( Nathan Rochford / THE CANADIAN PRESS file photo )HALIFAX—School officials in four Canadian provinces all received similar bomb threats this week, but each responded to the potential danger differently. Hours later, a school board in Winnipeg received a similar bomb threat, but no schools were evacuated. And on Thursday, schools in three regions of Nunavut were closed due to a bomb threat, but reopened after lunch. Article Continued Below“Assessing a bomb threat is very, very difficult,” said Chris Mathers, a Toronto-based crime and risk consultant. “You can’t examine a bomb threat in a vacuum.” Mathers said a number of factors are considered when assessing the credibility of a bomb threat, including the frequency of the threats and whether similar threats have been made.

Source: thestar September 23, 2016 15:33 UTC