Suspicious item shuts down Courtenay bridge for over an hour Saturday

Comox Valley RCMP say the discovery of an unusual ‘construction-demolition-type item’ led to the shut-down of Courtenay’s Fifth Street bridge on December 7.
Staff Sgt. Troy Beauregard says the item was discovered by someone passing under the bridge shortly before 3 p.m.
”Members attended, we were able to obtain some photographs of the device and it was concerning enough, we were able to forward those along to our explosives demolition unit in Surrey,” Beauregard say