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Bomb Threat
UPDATE: Bomb threat at Royal Inland Hospital unfounded
Police have stood down after a bomb threat at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops proved…
Teen who called in bomb threat to Kamloops high school sentenced to 115 days in jail
Through tears, a man who was arrested and charged for calling in a bomb threat…
Enderby teen under investigation for sending bomb threats to Montreal airport
ENDERBY – A 16-year-old Enderby teenager is under investigation for allegedly sending bomb threats to…
Staff find threat spray painted on Kamloops elementary school
KAMLOOPS – Classes won't be disrupted today for students at a Kamloops elementary school after…
UPDATE: Aberdeen McDonald’s reopens following bomb threat
KAMLOOPS – RCMP have wrapped up their investigation at the Aberdeen McDonald's after a bomb…
Kelowna ICBC employee finds explosives inside stolen truck
KELOWNA – The ICBC claims office on Springfield Road was closed for part of Tuesday…
Gas station employee says bomb threat prankster caught; police say no arrests
KELOWNA – Employees at the Shell gas station shut down by a bomb threat yesterday…
UPDATE: Suspicious package at Kelowna gas station not a threat
KELOWNA – The gift wrapped package found outside a downtown Kelowna gas station this morning…
Alberta man who threatened a Kelowna flight a no show in court
KELOWNA – A judge may have to recuse himself, a lawyer asked to be replaced…
RCMP not letting youth off the hook following prank bomb threat at Vernon mall
VERNON – Police are sending a message after the latest incident of swatting — deceiving…
UPDATE: Kamloops Law Courts reopened following bomb threat
KAMLOOPS – The Kamloops Law Courts have reopened following an evacuation due to a bomb…
False bomb threat evacuates Kelowna hotel
KELOWNA – Guests at a Kelowna hotel were forced out of their rooms in the…
Tournament Capital Centre back open, no explosives found after bomb threat
KAMLOOPS - Operations are back to normal at the Tournament Capital Centre in Kamloops today after officers from the RCMP Serious Crimes Unit found no explosives in the building. A bomb threat was received around 2:30 p.m. yesterday, Nov. 20, which triggered a heavy police response. The centre was evacuated and closed, as was the...
Bomb threat shuts down Tournament Capital Centre in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The Tournament Capital Centre has been evacuated and RCMP are searching the building after a bomb threat was called in this afternoon. RCMP have confirmed the centre was evacuated because of a bomb threat directed at the Canada Games Pool. The threat came in by telephone around 2:30 p.m., Nov. 19. The building...
RCMP investigate third bomb threat at a Salmon Arm school
SALMON ARM - Students of Shuswap Middle School in Salmon Arm began their day today waiting on the school field while RCMP investigated a bomb threat. At roughly 8 a.m. on Feb. 19, school administration was told someone had written "there was a boam" on the bathroom wall and it was reported to police, according...
Bomb threat forces evacuation at Salmon Arm school
SALMON ARM - The students of a Salmon Arm middle school were evacuated Tuesday after a prank bomb threat. The threat was at Shuswap Middle School and students were evacuated to the school field and then moved to South Broadview Elementary while police investigated, School District 83 stated in a press release. By 12:38 p.m.,...
UPDATE: Salmon Arm school “all clear” after bomb threat earlier today
SALMON ARM – Students are safe to return to Shuswap Middle School after RCMP investigators determined there was no bomb alleged in a threat earlier today. Staff at the school made the call to police after discovering a note that mentioned "bomb" scrawled over a urinal in the boy’s bathroom around 10 a.m. Wednesday morning....