Toronto police have cleared an area near Ryerson University after an investigation over a suspicious package briefly closed stretches of Bond and Gould Sts. Friday morning.

Police responded to a call shortly before 8:30 a.m., about a suspicious package found in a concrete garbage bin on Bond St. north of Dundas St. E.

Officers with the chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive team responded.

Police deployed a bomb-disposal robot and found a bag containing a “personal alarm” that was emitting a “beeping noise,” Insp. Peter Moreira told reporters at the scene.

The item was an alarm for a bicycle, police said.

Ryerson evacuated several nearby buildings while police investigated.

Both Bond St. and Gould St. reopened shortly before noon.

Marjan Asadullah is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star’s radio room in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter: @marjanasadullah

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