RCMP say they’re investigating a series of suspicious packages delivered to three constituency offices in Southwestern Nova Scotia.
Yesterday around noon, Barrington RCMP, fire and EHS responded to the office of MP Rick Perkins in Barrington, as an employee had opened a package containing a suspected chemical irritant.
The employee’s eyes and skin became irritated, and they were taken to hospital for decontamination.
Later, it was learned similar packages arrived at Perkins’ office in Bridgewater, and at West Nova MP Chris d’Entremont’s Yarmouth office.
d’Entremont says it’s a first for him in 20 years of public service.
“I’ve never received a package of this sort. We do get a lot of mail without return addresses at the office. In this case, it was a regular Manilla envelope with no return address,” he says.
d’Entremont says his staff were notified by Perkins office, so no one opened the envelope.
RCMP say all MPs in Nova Scotia were notified of the incident.
The Southwest Nova Major Crime Unit is leading the investigation, and the substance in the packages are being tested.
