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Residents forced out of unsafe Edmonton condo building face uncertainty, financial strain
‘Thank God for the fire,’ engineer tells owners, tenants of Castledowns Pointe Residents of a northwest Edmonton condo building deemed at risk of collapse are demanding answers about how construction flaws went undetected for decades — and who can be held accountable. An evacuation order was issued this week at Castledowns Pointe at 12618 152nd Ave. after engineers investigating a March 2023 fire determined the entire four-storey structure lacked structural integrity. On Wednesday night, owners of the building’s 83 units attended an emergency meeting with property management and the engineersRead more
Canadians forced to cope with stress and heat while waiting for Sudan rescue flight
Gamiela Elsied told CBC News Network that conditions at Sudan military airport ‘not very great’ A woman trying to get out of Sudan described a stressful atmosphere at a military airport as she and others coped with hot weather, dwindling cellphone batteries and other challenges as they waited on Friday for an expected Canadian flight out of the country. “Conditions here are not very great,” said Gamiela Elsied, a Sudanese Canadian who made a treacherous trip to the airport, located north of the capital Khartoum, two days ago and spoke to CBC News Network onRead more