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Crane collapse MAGIC TRICKS investigation continues, public advised to avoid area CYNTHIA REASON creason@insidetoronto.com A Ministry of Labour investigation into a toppled construction crane that left nearly 500 north Etobicoke residents without power Monday has continued after crews worked to safely right the equipment yesterday. The crane, which was being used in the redevelopment of Kipling Acres – a city-owned and operated long-term care home at 2233 Kipling Ave. – collapsed at around 1:45 p.m. Monday and brought down with it an estimated six to seven hydro poles, rendering hundreds of surrounding Toronto Hydro clients powerless. Ministry of Labour spokesperson Matt Blajer told The Guardian on Tuesday that the ministry had both an engineer and an inspector on the site, but their investigation was delayed by the upturned crane. “We can’t do anything until the crane is righted. They have to come up with a procedure on how they’re going to do that and it’s going to be quite complex, and then we have to approve it so that nobody gets hurt,” he said. “Any information we need to do an investigation is in the cab of the crane – all of the documentation and whatnot – and the crane is currently seven metres up in the air, so until they right the thing we can’t really get started on the investigation.” >>>KIPLING, page 9
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FUN AT THE LIBRARY: Comical magician Brent "IncrediBrent" Nicholls entertains the kids at Richview Library on Islington Avenue recently, including Alexander Lyakishev, centre, Adrian and Yurij Kunyckyj, right, and Lorena Rivera, lower right, to close out the summer reading series.
Teen revels in lacrosse gold at OSG TAMARA SHEPHARD tshephard@insidetoronto.com Winning box lacrosse gold last Sunday at the Ontario Summer Games was a dream nearly 10 years
in the making for the Brampton Excelsior Midget Team. The gold medal-win Sunday at south Etobicoke’s Mimico Arena was especially poignant for Ben French, who began playing lacrosse out of
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that arena when he was seven. Brampton commanded the game 2-0 going into the third period. Then Orangeville turned up the heat with two goals. Brampton scored. Orangeville battled back to tie it
3-3 with a minute left in the game. An unfortunate bounce off the Orangeville goalie’s heel with just three seconds left on the clock put Brampton back up for the win. >>>LACROSSE, page 10
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