As the sun shone on an unusually warm day at the end of October, Emma Meadley Dunphy took one final, emotional stroll through the Ontario Science Centre.
As the sun shone on an unusually warm day at the end of October, Emma Meadley Dunphy took one final, emotional stroll through the Ontario Science Centre .
A few things too difficult to move were still in the building. Questions hung in the air, too. Did it really need to be this way? Would they ever come back?Ontario officials announced the abrupt and permanent closure of the science centre in late June, saying engineers found structural issues with the roof.
Before they had to clear out that day, science centre workers had an ice cream party for 28 cleaning staff who were laid off by Dexterra, the company that managed them.It was their final day on the job. While the pay hadn’t been great at $16.50 per hour, the cleaners had union jobs with benefits and a full pension.
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.Kate Middleton fans slam TV star for ‘vile’ comment about princess’s looksOther 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.
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