LAC-MEGANTIC, Que. ? A Quebec town mourning the death of dozens of residents is coming together today to voice its grief.
The local church in Lac-Megantic opened this morning for anyone wanting to pray, lay flowers or otherwise reflect on the tragedy.
By mid-morning, about a dozen people gathered in the church just a few blocks from the site of last week?s deadly derailment.
Gaetane Labonte, who lives in the nearby community of Stratford, headed inside to pray for the victims and the families left to grapple with the loss.
?I?m sure people need this ? to reflect together, try to comfort each other, try to find something to live for,? she says.
About 50 people in the town about 250 kilometres east of Montreal are feared dead after a train carrying crude oil came off the tracks and exploded last Saturday.
A candlelight vigil scheduled for tonight has been cancelled after provincial police said they wouldn?t have the resources to oversee a potentially large crowd.
It is unclear whether the cancellation will have an impact on similar events that were planned in Montreal and other Quebec municipalities.
Most Lac-Megantic residents are allowed to return home, and only about 10 per cent of the 2,000 who were evacuated will still be shut out of their houses as of the weekend.
As for families that have lost loved ones, a team of more than 30 counsellors have arrived in town to help residents in community centres, fire stations and even public parks.
One grief counsellor has said many families will struggle to move past the denial stage of loss because they won?t have a body to bury.
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