Ottawa Citizen
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Jun 8, 2026
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The massive Rideau sinkhole was 10 years ago. It changed one man’s life.
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Article Excerpt
Paul Charette, a locksmith, parked the company van outside the Rideau Centre on June 8, 2016 and went into the mall to do a job. On his way back to pick up the vehicle he discovered it was being threatened by a massive sinkhole that had opened up in the middle of the street. Within minutes that sinkhole had sucked down the van and everything in it. PHOTO BY JEAN LEVAC /POSTMEDIA Article content Paul Charette had just finished a locksmithing job at the Rideau Centre and was returning to the van he’d parked outside when he first encountered the sinkhole. Article content It had opened up, a giant…
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