— New Brunswick Southern Railway — a subsidiary of J.D. Irving — is facing 24 charges around the transport of oil. The charges allege the railway failed to create proper shipping documents and had unqualified personnel for shipments of crude oil. Last week, Irving Oil was ordered to pay $4 million after pleading guilty to 34 counts stemming from the investigation into the 2013 rail disaster in Lac Megantic, Que. On July 6, 2013, a train carrying 7.7 million litres of crude oil sped toward the small Quebec town at 104 km/h before derailing, killing 47 people in the resulting fire and explosions.

Source: National Post November 03, 2017 10:18 UTC