Branson Ambulatory Care, part of North York General, evacuated

By News Staff

The Branson Ambulatory Care Centre, part of North York General Hospital, was evacuated Tuesday morning over a bomb scare.

Patients and staff have since been allowed back into the building.

The hospital tweeted about the evacuation.

680 NEWS reported that the evacuation was the result of a bogus bomb threat.

Toronto police said they began searching Branson, which is located near Finch Avenue and Bathurst Street, around 8 a.m. Police gave the all-clear for patients and staff to re-enter at 10 a.m.

The exterior of the hospital was cleared around 9 a.m., police said, meaning no danger was found.

There have been bomb scares across the country in recent days. Mohawk College and McMaster University in Hamilton and Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington were targeted Monday, and there have been similar incidents in P.E.I., Nova Scotia, Manitoba and Nunavut.

Last week, every single school in Prince Edward Island was evacuated due to a bomb scare, sending parents scrambling. RCMP spokesman Sgt. Kevin Baillie said a fax was sent to Ottawa RCMP Wednesday morning from someone threatening to detonate bombs at several schools.

Three colleges in Nova Scotia were also evacuated after receiving threats. Hours later, a school board in Winnipeg received a similar bomb threat, but no schools were evacuated.

On Thursday, schools in three regions of Nunavut were closed due to a bomb threat, but reopened after lunch.

On Sunday morning, police in the Halifax area say they responded to five unfounded bomb threats within about an hour.

With files from The Canadian Press

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