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He was 104. In addition to emerging mostly unharmed from the wartime munitions blast that devastated Halifax, Snair walked away from one of the worst train accidents Canadian history: the 1942 Almonte train wreck that killed 39 people. In his 50s, he survived a bout with cancer; in his 60s, a highway crash; and as a centenarian, most of his second pandemic. He once told an interviewer he didn’t believe God played any role in his repeated acts of survival. “No, it’s just something that hap...

Canadas luckiest man dead at 104: Doug Snair survived the Halifax Explosion and the Almonte Train Wreck Andrew Duffy Replay Video Skip Ad Although not for lack of trying, death had to wait almost 105 years to finally claim Doug Snair, who was hailed during his lifetime as “Canada’s luckiest man.” Snair, one of the last known survivors of the 1917 Halifax Explosion, died at Hospice Renfrew on April 10. He was 104. In addition to emerging mostly unharmed from the wart...