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OTTAWA — The Kellie Leitch campaign is taking steps to be certain of the safety of the Conservative Party leadership candidate after a weekend incident at her home prompted calls to police.

The Ontario Provincial Police visited Leitch’s home near Creemore, Ont., on Friday and twice early Saturday morning after what Leitch believed was an after-midnight break-in to her garage, an event that came hours after what she described as threatening online activity.

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Leitch said in a statement issued Sunday night that an individual offered her home address “online to anyone who was interested in doing me harm.”

She said she reported this to the OPP and met with police officers at her home late Friday evening.

Then, Leitch said, just before 2 a.m. on Saturday, her home alarm sounded.

“I called 9-1-1 and left the house. On leaving my house, I noticed that that garage lights were on. These lights are never left on,” Leitch said. “I waited across the road from my house for the OPP to arrive.”