A threat made on La Loche Community School as residents of the northern Saskatchewan town cope with the anniversary of a fatal mass shooting has prompted officials to cancel classes.

RCMP received a complaint Thursday of a potential threat directed toward the school. The alleged threat included information about a potential shooting planned against the school on Friday, Mounties said in a media release.

The threat was general, according to police. No one person was identified or targeted, and an investigation determined the threat was not legitimate, but community officials have still elected to cancel classes Friday at both of the school’s campuses. A school in the nearby Clearwater River community has also been closed.

“This was already a difficult time for La Loche, made even more difficult now with this latest threat,” Mayor Robert St. Pierre said in the media release.

Sunday will mark one year since four people died and seven others were injured in a mass shooting in the community.

Two teenaged brothers were first killed in a home before the school became the target. Two staff died. Seven people were wounded.

A student, who was 17 at the time and cannot be identified, has pleaded guilty to charges of first-degree murder, second-degree murder and attempted murder. He is to be sentenced in the spring.

“The RCMP takes all threats seriously. January 22 is on the minds of all La Loche community members, including those at the detachment,” RCMP Staff Sgt. Greg Heuer, the commander of the La Loche detachment, stated.

“It is not lost on all of us the impact potential threats of this nature can have.”

No charges have been laid in connection with the alleged threat.

Classes are set to resume Tuesday, according to Mayor St. Pierre.

--- with files from The Canadian Press