Bomb Scare

• West Vancouver mall bomb scare was a botched bank robbery: police

  West Vancouver police say they evacuated the Park Royal South Mall on Wednesday because a man trying to rob a bank claimed to have an explosive device.

  Crime

  May 12, 2022
  
• Possible ‘improvised explosive’ at Surrey hospital a hoax, say RCMP

  Patrol officers were on scene and the Surrey RCMP explosives disposal team was deployed to investigate whether the item was, in fact, an explosive device.

  Crime

  Feb 5, 2022
  
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• Surrey residents evacuated after possible explosive device found near vehicle

  Surrey RCMP say they were called after a small fire led to the discovery of an "improvised explosive device."

  Sep 1, 2019
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• London police investigate King Street restaurant amid multi-city bomb threat scare

  London police confirm they were among several police departments across the country which responded to bomb threats on Thursday, connected to emails that demanded Bitcoin payments.

  Crime

  Dec 14, 2018
• ‘It becomes a nightmare’: the rise of the viral bomb threat and how it makes the job of police harder

  Cities across Canada and the U.S. were targeted by the bomb threats on Dec. 13, prompting evacuations and shutdowns in Aurora, Ill., Raleigh, N.C., and Atlanta, Ga.

  Canada

  Dec 13, 2018
• Suspicious package on Broadway rendered safe, deemed not to be explosive

  Winnipeg police called in their bomb unit Monday morning in the investigation of a suspicious package at a Broadway office building.

  Crime

  Nov 6, 2018
• ‘Bomb-making components’ in Nanaimo tent city were commercial fireworks: RCMP

  The camp was evacuated for several hours on Friday while an explosives disposal unit was called in from the Lower Mainland.

  Crime

  Oct 13, 2018
• Opening night of Stratford Festival cancelled, theatre evacuated after ‘bomb threat’

  The opening night of the Stratford Festival was cancelled after a bomb threat.

  Canada

  May 28, 2018
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• Suspicious object forces evacuation of Oshawa grocery store

  Durham police said officers evacuated a grocery store and parking lot on Thursday after a suspicious device was left near the building's front entrance.

  Crime

  Nov 17, 2017
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• Jewish centres across US report second wave of bomb threats

  At least 28 Jewish community centers in 17 U.S. states reported receiving false telephone bomb threats on Wednesday.

  Crime

  Jan 18, 2017