Gainford Train Derailment

• Compensation on the way for evacuees impacted by Gainford train derailment

  Residents who were forced from their homes by a train derailment west of Edmonton nearly two weeks ago will be compensated by CN Rail.

  Oct 30, 2013
  
• UPDATE: Gainford-area residents can return home; highway partially open

  Gainford-area residents are being allowed to return to their homes and the Yellowhead highway has been partially reopened Wednesday after the derailment on Saturday morning.

  Oct 23, 2013
  
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• Safety concerns remain over train derailment west of Edmonton

  Safety concerns remain following a train derailment west of Edmonton.

  Oct 21, 2013
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• Controlled burn being conducted at train derailment site west of Edmonton

  CN Rail is implementing a controlled burn of the propane in the derailed cars at the accident site in Gainford, AB. People in the area should expect to see large plumes of black smoke while this is being conducted.

  Environment

  Oct 21, 2013
• CN anxious to quell safety concerns in wake of derailment: experts

  CN Rail's strong and swift response to the derailment of a fuel-laden train in Alberta shows how anxious the company is to quell safety concerns as more dangerous goods travel by rail, experts said Sunday.

  Canada

  Oct 20, 2013
• CN defends safety record in face of three derailments within a month

  CN Rail is defending its safety record after three high-profile derailments involving trains carrying hazardous materials within the space of a month

  Canada

  Oct 20, 2013
• Tanker train carrying oil and gas derails west of Edmonton

  Thirteen cars — four carrying petroleum crude oil and nine carrying liquefied petroleum gas — came off the tracks around 3 a.m. EDT.

  Oct 19, 2013
• Train disasters will be the ‘new normal’ unless safety rules change: Greenpeace

  Train disasters such as Saturday's derailment in Alberta will become the "new normal" unless Ottawa tightens safety rules for shipping dangerous goods by rail, Greenpeace Canada warned.

  Canada

  Oct 19, 2013