More than 19,000 students on the small Canadian province of Prince Edward Island were evacuated Wednesday after police received a threat that bombs were placed at a number of schools. Kevin Baillie said the Prince Edward Island threat came via fax Wednesday morning, and that schools on the normally sleepy island were notified within 10 minutes. Police in Winnipeg, Manitoba in the central part of Canada are also investigating a threat against the city's largest school division which appears similar to the one in Prince Edward Island. Schools were not evacuated or placed in lockdown. Students at more than 60 English language and French language schools in Prince Edward Island were taken to safe locations by staff outside the schools, where buses met them.

Source: ABC News September 21, 2016 14:37 UTC