Completion of the two expansion projects allows the province to forge ahead with construction of the massive Thunder Bay Correctional Complex.

The Generations home will be licensed to Multi-Generational Housing and Community Centre Toronto, and is expected to welcome its first residents in early 2026.

The project to build phase one of the facility, which includes a twin-pad arena, a public library branch, an indoor walking track and multi-purpose spaces, has been awarded to Ball Construction.

It's not clear when the new opening date is expected, or why the project has been delayed again. Indications are that it could be another year before the line is in service.

Oliver Bruneau, 24, died in hospital in March 2016. He had been working in the bottom of a nine-storey deep excavation when a slab of ice detached from an excavation wall and crushed him.