The Canadian Press Posted:Aug 11, 2011 4:40 PM PT
The artillery shell found in West Vancouver Thursday was live, according to police. CBC
Workers have uncovered a live artillery shell on a West Vancouver residential construction site. West Vancouver police said Thursday they were called to the site in the 6500 block of Bachelor Bay Tuesday, where workers doing an excavation found a brass-encased munition, 40 centimetres long by 10 centimetres wide and weighing about 16 kilograms. The part that ignites the round — the munition's primer — was still intact, Cpl. Jag Johal said. A rusted-out artillery casing was also found. The RCMP's explosives unit was called, who in turn called in the navy explosives disposal unit, which took the round away for destruction. WorkSafeBC has closed the site until it's deemed safe and free of other munitions.
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