RCMP give all-clear for courthouse in Kelowna, B.C., after building was evacuated
Police said they are investigating 'unknown threat' after evacuation Wednesday morning
RCMP have declared there is no threat to the courthouse in Kelowna, B.C., and have given the all-clear for people to return to the building, after ordering an evacuation Wednesday morning.
Police said they received a call around 9:30 a.m. PT about a possible threat to the Kelowna Law Courts on Water Street, in the downtown core of the Okanagan Valley city.
"The RCMP received a threat directed toward the courthouse here in Kelowna, so we evacuated the building," said Kelowna RCMP Const. Mike Della-Paolera.
RCMP said they arrived and cleared the building around 9:40 a.m., and also closed the part of Water Street between Cawston Avenue and Doyle Avenue.
After searching the building, police gave the all-clear around 11 a.m.
The RCMP said they are still investigating the threat to the courthouse.
With files from Zameer Karim