Update: Police clear scene of bomb threat

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Please be advised that police have now cleared the scene at 5685 Leeds Street and nothing suspicious has been located. Traffic in the area has been reopened to vehicles and pedestrians and people have been allowed back into the campus. Investigators with the General Investigation Section of the Integrated Criminal Investigation Division are continuing the investigation into this matter.

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At 8:04 a.m., Halifax Regional Police responded to a report of a suspicious package in the area of the Old Halifax Central Library at 5381 Spring Garden Road. Responding officers subsequently shut down vehicle and pedestrian traffic on Spring Garden Road and surrounding streets temporarily.

Officers with the Explosive Disposal Unit attended the scene and determined there was no threat. The package was determined to be garbage and all streets have been re-opened to traffic.

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