Lansdowne Place Mall in Peterborough was temporarily closed for several hours on Wednesday afternoon (February 19) while police investigated a bomb threat.
At around 2:10 p.m., the mall received a bomb threat call. Peterborough police responded and evacuated and closed the mall, blocking all entrances.
In the early evening, members of the York Regional Police Service bomb squad, including a bomb-sniffing police dog, checked the property and have since cleared it as safe.
Police have returned the mall to the care of the property owner. No injuries were reported during the incident.
“The Peterborough Police Service takes these types of calls very seriously and will continue to investigate,” reads a police media release.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Peterborough police at 705-876-1122 ext555 or submit a tip anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at stopcrimehere.ca.
The original version of this story has been updated with the latest information released by police.
