LAC−MÉGANTIC, Que.—Raymond Savoie has lived all his 71 years in a small stone house, surrounded by farmland, that was originally built by his great−grandfather nearly 100 years ago in Lac−Mégantic, Que. But last month, he and his partner, Rita Boulanger, learned that their home and part of their land will be expropriated by the federal…

MONTREAL—Residents of a Quebec town have voted overwhelmingly against a rail bypass project that would divert trains around Lac−Mégantic, where a freight train derailment killed 47 people nearly 10 years ago. The neighbouring municipality of Frontenac confirmed that 92.5 per cent of eligible residents opposed the project in a referendum held Sunday. The federal and…