A bomb threat Wednesday afternoon prompted the University of Winnipeg to be closed for the night and evening classes to be cancelled at Winnipeg Technical College’s Erin Street campus.

U of W announced in the afternoon that its campus would be shut down overnight after WTC received a security threat.

The university said in a media release that the call was a “non-specific security threat that referenced the University of Winnipeg.” Red River College says it was a bomb threat that also mentioned RRC.

WTC notified Winnipeg police, who alerted both RRC and the U of W. Their campuses were searched. WTC’s campus on Erin Street was evacuated during the search and evening classes there were cancelled.

As of 4:30 p.m., the U of W was closed for a full search of all campus buildings, causing the postponement of some academic exams that were scheduled for Wednesday night.

Nothing suspicious was found at any of the campuses, however, extra security, as an added precaution, was to be called in to continue a search of all buildings on the U of W campus.