesel, may have set in motion the subsequent disaster, [Read more]

Disaster shines spotlight on crude transport

  CALGARY - The train disaster that devastated a Quebec town over the weekend is likely to intensify the debate around transporting crude oil — regardless of whether it's by rail or pipeline, observers say.Lac-Megantic, Que., is reeling from the oil-fuelled infernos at a time when two proposals are being weighed to ship Western crude east through the province by reconfiguring existing pipelines.For Adam Scott of Environmental Defence, the concern is more about the dangers of what's [Read more]

THE AFTERMATH, Incredible images from area after Quebec train derailment, explosion

Photo: Close-up aerial view of #derailment site after explosion #LacMegantic http://t.co/woqZdxv4QP— TSB of Canada (@TSBCanada) July 7, 2013 Photo: aerial view of charred freight train in #LacMegantic http://t.co/8GmejLjK43— TSB of Canada (@TSBCanada) July 8, 2013 Photo: aerial view of charred freight train in #LacMegantic http://t.co/NhBFPJIJje— TSB of Canada (@TSBCanada) July 8, 2013 Photo: derailed rail cars in #LacMegantic http://t.co/jJ7VRBy4Bv— TSB of [Read more]

ON THE BRINK: Clashes by Egypt army, protesters kill at least 54

CAIRO (AP) -- Egyptian soldiers and police clashed with Islamists protesting the military's ouster of the president in bloodshed that left at least 51 protesters and three members of the security forces dead, officials and witnesses said, and plunged the divided country deeper into crisis with calls by the Muslim Brotherhood's political party for all-out rebellion against the army. The carnage outside the Republican Guard building in Cairo - where toppled President Mohammed Morsi was first [Read more]

40 people considered missing in Quebec train disaster; five declared dead

  LAC-MEGANTIC, Que. - About 40 people are considered missing after the spectacular blaze and explosions that razed much of Lac-Megantic, increasing the likelihood that the number of fatalities could soar from the current official death toll of five. "I can tell you that we have met a lot of people....and what I can tell you is that about 40 people are considered missing," Quebec provincial police Lt. Michel Brunet told a news conference. "We have to be careful with that number [Read more]

INCREDIBLE Photos from Quebec train derailment

"Train derailment in Quebec causes huge explosion. Crash site described as "war zone." http://t.co/50pmLbSrXW pic.twitter.com/UsYgPR3F1J"— Águila real (@jamenci) July 7, 2013 1 dead after train carrying oil derails in Quebec - USA TODAY - http://t.co/fZHNeXA3ac pic.twitter.com/fsmCvkBNsv— Digg Cash (@DiggCash) July 7, 2013 Major fire after train carrying oil (maybe tar sands) derails in Quebec near Canada-US border http://t.co/LJwi0SCuDv [Read more]

Train carrying crude in Quebec derails, explodes

LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) -- A train carrying crude oil derailed Saturday in eastern Quebec, sparking several explosions and a blaze that destroyed the center of the town of Lac-Megantic and killed at least one person. An unspecified number of people were reported missing. "Train derailment in Quebec causes huge explosion. Crash site described as "war zone." http://t.co/50pmLbSrXW pic.twitter.com/UsYgPR3F1J"— Águila real (@jamenci) July 7, 2013 Witnesses said [Read more]