{"id":314006,"date":"2025-11-29T08:17:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T08:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/314006\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T08:17:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T08:17:20","slug":"rail-advocate-in-lac-megantic-que-says-he-was-fined-after-raising-safety-concerns-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/314006\/","title":{"rendered":"Rail advocate in Lac-M\u00e9gantic Que., says he was fined after raising safety concerns &#8211; Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Staff<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted November 26, 2025 3:38 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>A rail safety advocate in Lac-M\u00e9gantic, Que., says he was fined nearly $700 after he reported a safety concern with the train tracks running through the community.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763808739_201_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Robert Bellefleur says he sent photos to Canadian Pacific Kansas City in June that showed erosion around a culvert.<\/p>\n<p>He says that in July he was visited at home by two armed CPKC police officers who informed him that he was under investigation for illegally trespassing on <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/railway\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">railway<\/a> property.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763808740_130_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>Bellefleur, who is the spokesman for a rail safety group, said he was later assessed a $668 fine by the Quebec prosecutor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Bellefleur doesn\u2019t believe he was trespassing and that the railway company\u2019s actions are an attempt to muzzle and stop him from raising safety concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11548064\/uk-travel-rules-canada-eta\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764404240_305_20230718130728-64b6cc6ea569cf9b817dd9e7jpeg-1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tU.K. to start enforcing new travel permit rules for Canadian visitors\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11544345\/miss-universe-co-owner-arrest-warrant-jakkaphong-anne-jakrajutatip\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764404240_742_miss-universe.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tCourt issues arrest warrant for Thai co-owner of Miss Universe pageant\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CPKC confirmed he received a citation, adding that uniformed officers had visited Bellefleur to warn him against trespassing.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Andr\u00e9 Hannoush, a spokesperson for the rail company, says the rail line though Lac-M\u00e9gantic is regularly inspected to ensure it is safe.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore 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