Police investigating 2 discoveries of suspected explosives in southwest Calgary

CBC

3 hours ago

The Calgary Police Service (CPS) says its bomb unit was called to inspect two separate discoveries of suspected explosives Saturday.
But police said neither suspected explosive is believed to be a bomb.
Police received a call about a possible explosive in Weaselheads Flats Natural Environment Park, just southwest of the city, at 11:30 a.m. MT Saturday. Someone walking through the park dug up the explosive after their metal detector went off, before backing off and keeping other park visitors away and calling police.
Police said they suspect the device may be left over from when the area was used for military artillery training decades ago. CPS have cordoned off the area until the bomb unit can safely contain the device.
Then, at 12:10 p.m., police responded to call in the 1000 block of Woodview Crescent S.W., in the Woodlands neighbourhood, after someone found a metal box with a suspected explosive while cleaning their home.
CPS called for the surrounding homes to evacuate as a precaution until the box could be safely contained by the bomb unit. Woodview Crescent was also closed to traffic.
As of 2:30 p.m., residents in the area have not yet returned to their homes.
There is some precedent to finding explosives in Weaselhead Flats. The park closed for six months in 2013, after flooding in June of that year unearthed undetonated explosives.