Broken Elevator

• 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
  
• 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
• ‘We know it can be done’: Tenants protest after Vancouver supportive housing elevator broken for months

  B.C.'s Minister of Finance, Ravi Kahlon said the government has known there is 'an issue' at the Portland Hotel since late last year, and that the elevator fix is in the works.

  Economy

  Feb 6, 2023
• Apartment elevator gets temporary fix, but Halifax wheelchair user looking to move over fiasco

  After a Halifax woman spoke out about her son being stuck in a building with a broken elevator, she found out the repair could now take weeks.

  Canada

  Mar 16, 2021
• Elevator issues at Lethbridge apartment strand resident with mobility challenges

  A resident of a west Lethbridge apartment building has been trapped in his unit all week.

  Canada

  Feb 19, 2021
• Vancouver teacher with disability escapes apartment after elevator fixed 12 days later

  Shannon Elmer was trapped inside her Gastown apartment for 12 days as she waited for her building's elevator to be fixed.

  Canada

  Jun 9, 2019
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• Broken elevator traps teacher with disability in Vancouver condo for a week and counting

  Shannon Elmer lost her ability to walk in a skiing accident four years ago. Now she's trapped once again.

  Jun 3, 2019
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• Tenants of Vancouver apartment building blame ‘negligence’ for broken elevator

  The elevator, which is the only one that services all nine stories, has been broken since late September.

  Apr 13, 2019