In a press conference held late in the morning of September 25, the day there was a “substantial” trail derailment just west of Landis, Saskatchewan, detachment commander of the Unity/Wilkie/Macklin RCMP, Sgt. Grant Rusk explained why Landis School was closed for the day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eunazchLeM0

For more information and photos of the derailment, see the Sept. 30 issue of the Unity-Wilkie Press-Herald.