Multiple St. Albert schools have been placed in a hold and secure this afternoon due to an ongoing “police incident” on Whitehall Crescent in the Woodlands neighbourhood.
Students and staff @kinosayoschool are under a hold and secure while the RCMP deal with a situation in the neighbourhood. All students are accounted for and are inside the school, attending class as usual. Families have been updated. We will provide more info when we have it.
— St. Albert Public (@StAlbertPublic) November 29, 2023
St. Albert Public Schools spokesperson Paula Power confirmed with the Gazette that Kinosayo Elementary School was the first to be placed under a hold and secure at about 1:15 p.m., and then Lorne Akins Junior High School, Neil M. Ross Catholic Elementary School, and Leo Nickerson Elementary School were also placed under a hold and secure shortly after 2:00 p.m.
In a media release this afternoon the St. Albert RCMP detachment said there is no threat to the public as the incident is contained a home, but Mounties are asking the public to avoid the area.
More to come.
