On July 6, an estimated 50 people were killed in Lac-Megantic, a picturesque, lakeside town in rural Quebec, after a driverless train with 72 oil tanker cars derailed, crashed and exploded in the center of the town. The derailment, which was the worst railway disaster in North America in 24 years, has ignited the debate about the safety of using railroads to transport oil – a discussion that stretches into the Peace Country.

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