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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 21 Aug 2013, p. 5

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‘ W‘ATthDO camel): . Wednesday, August 21. 20i3 - s . . ' . '- - - - - . Shlftmg uptown wall sends workers running t “A I Bvlmrs ’MJKSON . \ .. Work - - , I I . ._ , . , w: X 4 erstrying to repair a century old butld- M = '~ V" "1,. . 3 a «it: log in the uptown core were sent scurrying ' I . . " V7 ‘ L , «We ' fl 1 aftertheyfelttheexterior wall shifting last I I Shmmg W3“ {OWN seal 5 1"" ‘ : in.“ A». 4' Thursday. That required a crew from Kieswet- ”multinational-input: repair crews ‘0 W30 “A if ,k , .‘ s; ter demolition to come in to safely complete I I... W “ fl I ‘ , uate 56 King St. N. .«f-.-, . as f fl ' thejob. I mwznmwmm I [Thursday and close a sec» _ fig} i. , e}: . Mswcxsoumvo I 1420V|cWhuNoflh U!!! 7’ W I ion of Princess Street for 31%;}? ,- , . . ,, a. fear the wall mightcollapse. My ' I -» _. Ta?“ THE TIME HAS COME. I ' t I Workers were preparing . sci . '. a I ‘ . a to deconstruct the chimney ' ' -\ a, H I! a S? ‘ .5 I T I} H I - , ~ . ear The WORD of The LORD I i = one brick at a time when - . I they noticed the wall was Spoken t0 THIS Modem Generation! I 5511970 I beginning tgshift. Workers I instde wer immediately FREE at; ' “a 5'9-579.3320 I evacuated and olice - Eton. Axum cordoned off the area. p TrumpatCallotGodOtiline.cum __ W I The building is home to off the damaged roof was engineersreporthm lndlcab . , _ . -- . - - _ â€" - - - - - - - Night School. hoop Clothing abandoned and Kieswetter ed the damage to the roof The Thief and idiot and Demolition was called in to was not the result of the McMulian’s Pub, and tenants safely complete the job with Windstorm. The insurer has ”m ~ "" 3“" f” " 9’ ,' ’1‘ ”" :""' I" " ‘” ' ‘ ' believe the roof was dam- a heavy loader. subsequently said it would . ‘ ‘ f _ [I . J / K , . - f A A” aged during July‘s windâ€" “There’s a real danger of notcoverthedamage. ”a . i '4 . ‘ t r. ‘ f k i ‘... '"' storm. the wall coming down on its With the building closed. ‘ . ; ‘ l a» i ; w a “The wall started to move, own," said Udall. McMullan‘s 20 employees ' v ‘ w ’ -‘ f we; 1 v ‘; l -‘ -' ‘ M" so work was ceased and The hydro and gas along have been out ofa job and -. .. ‘ .1 ‘ L \_\ \\ L ‘ (Princess Street) was cor- Princess Street was shut off he‘s been trying to get them "W k" " "7'" " w L" " ‘ ‘ ' H " “ doned off and the utilities and the street itself was extra shifts at his other loca- . were called," said (Zhuck closed for several hours. A tion. on Highland Road in McMulian. the owner of portion of King Street in front Kitchener. as well as direct- McMuilan's who was onrsiie of the building was also ing patrons to the other loca- Iast week. briefly closed as the chimney tion. but it's been difficult. “The trusses in the roof tumbled to the ground. He's thankful to other have failed and the one by With the extra weight off local restaurant owners who the chimney has partially the roof, workers stabilized haveallowedhisstafftowork collapsed. and as it collapses the wall and reinforced the extra hours at their establish- it's kicking out that portion of tnim inside the building to ments. ”The community the wall.” said left Udall. a try and prevent any further response has been excellent.” ' ' â€" , , I" ' forensic engineer and part shifting. he said. : D ‘ ner with engineering can The businesses have been Engineers didn't know 1,.»- “ ' 3? 1 fr ‘ J i suiting firm (Iaskanette closed since Aug. 3 after how long it would take to " ' / If Udall. damage to the roof was dis- repair the building, or when _ ~. . 9 ' V f . The original plan of dis covered, Tenants believe the the businesses might be able s‘ - ‘ F g mantling the chimney brick damage is related to last to reopen or how much a ‘* ; U . by brick to take excess weight month's Windstorm, but an permanent repair mightcost. \“’ ‘ ” " ”’ ’"‘ ‘ ' ~â€" “ Regio cuses OMB of bias BYMEUSSA Mummy was approved in 2009 and to 0MB members about her Mr!hefihmnwlc_ underwent an appeal in methodology. which the - lanuary of [hm year. the ()MBeventuallysidedwith. he region is taking the ()MB ruled on the side of the Home wasn't able to give I ()ntario MuniCipai appellants. a timeline detailing when Board (OMB! to court While the region's official the court application might after alleging board memr plan set aside 80 hectares of be heard. ' . ‘ bt-rs were biased in their land for future development News of the ()MB's decision on the appeal of in the core areas for intensi» alleged bias in their decision the region‘s official plan. fication, the board felt more was called “alarming” by the ~ - - â€" ' , _ ihe region has learned land should be allocated _, co-founder of Smart Growth ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ '- that members of the OMB up to I058 hectares for the Waterloo Region Kate “‘ ' ‘ ‘ were at the same land budgr “The appellants were Daley. at training session as the looking for about it) times ”it was already clear that - , developers primary witness, more land.’ Home said the 0MB's decision wasn’t in ' ' who presented at the ses “()ur concern is that the the interest of the people of sum As a result. counctl is methodology from the Waterloo Region and the starting a divisional court developers is so different Province of Ontario. Now it application for renew of the from our own We question seems we can't even trust ruling, based on the absence whether the training the that this decision to overrule ofprocedural fairness. boartl received was A: our democratically elected Rob Horne. regional appropriate. because the representatives was made planning commissioner. consultant was already within the basic standardsof said this is a “rare step' for active on the board's appeal procedural fairness." she t‘lillntll ‘This is a 207year and second, was it bal said inamedia release plan for growth. so the pres anced?‘ '()iir democratic system sure is very high." he said The region believes the depends on that mist." after council voted during a file was open when primary if the court determines special toiincil meeting to witness leannette “ilk-wean. there was bias. Home said it pursue the application. a senior director With Altos would be up to divisional The region‘s official plan group, gave the presentation court how to proceed

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