St. Ignatius High School in Thunder Bay reopens after officials investigate threat

St. Ignatius High School in Thunder Bay is reopening this morning after a threat was made against the school yesterday.

In a statement issued late last night, the Thunder BayCatholic District School Board saidThunder Bay Police continued their investigation regarding the threat.

It was then determined theschool wassafe and ready to be reopened Wednesday. As a result, all classes and school activities will resume.

All after-school activities and community use of the school werecancelled Tuesday evening.

Theboard has not disclosedthe nature of the threat.

St. Patrick High School was also closed Tuesday while police and school officials investigated a threat made Monday. On Tuesday, officialssaid they'd done a walk-through and could find no evidence of any potential harm to students.

Earlier this month, French Catholic schools across northwestern, northern and eastern Ontario were closed for a day due to bomb threats and extortion demands made against them. After investigating, Ontario Provincial Police said that incident was a hoax.