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TSB releases final report on Lac-Mégantic rail disaster. The July 6, 2013, rail accident was the worst in modern Canadian history and Lac-Mégantic is still struggling to rebuild more than a year after it occurred

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Workers comb through the debris after a train derailed causing explosions of railway cars carrying crude oil Tuesday, July 9, 2013 in Lac-Megantic, Que.Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press

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Fire fighters continue to douse rail containers in downtown Lac M»gantic, Quebec early July 7, 2013 a day after a train carrying crude oil tankers derailed and burst into flames.Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail

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A press conference with the mayor, St. Agnes Church and SÈcurite Civile Quebec takes place next to the railway tracks in Lac-MÈgantic, PQ on July 14, 2013.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail

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Crews work in the area of the derailed tanker cars in Lac-MÈgantic, PQ on July 14, 2013. The train derailment and subsequent fires and explosions destroyed much of the downtown area of the picturesque Quebec town.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail

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Crews continue to dig through the rubble inside the "red zone" in Lac-MÈgantic, PQ on July 14, 2013.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail

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A firefighter stands close to the remains of a train wreckage in Lac Megantic in this file photo taken July 8, 2013.MATHIEU BELANGER/Reuters

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The Chairman of Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway Inc., Edward Burkhardt arrived in Lac-MÈgantic, PQ and addressed questions from the media on July 10, 2013 .Peter Power/The Globe and Mail

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An angry resident shouts during the press conference of the Chairman of Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway Inc., Edward Burkhardt in Lac-MÈgantic, PQ on July 10, 2013.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail

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Twisted steel is all that remains of buildings along the main street in Lac-MÈgantic, Que July 11, 2013.Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail

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As the sun begins to set in Lac-MÈgantic, PQ on July 9, 2013 members of the community use the bike and walking path that runs adjacent to the tracks that lead into the middle of downtown.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail

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Fifty chimes from the church bell rang out slowly at noon in Lac-MÈgantic, PQ on July 13, 2013 while the families of the missing from the rail derailment disaster here gathered on the front steps of St. Agnes Church for a moment of silence.Peter Power/The Globe and Mail

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RCMP officers guard one of five locomotives about a kilometre away from the crash site July 9, 2013 in Lac-MÈgantic, Quebec.Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail

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