Lac-Mégantic: Who is responsible for the catastrophe?

Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

'47 victims … yet no one's guilty:' As downtown burns, citizens search for the missing. The scope of the destruction is evident, but the cause is unknown and no one takes responsibility for what’s happened.

Episode 2 delves into firsthand stories from Lac-Mégantic survivors and families of victims.

Lac-Mégantic - This is Not an Accident, a four-part series, investigates one of the worst rail disasters in Canadian history, a foreseeable catastrophe caused by corporate and political negligence. The series tells the stories of the survivors and family members, who share intimate memories of lost loved ones and the string of injustices they've faced since that life-changing summer night.

Lac-Mégantic - This is not an accident: 2023

Watch the series on YouTube:
Episode 1: July 2, 2025 youtu.be/l0njKPVvZ94
Episode 2: July 3, 2025 youtu.be/FKVp7FpkQxM
Episode 3: July 4, 2025 youtu.be/CA3tndAUI8w
Episode 4: July 5, 2025 youtu.be/UtA05Ht9VIU

Watch the series on CBC Gem gem.cbc.ca/lac-megantic---this-is-not-an-accident

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