Collapsed mall owner continues testimony in Elliot Lake

The public inquiry into last summer's mall roof collapse in Elliot Lake continues to hear from the final owner of the doomed building.

Robert Nazarian's testimony was scheduled to finish last Friday, but is taking longer than expected.

This week marks the final evidence for phase one of the inquiry, which has probed the events that led up to the collapse of Algo Centre Mall roof thatkilled two peoplelast summer.

Starting next week, the inquiry is scheduled to move into a second phasethat will examinethe rescue efforts in the days following the roof collapsed.

Hearings will continue through September.

The public inquiry was established in July 2012 by the Ontario government and has been underway in Elliot Lake since March.

It was created to report on events surrounding the mall roof's collapse on June 23, 2012, the deaths of Lucie Aylwin and Doloris Perizzolo, the injuries to others, and the emergency management and response.