In 2015, a Canadian National Railway oil train derailed and ignited into a roaring fire and thick smoke near the Gogama and Mattagami first Nations in Northern Ontario. And what about all those reassurances after the catastrophic explosion of a runaway oil train in Lac Megantic in 2013? Whereas most Canadian oil transported by rail, the story went, comes from the Alberta tarsands and it’s too heavy and thick to be flammable. It was around this time last year that a CP train derailed in the mountains west of Lake Louise. As the loaded oil trains and pipelines prove, oil is still in demand.

Source: thestar February 10, 2020 20:48 UTC