Broken Elevator

• ‘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
  
• ‘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
  
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• 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
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• ‘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
• ‘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
• 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
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• ‘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
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• 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