MONTREAL—An arbitrator says the firing last summer of Thomas Harding, the train engineer involved in the Lac-Megantic rail disaster, was illegal. He won’t be returning to work, but he will get financial compensation. Thomas Harding’s firing last summer from Lac-Megantic was ruled illegal. He won’t be returning to work, but he will get financial compensation. The union asked that Harding be reinstated, but the arbitrator said that considering the circumstances a financial compensation was more appropriate.

Source: thestar January 22, 2019 19:18 UTC