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Suspicious package at Calgary Canada Post depot prompts investigation

FILE: Canada Post sign.
FILE: Canada Post sign. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

Emergency crews were called to a Canada Post depot near the Calgary International Airport on Thursday morning for reports of a suspicious package.

Police said a Canada Post employee in the facility’s mail processing plant called emergency crews at around 2:10 a.m. after hearing strange noises coming from one of the packages.

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Members of the Calgary Police Service Tactical Unit and the Calgary Fire Department responded.

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The building was evacuated and cordoned off as crews investigated.

Investigators opened the package and confirmed the contents were not suspicious.

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