‘The Biggest Betrayal’: A Year on, Staff Grieve Ontario Science Centre’s Snap Closure

‘The biggest betrayal’: A year on, staff grieve Ontario Science Centre’s snap closure

In the year since the abrupt closure of the Ontario Science Centre, the cost of a new site at Ontario Place has escalated, its opening date has been pushed back, there is no sign of a temporary location – and the old building’s roof that was said to be at risk of collapse appears to be intact.

‘The biggest betrayal’: A year on, staff grieve Ontario Science Centre’s snap closure

One year after closing the Ontario Science Centre, plans for a new site face delay, the roof remains intact, and staff call the shutdown a “manufactured crisis.”

'The biggest betrayal': A year on, staff grieve Ontario Science Centre's snap closure

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By Lincoln DePradine Royson James and Sofi Findlay The closure of the Ontario Science Centre in Flemingdon Park, and the long-delay in completing subway projects in Toronto, are some issues that bother Royson James, who would have written about them in his once bold commentaries in The Toronto Star. He would have tackled those issues and others because it’s important to hold elected politicians “accountable or else they’ll just do what they want…

‘The biggest betrayal’: A year on, staff grieve Ontario Science Centre’s snap closure – 105.9 The Region

TORONTO — In the year since the abrupt closure of the Ontario Science Centre, the cost of a new site at Ontario Place has escalated, its opening date has been pushed back, there is no sign of a temporary location – and the old building’s roof that was said to be at risk of collapse appears to be intact. Workers say they’ve dealt with a rodent and raccoon infestation at a building where science centre materials are stored, and the department that…