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| Fresh rescue attempt in Canadian shopping centre | Fresh rescue attempt in Canadian shopping centre |
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| Emergency crews are bringing in heavy machinery as they resume rescue efforts at the scene of a shopping centre roof collapse in Canada's Ontario province. | |
| One person has died and about a dozen are missing after the roof caved in on Saturday at Algo Centre Mall in the city of Elliot Lake. | |
| A life detector indicated someone was alive in the building early on Monday. | A life detector indicated someone was alive in the building early on Monday. |
| Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper has offered to send in the military to help the operation. | Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper has offered to send in the military to help the operation. |
| Local residents were outraged when rescue crews suspended the search on Monday, warning that an escalator holding up portions of the second storey was in danger of collapse. | |
| 'House of cards' | 'House of cards' |
| Specialised cranes and video-equipped robots designed for mine rescues are being brought in to help the emergency workers. | Specialised cranes and video-equipped robots designed for mine rescues are being brought in to help the emergency workers. |
| They will attempt to dismantle part of the structure from the outside. | They will attempt to dismantle part of the structure from the outside. |
| Rescue teams from Toronto have been assisting efforts to reach any trapped survivors. | |
| The collapse sent at least one parked vehicle as well as concrete and metal raining into the mall below, opening a huge hole in its roof. | |
| At least 12 people are unaccounted for, a number revised down from 30. | |
| One of those missing is Lucie Aylwin, who was working at a lottery kiosk inside when the roof collapsed. | |
| Her fiance, Gary Gendron, is among those anxiously waiting for the search to get going again. | Her fiance, Gary Gendron, is among those anxiously waiting for the search to get going again. |
| He told CBC News he believed his fiancee had made a possible tapping sound that rescue crews picked up on Sunday from the structure. | |
| "I know she's still alive," a tearful Mr Gendron told the broadcaster. "As soon as she gets well we're going to get married." | |
| Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty told the Canadian media the operation was fraught with risk. | Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty told the Canadian media the operation was fraught with risk. |
| "It is not unlike a house of cards... if you pull away at this wall in an effort to get access to somebody who is trapped there, it may cause other things to move and other things to tumble and crumble," Mr McGuinty said. | "It is not unlike a house of cards... if you pull away at this wall in an effort to get access to somebody who is trapped there, it may cause other things to move and other things to tumble and crumble," Mr McGuinty said. |
| Witnesses described the collapse as a "mini-earthquake", which sent water gushing from pipes. | Witnesses described the collapse as a "mini-earthquake", which sent water gushing from pipes. |