Three Halifax-area high schools are closed as police investigate reports of various threats, but the RCMP said they had not found anything suspicious.
Auburn Drive and Cole Harbour High, both in Cole Harbour, were evacuated Thursday morning. Each school has about 1,100 students.
The 1,300 students at Lockview High School in Fall River had already been given the day off. Police were patrolling Lockview and were searching the two Cole Harbour schools Thursday.
The RCMP said they heard Monday that students and staff at Lockview could be in some kind of danger on Thursday.
"We're still trying to determine whether the threats are true," Cpl. Joe Taplin told CBC News Wednesday.
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Classes have been cancelled for thousands of students as police probe threats against three Halifax-area high schools.
Lockview High School in Fall River, N.S. remains closed on Thursday, May 17, 2007 as an investigation continues by the RCMP.
Auburn Drive High School in Cole Harbour was the first school to be evacuated Thursday morning.
"A student went into the washroom, discovered a note that said a possible bomb could go off in the school later that day," Halifax RCMP spokesman Cpl. Joe Taplin told CTV Newsnet.
The school was evacuated and classes have been cancelled for the day.
"At that time, we brought in our RCMP bomb dog to go through the school to see if there are any explosive devices within the school."
A couple of hours later, at about 11:00 a.m. AT, Cole Harbour High received another threat.
"Another high school, which is approximately three to four city blocks away from Auburn Drive High School received a phone-in call regarding a bomb threat and once again that school was evacuated," Taplin said. A Halifax Regional Police bomb dog was brought into the school to search for potential explosive devices.
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