THUNDER BAY – Crimebeat – Superior High School was evacuated at 2:37PM after the office received information about a bomb threat. At approximately 2:34 p.m. Thunder Bay Police received a 911 call from school authorities advising that a message was left on a wall in a school washroom indicating that a bomb was going to go off at 3:00PM. As a safety precaution the staff and students were evacuated. A search of the school was conducted by officers with the assistance of staff to identify any unusual items.
Students were contained in a safe location outside the school and the school buses were relocated to wait for the issue to be resolved. At 4:20 the facility was cleared and handed back over to the control of the school authorities. No threat was detected.
Thunder Bay Police are asking that anyone with information on this incident contact them at 684-1200 or contact Crime Stoppers at 623- TIPS (8477).