One Sunday in early July, train cars derailed in the middle of a residential neighbourhood in Repentigny, Quebec. No one was injured, but the scene took Robert Bellefleur back 13 years to the explosion that killed 47 people in Lac-Mégantic. “Repentigny narrowly avoided disaster,” says the activist. As a report released after the accident reveals shortcomings in rail maintenance…

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