The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 A cautionary tale for oil-by-rail: the Lac-Mégantic disaster five years later https://thenarwhal.ca/cautionary-tale-oil-rail-lac-megantic-disaster-five-years-later/ Wed, 24 Oct 2018 18:13:39 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=8490 In this Q&A we speak with Bruce Campbell, author of a new book on the disaster that transformed a small Quebec town but left Canada’s neglected regulatory system largely unchanged James Wilt In-Depth Corporate Influence Lac Megantic media oil by rail Lac-Megantic fire How Likely is a Canadian Oil-by-Rail Boom? https://thenarwhal.ca/how-likely-canadian-oil-rail-boom/ Fri, 27 Apr 2018 16:31:20 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/how-likely-canadian-oil-rail-boom/ James Wilt In-Depth Bruce Campbell Canadian National canadian pacific In-Depth Kinder Morgan Lac Megantic media neatbit oil oil by rail oilsands Patrick DeRochie pipelines Rail Trans Mountain Pipeline Rail Workers Acquitted in Trial on Deadly Lac-Mégantic Oil Train Disaster https://thenarwhal.ca/rail-workers-acquitted-trial-deadly-lac-megantic-oil-train-disaster/ Tue, 23 Jan 2018 18:51:40 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2018/01/23/rail-workers-acquitted-trial-deadly-lac-megantic-oil-train-disaster/ admin News Bakken Bomb Trains Lac Megantic News oil by rail Rail Six Simple Ways Canada Can Make Oil-By-Rail Way Safer https://thenarwhal.ca/six-simple-ways-canada-can-make-oil-rail-way-safer/ Wed, 15 Nov 2017 01:46:24 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2017/11/15/six-simple-ways-canada-can-make-oil-rail-way-safer/ James Wilt Explainer Analysis dilbit diluted bitumen Gogama Lac Megantic neatbit oil by rail oil train oilsands Rail regulations solutions Trans Mountain Pipeline How the Spectre of Oil Trains is Deceptively Used to Push Pipelines https://thenarwhal.ca/how-spectre-oil-trains-deceptively-used-push-pipelines/ Fri, 06 Jan 2017 20:59:18 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2017/01/06/how-spectre-oil-trains-deceptively-used-push-pipelines/ James Wilt Explainer bitumen Bomb Trains David Hughes dilbit Kai Nagata Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline Lac Megantic national energy board neatbit oil by rail oil trains pipelines Rail What Have We Learned From the Lac-Megantic Oil Train Disaster? https://thenarwhal.ca/what-have-we-learned-lac-megantic-oil-train-disaster/ Wed, 21 Dec 2016 11:58:29 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2016/12/21/what-have-we-learned-lac-megantic-oil-train-disaster/ admin In-Depth Bakken oil Bomb Trains Center Second In-Depth Lac Megantic Rail Derailments Raise Questions About Volatility of Oilsands Diluted Bitumen https://thenarwhal.ca/derailments-raises-questions-volatility-oilsands-diluted-bitumen/ Thu, 12 Mar 2015 15:00:00 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/03/12/derailments-raises-questions-volatility-oilsands-diluted-bitumen/ Carol Linnitt bitumen Bomb Trains CN Rail dilbit diluents Keith Stewart Lac Megantic oil change international Rail regulation tanker trains tar sands Transportation Safety Board volatility Industry Minister James Moore Misleads, Fear Mongers to Gain Vancouver Support for Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline https://thenarwhal.ca/industry-minister-james-moore-misleads-fear-mongers-gain-vancouver-support-kinder-morgan-trans-mountain-pipeline/ Fri, 09 Jan 2015 19:29:16 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/01/09/industry-minister-james-moore-misleads-fear-mongers-gain-vancouver-support-kinder-morgan-trans-mountain-pipeline/ Robyn Allan Opinion Burnaby export fear mongering Industry Minister James Moore Kinder Morgan Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline Lac Megantic oil by rail Opinion Right Second robyn allan Vancouver Dangerous Oil Trains To Return to Lac-Megantic While Town Still Recovers https://thenarwhal.ca/dangerous-oil-trains-return-lac-megantic-while-town-still-recovers/ Thu, 01 Jan 2015 15:00:00 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/01/01/dangerous-oil-trains-return-lac-megantic-while-town-still-recovers/ admin Bomb Trains central maine and quebec railway Chaudière river fortress investment group Lac Megantic oil train blast zone oil trains ryan ratledge Canadian Government: This Reporter’s Question About ALEC ‘Undeserving of Response’ https://thenarwhal.ca/canadian-government-reporter-s-question-undeserving-response/ Sat, 27 Dec 2014 02:31:44 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2014/12/27/canadian-government-reporter-s-question-undeserving-response/ Mike De Souza Access to Information Act ALEC american legislative exchange council Canada Revenue Agency cdnfoi climate change CRA Department of Foreign Affairs Freedom of Information John Babcock Lac Megantic Mike de Souza oil by rail rail safety Trade and Development Transportation of Dangerous Goods secretariat Fiery Saskatchewan Train Derailment Raises Fresh Questions About Oil-By-Rail Safety https://thenarwhal.ca/saskatchewan-train-derailment-raises-fresh-questions-about-oil-rail-safety/ Wed, 08 Oct 2014 22:21:25 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2014/10/08/saskatchewan-train-derailment-raises-fresh-questions-about-oil-rail-safety/ Emma Gilchrist adam scott blast zone Bruce Campbell Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Canadian Press CCPA Clair CN Rail Environemtnal Defence Harold Narfason Lac Megantic oil trains petroleum distillate Quill Lake Rail Saskatchewan Saskatoon train derailment Wadena Fire Department