[1] Following the rail disaster, however, the incumbent council's term in office was extended two years so that the town would not have to cope with an election in the middle of the tragedy and its aftermath.
[4] She earned the "Granite Lady" designation in part for her adamant refusal to permit the railway line on which the accident occurred to be rebuilt on its existing path through the downtown core.
"[7] In December, when the provincial government of Quebec organized a special ceremony to present the first responders in the disaster with a medal of honour for their service and bravery, Roy-Laroche herself was also named as an honoree.
[9] In March 2014, she travelled to Washington, D.C., as part of a delegation lobbying the United States Congress to improve American rail safety regulations.
[10] Later in 2014, she spoke more openly to the media about the disaster's impact on her; the deceased had included two of her cousins, and had she been able to babysit her grandchildren on the night of the derailment, her son would have been at the Musi-Café as well.