SOUTH PORTLAND (AP) — A proposed ordinance designed to block tar sands oil from being transported to South Portland has set off a fiery debate over what impact it will have on the community and the city’s bustling waterfront. Opponents of the thick, gooey oil derived from tar sands in Canada fear a 236-mile underground […]
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Attorney for Lac-Megantic victims says he will sue Irving over mislabeling of oil in train cars
BANGOR — An Illinois attorney who represents the victims of the Lac-Megantic, Quebec, train disaster and their families said Friday that he will file a lawsuit against Irving Oil Co., the Canadian firm that hired the railroad to ship crude oil to its refinery in New Brunswick. Peter J. Flowers of Chicago, who represents the […]
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Federal Railroad Administration warns railway to stop using one-man crews in the U.S.
The nation’s top rail safety inspector warned the railway company whose train destroyed the center of a Quebec town last month to cease using one-man crews on its trains, officials said Thursday. Federal Railroad Administration administrator Joseph Szabo challenged but did not order Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway owner Ed Burkhardt to start using two-man […]
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Canada suspends license of Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway in Quebec
MONTREAL — Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway Ltd., whose runaway oil train exploded and killed 47 people in a Quebec town last month, had its operating certificate suspended by Canada’s transportation regulator. The Canadian Transportation Agency said the carrier lacked sufficient liability coverage in the wake of the disaster in Lac-Megantic, according to a statement […]
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In the wake of bankruptcy, keeping Maine’s rail network intact ‘strategically critical’
Speculation is growing over what the long-term economic impacts will be to the bankruptcy of Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway. Experts interviewed by the Bangor Daily News, however, say businesses served by the railroad shouldn’t experience any immediate impacts as a result of the company’s bankruptcy. The railway filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday, […]
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Lewiston lawyer making progress in recovery from polar bear attack
More coverage: Matt Dyer’s recovery from the polar bear attack Lewiston attorney Matt Dyer is awaiting surgery on his jaw and is eager to get home, according to his wife. Dyer was attacked by a polar bear while hiking in a Canadian wildlife park and is recovering in Montreal General Hospital. In an email to the […]
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Maine officials say they will keep the MMA rails open
PORTLAND — Maine’s transportation commissioner says the state will make sure that railroad lines remain operating during bankruptcy proceedings for the railway whose runaway oil train devastated a small town in Canada. David Bernhardt said Thursday that three railroads that operate in Maine have been contacted to see if they’d be interested in operating the […]
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Railway involved in Quebec explosion lays off 79 of 179 workers
HERMON — The railway that owns the runaway train that devastated a small Quebec town almost two weeks ago, killing 50 people, has laid off 79 of its 179 workers because of the disaster, a company official said Wednesday. Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway workers learned at the close of business on Monday that they […]