Canada said it would create a compensation fund to cover the potential costs of oil-train derailments and finance the move with a new levy on crude shippers. The planned fund—first reported by The Wall Street Journal earlier Friday—was one of several new measures Canada unveiled to bolster the safety of a rail system carrying growing volumes of crude. Canada had pledged to hold railways and shippers more accountable after the derailment of a crude-carrying train in Quebec in July 2013 killed 47 people and wiped out the town’s core. The Lac-Mégantic accident spurred regulatory changes in the U.S. and Canada—from beefed up emergency-preparedness requirements to new rules governing railcars—while raising concerns about the risks the oil-by-rail boom poses to communities across North America. Those risks were highlighted again […]