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Report: Quebec's Deadly Oil Train Derailment Had Multilple Causes

caption: The Transportation Safety Board released a report on Tuesday on the Lac-Megantic oil train derailment, which killed 47 and destroyed dozens of building.
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The Transportation Safety Board released a report on Tuesday on the Lac-Megantic oil train derailment, which killed 47 and destroyed dozens of building.
Flickr Photo/Transportation Safety Board of Canada (CC-BY-NC-ND)

Ross Reynolds talks to Les Leyne, legislative reporter for the Victoria Times Colonist, about the report the Canadian government released on the deadly train derailment in Lac-Megantic, Quebec. Also, Rob Ford wants to do something about "fearless" raccoons in Toronto, and hitchBOT, the hitchhiking robot, arrives in Victoria.

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