Colette Roy-Laroche

• Former mayor revisits ‘painful memories’ as Lac-Mégantic marks 5 years since rail disaster

  Each day the train rolls into Lac-Mégantic serves as a stark reminder to former mayor Colette Roy-Laroche of the fatal derailment that struck five years ago.

  Canada

  Jul 5, 2018
  
• Lac-Mégantic Mayor Colette Roy-Laroche stepping down

  Colette Roy-Laroche said on the town's website she will not seek re-election in this fall's municipal vote.

  Canada

  Aug 20, 2015
  
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• Lac-Megantic memorial

  Town pauses to mark the one year anniversary of the train explosion that ripped through the town center, changing Lac-Megantic forever.

  Jul 6, 2014
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• Lac-Megantic mayor presses U.S. for regulatory changes in rail transport

  The mayor of tragedy-stricken Lac-Megantic, Que., is in the U.S. capital today pushing for regulatory changes in rail transportation.

  Canada

  Mar 11, 2014
• Lac-Megantic mayor wants railway tracks re-located outside of town

  The mayor of Lac-Megantic, Quebec said that she wants the railway tracks running through her town to be re-located outside the community.

  Feb 27, 2014
• Rail traffic set to resume in Lac-Megantic

  Rail traffic is set to resume in Lac-Megantic on Wednesday, five months after a runaway train carrying crude oil derailed, exploded and killed 47 people.

  Canada

  Dec 16, 2013