Broken Elevator

• ‘We do get it’: Operator of Langley seniors’ apartment with broken elevator responds

  Residents of Langley's The Fir seniors' residence have been without a working elevator since January. Management says a new part still won't be ready for more than a month.

  Apr 17, 2025
  
• Langley seniors trapped for months by broken elevator: ‘It’s pretty disheartening’

  Residents of a multi-storey seniors' apartment in Langley have been left stranded for months by a broken elevator, and say they've been given no clarity on when it will be fixed.

  Apr 11, 2025
  
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• ‘This is torture’: Langley seniors could be trapped by broken elevator for months

  The only elevator at an independent living facility has been out of service for weeks, leaving dozens of seniors struggling to come and go. A fix is expected to take months.

  Health

  Feb 20, 2025
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• ‘I’m abandoned’: Seniors trapped by broken elevator in Vancouver’s West End

  Some residents of the 12-storey building on Pendrell Street say they've essentially been trapped in their apartments because they can't use the steep stairway.

  Health

  Nov 19, 2024
• Help pours in for B.C. seniors trapped by broken elevator, but no quick fix coming

  The only elevator in the nine-storey Gordon Fahrni House broke down on June 22, and likely won't be repaired for weeks as management waits for a replacement part.

  Consumer

  Jul 10, 2024
• ‘I can’t get out’: West End seniors left stranded by broken elevator

  Many of the residents of the nine-storey Gordon Fahrni House have mobility challenges, and some say they've essentially been confined to their units.

  Politics

  Jul 3, 2024
• Shut down elevator shuts in Calgary senior with mobility issues

  A Calgary senior and her daughter are sounding the alarm after the elevator in the mobility-challenged woman's apartment has been down for six weeks.

  Consumer

  Mar 5, 2024
• Kingston, Ont. tenants feeling trapped after landlord stalls on fixing elevator

  The city ordered the landlord to fix the elevator by March 31st, but that deadline came and went without repairs. Elderly residents say they feel trapped in their apartments.

  Canada

  Apr 20, 2023
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• ‘I’m stuck here on the second floor’: Broken apartment elevator wreaks havoc

  Residents of the Applewood Avenue Living Apartment in Lethbridge are dealing with a broken elevator after the 50-year-old lift conked out for the second time in three years.

  Features

  Mar 22, 2023
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• Elevator at Vancouver social housing building fixed months ahead of timeline

  'A broken wire function was discovered and repaired on Tuesday,' said Tanya Fader, PHS Community Services Society’s director of housing.

  Canada

  Feb 11, 2023