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CTV News
19 hours ago
- CTV News
Bomb unit called in after suspected explosive devices discovered in southwest Calgary residence and park
Police evacuated the area around Woodview Crescent S.W. Saturday afternoon after a possible explosive device was discovered in a residence. A metal box with an explosive device was discovered while someone was cleaning up a residence in southwest Calgary Saturday afternoon. At 12:10 p.m. police announced they were evacuating the 1000 block of Woodview Crescent S.W. as a precautionary measure until the box could be contained by its bomb unit. Woodview Crescent S.W. was closed to traffic. Woodview Crescent S.W., June 7, 2025 Police closed off Woodview Crescent in Calgary's southwest Saturday after a possible explosive device was discovered in a residence. (Darren Wright, CTV Calgary) Weaselhead Park incident Police also issued a statement at 11:30 a.m. about a second possible Second World War explosive device they say was discovered by someone using a metal detector in Weaselhead Flats Natural Environment Park in southwest Calgary. Police say the area has been cordoned off until the bomb unit can safely contain the device. There was no word on whether there was any connection between the two incidents. Updates to come.
CBC
19 hours ago
- CBC
Police investigating 2 discoveries of suspected explosives in southwest Calgary
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.
