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Ecole St Patrick High School Closed due to Bomb Threat

The Ecole St. Patrick High School has received a bomb threat.

Yellowknife RCMP were contacted by the school around 8:30 a.m. as a response to a bomb threat made to the school. Officers are currently in the process of securing the school. 

Students at the St. Patrick school, as well as the Weledeh Catholic School have all been safely evacuated, and no other schools have been impacted at this time. 

Yellowknife RCMP, with the assistance of the “G” Division Police Dog Service, are continuing their investigation into this matter, and are asking the public to avoid the area at this time.

If anyone has any information regarding this situation, they are asked to contact the Yellowknife RCMP at 867-669-1111.

Connor Pitre
Connor Pitre
Born and raised in Central Alberta, Connor Pitre attended the Western Academy Broadcasting College in Saskatchewan, before making his way to the NWT in November of 2021. Since then, he has become a regular staple of the True North FM crew in the News department, and occasionally filling in on the afternoon show.

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