Halifax police investigate suspicious package at downtown-area graveyard

Halifax Regional Police were briefly on the scene of a suspicious package in the city’s downtown Thursday morning.

Officers were called to a graveyard near Sackville and Summer streets at 10:20 a.m.

Vehicle and pedestrian traffic was shut down on a section of Sackville Street as members of the explosive disposal unit examined the package.

By 11:20 a.m., it was determined there was no threat and the street was re-opened to traffic.