A lockdown at Timmins High and Vocational School has been lifted.
Timmins Police corporate communications co-ordinator Marc Depatie said a "weapons-related" matter was reported to police shortly before 2 p.m.
The school was put into lockdown for public safety. It was lifted around 3 p.m.
"That being said, preliminary findings by responding Timmins Police Service officers indicated that there was no active or legitimate threat to any student or faculty member at any of the affected schools," reads a Timmins Police news release.
During the lockdown, hold and secure measures were in place at nearby Ecole secondaire catholique Theriault. Police say College Boreal and R. Ross Beattie Senior Public School were also affected.
Police say a thorough investigation to "determine the validity and extent of the elemetns of the reported matter" is underway.
This is the second time recently that schools have been been placed in a hold and secure.
Nov. 21, a number of schools were placed in in a hold and secure after two independent callers reported a male riding a bike transporting a rifle.
Anyone with information about the matter is asked to call Timmins Police at 705-264-1201 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.p3tips.com.
