Ahead of schedule

Original Toronto Star caption: Ahead of schedule: Engineers are installing 12 braces to shore up a wall in Lock 7 in the Welland Canal so they can drain it to inspect the damage caused by a cave-in Oct. 14. The repair job is almost three days ahead of schedule, but officials remained unsure yesterday when shipping can resume through the canal, which connects Lake Ontario to Lake Erie, bypassing Niagara Falls.