A backyard dig in Saskatoon featured a potentially explosive twist. Saskatoon police called in bomb experts from Canadian Forces Dundurn Thursday to deal with a device unearthed by a homeowner in the Sutherland neighbourhood. The homeowner stumbled across an old explosive while digging in their backyard Wednesday around 6:30 p.m. CST on the 100 block of 109th St. W, police said in a news release. He said police kept a cruiser posted at the house overnight and then closed off the street Thursday. "The army just went back there with a shovel and a bucket and took it away and off they went.

Source: CBC News September 24, 2020 20:55 UTC