Vote breakdown for The Canadian Press News Story of the Year survey

Firefighters take a break on a set of train wheels July 7, 2013 in Lac-Megantic, Que., in a Surete du Quebec handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO

December 25, 2013 - 7:05 AM

MONTREAL - Editors and news directors across the country have selected the Lac-Megantic train derailment as Canada's News Story of the Year.

Vote totals:

Lac-Megantic: 30.6 per cent

Senate expenses: 24.2 per cent

Rob Ford scandal: 22.6 per cent

Alberta floods: 12.9 per cent

Charbonneau Commission: 2.4 per cent

Fall of BlackBerry: 1.6 per cent

Rehtaeh Parsons and cyberbullying: 1.6 per cent

Children smothered by python: 0.8 per cent

Idle No More: 0.8 per cent

Trudeau leads Liberals: 0.8 per cent

Quebec charter controversy: 0.8 per cent

Edward Snowden: 0.8 per cent

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