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TORONTO – The Ontario Science Centre is abruptly closing at the end of the day Friday, after engineers found structural issues with the roof.
Now, an engineering report has found that there are a number of roof panels “in a distressed, high-risk condition” that could fail under the weight of snow this winter. “In the meantime, we are making every effort to avoid disruption to the public and help the Ontario Science Centre continue delivering on its mandate through an interim facility, as well as alternative programming options.”
“To have this eliminated without any warning, without any opportunity for people to come for last tours, knowing that there are children who are signed up for summer camps just weeks from now, this is a devastating blow to the community right now and well into the future,” he said. There have been 42 projects deemed “critical” since 2017 that haven’t been repaired, and of those projects, the science centre had asked for funding for seven of them at least three times in the past five years but was denied each time, the auditor wrote.
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