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Shuswap school evacuated, RCMP investigating after yet another bomb hoax

A file photo of Shuswap Middle School. File/Global News

There was another bomb threat at a Shuswap school all too familiar with such a situation.

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Shuswap Middle School received the threat around noon on Tuesday.

“Following protocol, [the school’s] staff safely moved students to South Broadview where they were picked up by parents or will go home on their regular school bus route,” School District 83 spokesperson Alice Hucul said in a news release.

Police are investigating the threat.

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Salmon Arm RCMP were contacted by the school district’s staff as everyone inside the building was evacuating.

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“The school had received a threat by phone by an unknown individual and that threat was directed at the school,” S/Sgt. Scott West said in a news release.

No one was injured.

This isn’t the first time the school has received such a threat.

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The school held a large assembly last winter to try to prevent future bomb scares after receiving numerous false threats, causing multiple evacuations at the school.

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~ With files from Megan Turcato

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