Elliot Lake residents say they're 'hearing nothing' about Algo Centre Mall legal proceedings
Former engineer Robert Wood the only person charged in connection with deadly mall collapse
Residents in Elliot Lake, Ont. say they're becoming more and more frustrated with what they say is a lack of information surrounding ongoing legal proceedings over the deadly Algo Centre Mall collapse.
"You go down to the coffee shop and ask: they say 'what happened yesterday? What happened yesterday?' Well, how can you tell them anything that's happened?" said resident Ed Eckert.
"We're hearing nothing. It's terrible."
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Questions linger in Elliot Lake over why 1 person faces charges for mall collapse
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Defence attempts to stay charges in Elliot Lake mall collapse trial
Former engineer Robert Wood is charged with two counts of criminal negligence causing death and one count of criminal negligence causing bodily harm. He has pleaded not guilty.
The defence is now trying to get those charges stayed because Wood waited 32 months for his trial to begin. The Charter application was scheduled to be heard on Wednesday but it has been postponed until June.
The former engineer declared the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake, structurally sound after conducting a visual inspection in April 2012.
Two months later, on June 23, 2012, a portion of the shopping centre's rooftop parking deck caved in, and killed Lucie Aylwin, 37, and Doloris Perizzolo, 74, and severely injured Jean-Marie Marceau, 80.
Eckert said the court should be providing updates to the community.
"What happens to the citizens like us? This is terrible. Where is the decency? Where is the justice in Canada?"