MONTREAL — A stream of flickering lights illuminated the darkness of Lac\u002DMegantic in the early hours of Thursday morning as citizens marched to commemorate the…
“It’s uncles, parents, brothers, sisters, cousins, sisters, friends,” she said. “It’s a little town, everyone knows everyone.”
The derailment and fire destroyed much of the downtown core, forced about 2,000 people to evacuate from their homes and spilled some six million litres of crude oil into the environment.Article content A long-promised railway bypass that was supposed to ensure trains no longer pass through the town’s core has not yet been built, and the proposed route has been met by fierce opposition from residents of nearby towns whose land stands to be expropriated.
The early-morning march included a walk up the new main street, featuring newly-built shops, as a way to highlight the town’s reconstruction.
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