Device resembling pipe bomb found in northern Manitoba dorm safely destroyed: RCMP

An item resembling a pipe bomb found in a school dorm was destroyed by Manitoba RCMP.

Cranberry Portage RCMP have safely destroyed a device that resembled a pipe bomb that was found on school grounds, according to a media release.

On June 16 at 9:20 a.m., RCMP received a report of a suspicious device found in a school dorm room in Cranberry Portage, located about 600 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg.

Sgt. Paul Manaigre, Manitoba RCMP media relations officer, confirmed to CTV News that the device was found within a box in a dorm at Frontier Collegiate.

Staff members found the device while they were preparing for the return of students, who had been evacuated from the community due to wildfire danger since May 31.

“I guess the idea of the person who put this together, the idea was to make it kind of look like a pipe bomb,” said Manaigre.

He said the device was determined to contain “no explosive powders or anything that could have made it dangerous” after being examined by the RCMP explosives disposal unit, who safely destroyed the device.

Manaigre said the investigation is still ongoing and that no criminal charges have been laid at this point.

CTV News has reached out to Frontier Collegiate for comment.

The RM of Kelsey previously announced that re-entry to Cranberry Portage would start on June 14.