Key dates related to Algo Centre Mall collapse in Elliot Lake, Ont.
Posted October 15, 2014 12:14 pm.
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ELLIOT LAKE, Ont. – A chronology of events related to the 2012 collapse of the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake, Ont.
– 1976: Algoma Central Properties asks architect James Keywan to design new mall.
– 1979: Construction starts on $12-million Algo Centre Mall with John Kadlec as structural engineer.
– 1980: First tenants occupy completed mall. Leaking soon occurs.
– June 1999: Mall sold to Elliot Lake Retirement Living.
– August 2005: Bob Nazarian, under name Eastwood Mall Inc., buys the mall for $6.2 million.
– December 2009: Fireproofing applied to steel beam with weld that ultimately failed, but rust not reported.
– March 2012: Mall management pleads guilty to two fire-code infractions. Fined $5,000.
– April 2012: Inspection report by engineer Bob Wood sounds no structural alarm.
– June 23, 2012: Rooftop garage caves in, killing Lucie Aylwin, 37, Doloris Perizzolo, 74, and injuring several other people.
– June 24, 2012: Heavy Urban Search and Rescue Team arrives from Toronto.
– June 25, 2012: Searchers call off rescue effort hours after detecting signs of life in rubble. It resumed after then-Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty phoned search team commander Bill Neadles.
– June 27, 2012: Bodies of the two victims are recovered.
– July 20, 2012: Province announces inquiry into the tragedy under Commissioner Paul Belanger.
– March 4, 2013: Public inquiry begins hearings.
– Oct. 10, 2013: Former premier Dalton McGuinty is final witness.
– Oct. 15, 2014: Commissioner Paul Belanger releases final report.
SOURCE:The Canadian Press/Elliot Lake Inquiry
