The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday, May 15, edition that Canadian Pacific Railway has been cleared of all liability in the Lac-Megantic, Que., train disaster that claimed 47 lives in 2013. A Canadian Press dispatch to The Globe reports that several parties, including the victims and their families, were attempting to sue the rail carrier for its role in the disaster. But the Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal after the railway company prevailed in Superior Court and the Court of Appeal. On July 6, 2013, a runaway train derailed in the heart of Lac-Megantic, with its oil tankers causing a massive explosion that reduced the downtown to ashes. A $460-million compensation fund was established for victims, their families, and creditors of the bankrupt Montreal Maine & Atlantic Railway. Canadian Pacific -- which became Canadian Pacific Kansas City in 2023 -- had refused to pay into the fund, saying it bore no responsibility for the tragedy. The plaintiffs had argued that CP, which shipped the oil from North Dakota to New Brunswick, failed to inform Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway that the oil it was transporting on the final leg of the journey had been improperly labelled.