Lac-Mégantic

Friday July 4, 2014

Villemaire-Poulin Family on impact of Lac-Mégantic disaster

As the one-year anniversary of the derailment and explosion in Lac-Mégantic approaches, we'll revisit some of the people we've met to find out how they are grieving and rebuilding their lives and their community.  Our Marika Wheeler joins us with an update on a Villemaire-Poulin family. The two youngest children stuggled with nightmares and post-traumatic stress disorder after the derailment in that town. Listen here. 

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Wednesday June 18, 2014

Envisioning a new downtown Lac-Mégantic

The first anniversary of the train derailment in Lac-Mégantic is just weeks away. After months of cleanup, the rebuilding of the town is set to begin. But what will the downtown look like? Tuesday evening, ctizens had a chance to look at a preliminary plan yesterday, a plan based on a series of consultations. Radio-Canada reporter Claudine Richard was at the meeting where the plans were unveiled last night. Listen here.

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Monday May 26, 2014

Running to Lac-Mégantic with a gift

When students from Mont-Saint-Sacrament high school just outside of Quebec City found out the owner of an ice cream shop in Lac-Mégantic was dreaming of building a playground for his little patrons, they decided to help him out. 86 students left their school in St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier at 6 am on a Saturday morning, and ran 273 km to hand-deliver it to him... our Marika Wheeler brings us that story. Listen here.

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• July 2014
  • Fri., 4 – Villemaire-Poulin Family on impact of Lac-Mégantic disaster
     
• June 2014
  • Wed., 18 – Envisioning a new downtown Lac-Mégantic
     
• May 2014
  • Mon., 26 – Running to Lac-Mégantic with a gift
     
  • Thu., 22 – Special committee on Lac-Mégantic rebuilding
     
  • Tue., 13 – Charges laid in Lac-Mégantic derailment
     
  • Tue., 13 – Lac-Mégantic: Ongoing monitoring of river contamination
     
  • Mon., 12 – Rebuilding frustrations for Musi-Café owner
     
  • Mon., 5 – Lac-Mégantic's Library finds a new home
     
• April 2014
  • Thu., 24 – Canadian municipalities satisfied with new rail safety measures
     
• March 2014
  • Wed., 5 – Questioning the rebuilding of downtown Lac-Mégantic
     
• February 2014
  • Mon., 3 – What it means to be a volunteer firefighter
     
• January 2014
  • Thu., 2 – Grieving and rebuilding in Lac-Mégantic
     
• December 2013
  • Thu., 19 – Watching the first train roll by...
     
  • Wed., 18 – First train to run through Lac-Mégantic since disaster
     
  • Mon., 9 – First responders honoured in Lac-Megantic
     
• November 2013
  • Fri., 22 – Mapping out the cleanup efforts in Lac-Mégantic
     
  • Wed., 6 – Contamination levels in the Chaudière River
     
• September 2013
  • Mon., 23 – Parked train in Farnham
     
  • Fri., 20 – School routine helps families deal with trauma in Lac-Mégantic
     
  • Fri., 13 – Citizens and businesses of Lac-Mégantic are concerned about current rebuilding plans
     
  • Tue., 10 – The business of re-opening businesses
     
  • Thu., 5 – Rebuilding Lac-Mégantic
     
• August 2013
  • Tue., 27 – Lac-Mégantic: a good step forward to quickly get businesses back on track
     
  • Wed., 14 – Arsenic and cancerogenic chemicals found in the Chaudière river
     
• July 2013
  • Wed., 31 – Bringing music back to the Musi-Café
     
  • Mon., 29 – Lac-Mégantic's businesses proposing solutions for railway rerouting
     
  • Thu., 25 – $7.2M for the reconstruction of Lac-Mégantic
     
  • Wed., 24 – Environmentalists demand more transparency on Lac-Mégantic clean-up
     
  • Tue., 23 – Producers around the Granit region are feeling economic pinch
     
  • Mon., 22 – Reaction to train safety recommendations
     
  • Thu., 18 – Mourning the loss of Lac-Mégantic's main street heritage
     
  • Wed., 17 – Witnessing the devastation of Lac-Mégantic first hand
     
  • Tue., 16 – Two Lac-Megantic residents launch a class action lawsuit
     
  • Tue., 16 – Supporting Lac-Mégantic's business community
     
  • Tue., 16 – Former locomotive engineer quit MMA in 2007 for fear of accident
     
  • Mon., 15 – Quebec company calls for motion detectors on trains
     
  • Fri., 12 – When tragedy hits home
     
  • Thu., 11 – Townships cities push for railway safety
     
  • Thu., 11 – The loss of Lac-Mégantic's Library and Archives
     
  • Wed., 10 – Former Minister of Transport Benoit Bouchard on Lac-Mégantic
     
  • Wed., 10 – Head of train company involved in Lac-Mégantic derailment speaks
     
  • Tue., 9 – Searching for answers in Nantes, Quebec
     
  • Tue., 9 – Musi-Café waitress recounts moments before explosion
     
  • Tue., 9 – Protecting the Chaudière River
     
  • Mon., 8 – Environment minister Yves-François Blanchet in Lac-Mégantic
     
  • Mon., 8 – Expert on hazardous spills in Lac-Mégantic