The Canada Games Centre (CGC) was shut down Friday afternoon following a bomb threat.

Shortly before noon, a CGC employee found a written note indicating a bomb threat in the building and alerted Whitehorse RCMP.

City of Whitehorse staff and police were able to evacuate the building within 10 minutes.

“There was a great partnership with the city in evacuating everybody in a safe and timely fashion, I’m very pleased with the way that went,” Whitehorse RCMP Insp. Archie Thompson told a press conference Friday afternoon outside police headquarters.

The evacuation was a co-ordinated effort among police, CGC staff, the Whitehorse Fire Department, Emergency Medical Services and Bylaw Services.

City manager Christine Smith said at the press conference officials relied on city protocols, including an evacuation plan.

“We just had a practice a couple of weeks ago, so we were able to implement everything we learned from that,” she said.

RCMP resources in the investigation included the Police Dog Service, Forensic Identification Section, Explosives Disposal Unit, Federal Investigations Unit, and Major Crimes Unit.

Investigators concluded at 4:15 p.m. that the threat was not credible and that there was no danger to the public. The building was reopened at 5 p.m.

The evacuation interrupted swimmers and the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous hockey tournament taking place at the CGC. Once the building was reopened, the tournament was able to resume.

“Citizens were amazingly supportive, and they responded very well to what needed to be done to keep everyone safe,” said Smith.

The RCMP’s Major Crime Unit is continuing to investigate the incident.

“We’re still following through on a number of different aspects of that as to how that came in and who may be responsible,” said Thompson.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the police at 667-5555.