The province of Ontario is among a list of defendants on the verge of settling a multi-million-dollar class-action lawsuit that has dragged on for nearly 14 years. A Toronto law firm announced last month that a proposed $10-million resolution has finally been reached in a class-action claim triggered by the 2012 collapse of the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake, Ont. — a devastating structural failure that killed two local women, wounded 19 others and set off a frantic search for survivors.