Toronto council has asked city staff to report back next month on the feasibility of the taking over operations of the Ontario Science Centre.
Workers said goodbye to the Ontario Science Centre on Oct. 31 after a furious few months of packing up and sending countless truckloads of stuff to storage facilities in numerous locations. Some are hopeful that they'll return after repairs are complete.Provincial officials announced the abrupt and permanent closure of the Ontario Science Centre in late June, saying engineers found structural issues with the roof.
Ontario officials announced the abrupt and permanent closure of the science centre in late June, saying engineers found structural issues with the roof. The animals that lived there — turtles, snakes, fish and poisonous frogs — have been re-homed, while much of the vegetation was ripped out and transplanted at the Toronto Zoo.
Ford pledged to help find them a job "within the system," but that never happened, said Martin Fischer, the president of Local 549 of Ontario Public Service Employees Union, which represents about 500 science centre workers. The production team, which makes exhibits for science centres around the world, does not have a new home yet. The shop's machines and production materials are stored away in Huntsville, Ont., a three-hour drive north of Toronto, Fischer said.Other items are stored in facilities in Guelph, Ont., northern Toronto and at Sherway Gardens, a mall in western Toronto where a science centre pop-up location just opened. There is also a pop-up coming to Harbourfront Centre in downtown Toronto.Oct.
As things wound down this October, Kennedy helped dismantle the radio equipment and send it off to storage.
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