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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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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LePage likes idea of Canadian pipeline that would carry western oil to coast
LA MALBAIE, Quebec (AP) — The governor of Maine is lending his support to TransCanada’s proposed west-east pipeline, saying his state would welcome Alberta’s oil. The transportation of crude was a key issue as the New England governors and Eastern Canadian premiers held their annual meeting Monday in La Malbaie, Quebec, where Gov. Paul LePage […]
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3 Canadian men injured in Eastern Maine RV crash
ISLAND FALLS (AP) — State police say three Canadian men were injured when their recreational vehicle crashed in eastern Maine. Police say 62-year-old Edward Smith of Chester, Nova Scotia was driving a Ford motor home north on Interstate 95 in Island Falls at about 2:30 a.m. Monday when he left the highway for a construction […]
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U.S. Bankruptcy Court asked to handle compensation for victims of Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway train disaster
BANGOR — A federal bankruptcy judge could decide how much compensation families of the victims killed by the train crash in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, receive. A motion filed last month in the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway’s bankruptcy petition asked U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Louis Kornrich to appoint a committee to represent wrongful death and personal injury […]
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Recovering from polar bear attack, Matt Dyer back at home
“I trained all winter,” he said. “I’d go out with a weighted pack on snowshoes, and I did a lot of other work getting ready. My concern was that I wouldn’t be ready physically to cover the terrain.” He knew that Canada’s Torngat Mountain range was nothing to take lightly. It’s a cold, dangerous, remote […]
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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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Canadian police probe possibility that python killed boys
TORONTO — A 100-pound python blamed in the strangling deaths of two Canadian boys apparently escaped from its enclosure, slithered through a ventilation system and fell through the ceiling into the room where the young brothers were sleeping, authorities said Tuesday. A snake expert said it was possible that the python was spooked and simply […]
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Canadian police say snake strangled sleeping boys
CAMPBELLTON, New Brunswick — A python escaped from its enclosure at a pet store in Canada, slithered through a ventilation system into an upstairs apartment and killed two young boys as they slept, police said Monday. The brothers, aged five and seven, were visiting the apartment of a friend above Reptile Ocean Inc., an exotic […]