Heard It Through The Grapevine

Yesterday was the day love and sweetness smothered us with over exposure...today needed something.

Regent Mall to the rescue!

On my show today I got a couple calls talking about how Regent Mall had closed. Upon further investigation – which means, I opened the door and yelled down the hallway: “What’s up with Regent Mall!?”

Our kind and gentle news director, Randy McKeen, responded with the following: “Quit yelling... We have unconfirmed reports that part of the roof has either collapsed or is in danger of collapsing.” Which means, simply: I don’t know yet.

Then I got a call from a listener working in the mall, who told me what they knew. Our News room was updated. What we knew at that point was that the mall was evacuated and closed until further notice due to a RISK of collapse. Obviously the safety of mall vendors and patrons is a #1 priority, so it only makes sense.

Later, reports I received were that a part of the roof had collapsed. The key work being: part – that could be a large part, or a very small section…who knows. Naturally everyone assumes that means there’s a gaping hole in the center of the mall. Moments later, I was told it was a minor collapse (in the audio player).

Since Fredericton is a small town, word travels fast and very quickly gets misinterpreted. What we’ve now come to realize is that a small section of ceiling tiles fell, so for safety reasons the mall was evacuated while officials determine what may have caused it (Read our news story here). With all this snow we’ve received, naturally one would assume snow had something to do with it…so that’s what people went with, considering the small amount of info given.

Anyway, at the time of writing this, Regent Mall is a national trending topic on twitter, and the story has gone from “part of the roof collapsed” to “so the mall blew up into a small section of ceiling tiles…” – I love the grapevine.

By now, the Convention Centre escalator is feeling forgotten…and only the day after Valentine’s too; shame.

-Crash-

**If you want to call and find out when Regent Mall is open again or get other updates, call: 462- 0356