Ontario shelves move of archives

Cabot writes “The provincial government has quietly killed the move of the Archives of Ontario to a badly needed new facility, putting at risk millions of historical documents.

thestar.com Has The Story. The archives — home to documents, official and unofficial, dating back as far as the 17th century — are now housed in an overcrowded building on Grenville St. in downtown Toronto, opposite Women’s College Hospital.

The building is a mould-infested firetrap, with no sprinkler system and sagging floors. The aisles of documents are so crowded it is difficult to walk down them.”