Several major Canadian airports were targeted with bomb threats Thursday morning (July 3), Nav Canada says.
Nav Canada, the country's air navigation service provider, was made aware of bomb threats at facilities in Vancouver, Ottawa, Montreal, Edmonton, Winnipeg and Calgary early in the morning, according to a post to X just after 5:30 a.m. Pacific time.
Employees at the impacted locations are safe and a temporary ground stop was implemented at the affected airports. A number of locations were evacuated and a threat assessment was done by authorities, an additional post from Nav Canada says.
Vancouver International Airport posted to X at 6:41 a.m. that a thorough threat assessment was done and flights at YVR are operating normally.
Nav Canada also warned travellers to check with their airline for the latest updates as there could be delays.
More to come.
