February 11, 2005

Bomb Threats for Quebec WM's

This is not a peaceful, rational, civilized, acceptable form of protest:

GATINEAU, Que. (CP) - Two Wal-Mart outlets in this city received bomb threats on Friday, forcing employees and customers to leave both stores, police said.

One of the stores later reopened after police conducted a thorough search, said Sgt. Andre Pellerin of Gatineau police. Pellerin said the calls came within about 20 minutes of each other.

The threats came a few days after the U.S. retail giant announced plans to close a unionized Quebec store in Saguenay, where employees were trying to negotiate a first contract.

Posted by Kevin on February, 11 2005 at 06:13 PM