Ontario Science Centre

• Ontario to open interim science centre next summer at Harbourfront Centre

  Ontario is set to open an interim science centre next summer on Toronto's waterfront, two years after the province abruptly closed the old location in the city's east end.

  Politics

  Dec 10
  
• No decision on temporary Ontario Science Centre location, minister says

  Ontario's infrastructure minister says the government has not decided whether there will be a temporary science centre while a new one is being built at Ontario Place.

  Politics

  Jun 24
  
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• ‘The biggest betrayal’: A year on, staff grieve Ontario Science Centre’s snap closure

  One year after closing the Ontario Science Centre, plans for a new site face delay, the roof remains intact, and staff call the shutdown a “manufactured crisis.”

  Canada

  Jun 20
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• New Ontario Science Centre contract raises concerns for advocates

  The province is in the midst of relocating the science centre to Ontario Place after shuttering its current home last year in a controversial move.

  Canada

  Apr 23
• Metrolinx renaming Eglinton Crosstown LRT’s Ontario Science Centre station

  Last year, the province abruptly announced it would close the Ontario Science Centre citing structural issues, ending its operations the same day and starting to empty the hub.

  Politics

  Mar 28
• New science centre at Ontario Place to open in 2029, auditor general says

  The timeline for opening a permanent Ontario Science Centre appears to have been delayed, with infrastructure officials saying the centre is expected to be up and running in 2029.

  Politics

  Dec 19, 2024
• Cost of moving Ontario Science Centre skyrockets before construction even starts: AG

  Savings the government boasted about moving the Ontario Science Centre from its current location have already been wiped out before construction even begins, a new report said.

  Politics

  Dec 3, 2024
• Infrastructure Ontario ‘worked with’ engineering firm ahead of science centre closure report

  The government said the decision to close the science centre was made by its board of directors but a news release announcing the plan was written a week earlier.

  Politics

  Nov 21, 2024
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• Ford government spent more than a week planning ‘end-of-day’ science centre closure

  The science centre was closed just hours after an announcement on Friday, June 21. The rush, the government, was due to the urgent safety issues plaguing the building. 

  Canada

  Nov 20, 2024
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• Workers say goodbye to an almost-empty Ontario Science Centre as repairs get underway

  As the sun shone on an unusually warm day at the end of October, Emma Meadley Dunphy took one final, emotional stroll through the Ontario Science Centre. 

  Canada

  Nov 14, 2024