Elliot Lake mall roof collapses

I co-reported this story with Sarah-Taïssir Bencharif, one of the former Radio Roomers who's back for the summer reporting internship. The story was covered by all the national media, so we went for a local angle, focusing on the Toronto rescue team as well as the building's history of safety concerns. I think we ended up crafting the most interesting narrative out of all the outlets that were on the story.

Jean-Marc Hayward used to joke about cars caving in through the wrecked roof of the Elliot Lake mall.

On Saturday afternoon — while he was grabbing a coffee at Hungry Jack’s restaurant in the food court — they did.

A section of the rooftop parking lot of the Algo Centre gave way around 2 p.m. after years of stability issues. One person was reported trapped and four were sent to hospital.

Read our report in the Toronto Star.