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Staff were looking into the possibility of sending the operations of more courtrooms to the É«É«À² Regional Bail Centre on Finch Avenue West while the outage continued, according to the emails. And prisoners who were scheduled for in-person court appearances were not transported from the jails, while prisoners who were already at the courthouse were sent to the Superior Court’s cells.Ìý

The Armoury Street courthouse is among the busiest in the country, and the shutdown affected potentially hundreds of cases that had to be put on hold until the outage was resolved.Ìý

The building opened to much fanfare in 2023, as it amalgamated the criminal operations of six provincial courthouses scattered across the city that were then shuttered. But problems quickly arose, as dozens of courtrooms were closed a day due to the lack of staff.Ìý

The courtroom closures, which persisted for months, led to several serious criminal cases being tossed due to delay, including charges of sexual assault and impaired driving.Ìý