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All six people on board the plane died (Pic: Transportation Safety Board of Canada)

Six killed in Canada seaplane crash

Four Britons were among six people killed when a seaplane crashed during a sightseeing trip in Canada, the British Foreign Office has confirmed.

News • 25 Aug 15

The explosion in Lac-Megantic in July killed 47 people

Driver charged over Quebec train crash

Canadian authorities have charged a railway company and three employees with criminal negligence following last July's train derailment in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, which killed 47 people.

News • 13 May 14

Half of those living at the retirement home were over 85 years old

Over 30 feared dead after Quebec fire

More than 30 elderly people are feared to have died after a fire swept through a retirement home in Quebec, Canada.

News • 24 Jan 14

The residence is in L'Isle Verte on the St Lawrence River

Three dead, 30 missing in Quebec fire

A fire at a residence for elderly people in Quebec in Canada has killed three people, with 30 more missing.

News • 23 Jan 14

The resulting explosions obliterated the centre of lakeside Lac-Megantic

Canada to shut rail firm in Quebec crash

Canada is to shut down the rail operator whose tanker train blew up in a Quebec town last month, killing 47 people.

News • 13 Aug 13

The crash on 6 July was the worst of its kind in North America in two decades

Canada train crash company files for bankruptcy

The owners of a train that derailed in Canada last month leaving 47 people dead has filed for bankruptcy.

News • 08 Aug 13

Total number of dead and missing stands at 50

All missing in Quebec train crash presumed dead

Police in Quebec are assuming that all those missing after Saturday’s deadly train accident in the town of Lac-Megantic are dead.

News • 11 Jul 13

Nearly 40 people are still missing following the Lac-Megantic rail disaster

Canadian train brakes may have been disabled

Investigators looking for the cause of an oil train derailment in the Canadian town of Lac-Megantic are focusing on an earlier blaze on the same train.

News • 10 Jul 13

The official death toll of 13 is expected to climb to at least 50

Criminal probe into fatal Quebec train crash

Canadian police have opened a criminal probe into Saturday's fatal fuel train blast in the town of Lac-Megantic, an explosion they said was unlikely to have been caused by terrorism.

News • 09 Jul 13

The death toll expected to rise as fire crews in Lac-Mégantic attempt to reach hardest hit areas

Canadian PM pledges train crash investigation

The Canadian Prime Minister has promised a full investigation into how a runaway-train, carrying over 70 containers of crude oil, derailed and exploded killing at least five people in the province of Quebec.

News • 08 Jul 13

Four of the cars, which each carried 30,000 gallons of crude oil, caught fire

Five dead, 40 missing after Canada train crash

Five people have died and 40 are reported missing in Canada after a train carrying crude oil derailed causing explosions that destroyed dozens of buildings in a town in Quebec.

News • 08 Jul 13