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Winnipeg police are expected to share details today about investigations into a series of threats to schools in the city in recent weeks.
Staff Sgt. Shaun Venn will speak at a news conference at 2:30 p.m. CT to address the effects of the threats on different school communities and provide an update on investigations.
CBC News will be livestreaming the announcement here.
Police put out a social media video on Tuesday confirming the department has received reports about several threats to schools recently.
The latest reported instance of a threat led Windsor Park Collegiate to cancel classes today. The division told families a threat to the school last week specifically made reference to Feb. 25.
It’s the latest closure over a threat in February, a month that also saw one of the deadliest mass shootings in Canadian history in B.C. Eight people died in the Feb. 10 shooting in Tumbler Ridge, including multiple children and an educator.
On Feb. 17, hundreds of students didn’t show up for class at Garden City Collegiate over a shooting threat days earlier, despite police finding the threat to be unfounded.
A shooting threat posted on Facebook forced St. John’s High School to cancel classes on Feb. 9, and Bernie Wolfe School was evacuated on Feb. 4 after a threat.
