{"id":35843,"date":"2025-07-03T17:20:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T17:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/35843\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T17:20:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T17:20:12","slug":"after-bomb-threats-at-canadian-airports-services-now-back-to-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/35843\/","title":{"rendered":"After bomb threats at Canadian airports, services now back to \u2018normal\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Normal service has resumed after <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/bomb-threat\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bomb threats<\/a> that caused delays and evacuations at multiple Canadian airports earlier Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/nav-canada\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NAV Canada<\/a> said in a statement Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>NAV Canada provides air traffic control operations to Canadian airports. On Thursday morning, their facilities in Ottawa, Montreal, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver were the target of bomb threats.<\/p>\n<p>The agency now says normal service has resumed but cautioned travellers all over the country to check with their airlines for potential delays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing this morning\u2019s security threat at multiple NAV CANADA sites, all operations have now returned to normal. Travelers are encouraged to check directly with their airlines for the latest updates, as delays may still occur,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe sincerely thank the airlines and passengers for their patience, and we commend our employees and law enforcement for their swift response,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>NAV Canada said it cannot reveal the exact nature of the threat.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the interest of security protocols, we cannot disclose the specific nature of the threat. However, we will continue to work closely with authorities as the investigation progresses,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson at the Montr\u00e9al-Trudeau International Airport told Global News some flights were affected after the NAV Canada control tower was evacuated, but service had now resumed.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the morning, Reuters had reported investigations into security incidents at Ottawa International Airport and Montreal\u2019s Pierre Elliott Trudeau airport, which could disrupt operations.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa International Airport in a social media post said, \u201cThe security investigation at YOW has safely concluded and regular operations are resuming. Thank you for your understanding and patience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11258737\/covid-vaccine-injury-program-visp-oxaro-workplace-phac\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/VISP-WORKER-SILHOUETTE.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Nothing was ready\u2019: Inside Canada\u2019s Vaccine Injury Support Program\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11269847\/donald-trump-elon-musk-feud-tax-bill\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1751563212_899_GettyImages-2217853041.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tMusk should \u2018head back home to South Africa,\u2019 Trump says amid tax bill feud\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Winnipeg Airport Authority said they experienced \u201cminimal impact\u201d on their services as a result of the security incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not expecting any further delays as the issue has been resolved. Media are directed to contact Nav Canada for further information,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The RCMP told Global News that they received the bomb threat at the Winnipeg Richardson International Airport at approximately 6:05 a.m. local time Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe phone call stated there was a bomb in the control tower. Officers conducted a physical search of the tower and no suspicious items were located, the statement added,\u201d the RCMP statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton airport said, \u201cThe safety and security of our passengers, team members and partners is our highest priority.\u00a0 We can confirm a security incident had minimal impact on operations. We recommend you connect directly with NAV Canada for further details.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With files from Reuters<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Normal service has resumed after bomb threats that caused delays and evacuations at multiple Canadian airports earlier Thursday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":35844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[29425,29426,2147,2436,4219,29427,29428,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-35843","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-airport-bomb-threat","9":"tag-bomb-threat","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-consumer","12":"tag-crime","13":"tag-faa","14":"tag-nav-canada","15":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114790454126089988","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}