SASKATOON

Suspicious package that led to evacuation at Buena Vista School non-hazardous: police

CTV Saskatoon Published Thursday, March 23, 2017 3:40PM CST

Members of the Saskatoon Fire Department's hazardous materials unit respond to a suspicious package report at Buena Vista School. (Mark Villani/CTV Saskatoon)

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Police say a suspicious package that prompted the evacuation of a Saskatoon school has been found to be non-hazardous.

Shortly after 1:30 p.m. Thursday, police received a report that a suspicious package had been delivered to Buena Vista School, located in the 1300 block of Lorne Avenue.

The school was evacuated as the Saskatoon Fire Department and its hazardous materials unit were called to the scene. In a news release issued just before 3 p.m., police said the fire department tested the material inside the package and determined it was non-hazardous.

Parents were told their children could be picked up at the Abilities Council building, located at 1410 Kilburn Avenue.

Police are continuing to investigate. Anyone with information is asked to contact Saskatoon police or Crime Stoppers.