and thought someone should investigate, Ottawa Fire Services said in a news release. When they arrived, they confirmed five to six girders in the building were bowing. Scott Lockhart ...

Ottawa declared the building surplus in 2016 ... reviews found the sandstone towers were in poor condition, but stable. DND installed covers over entrances, added fencing around the building ...

“The site is not yet operational,” DND spokesperson Andrée-Anne Poulin stated in an email to the Ottawa Citizen ... pad and an unheated storage building, CTV reported in 2024.