Roads into Simon Fraser University's Burnaby campus closed due to police incident, university says
Roads into Simon Fraser University's Burnaby, B.C., campus are closed due to a police incident, according to an alert on the university's website.
The alert asks anyone who notices suspicious activity to call 911.
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