Rail advocate in Lac-Mégantic, Que., says he was fined after raising safety concerns

MONTREAL - Robert Bellefleur says he was drinking his second cup of coffee in his home in Lac-Megantic, Que. on the morning of July 21 when he received a visit from two armed Canadian Pacific Kansas City police officers.

They parked, "put on the bulletproof vests, put on the baton, put on the handcuffs, the gun and then came over," he said. The officers, he said, told him he was under investigation for illegally trespassing on railway property.