Items removed from Kensington town hall don't date back to Second World War after all

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The Canadian Armed Forces says the items that were removed from the municipal gathering successful Kensington, P.E.I., earlier this week were not mementos from the 1939-1945 planetary struggle arsenic archetypal believed.

Turned retired to beryllium a portion of munition utilized for grooming and a spent hobby rocket motor

Nicola MacLeod · CBC News

· Posted: Jul 17, 2025 6:00 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Two men successful greenish camouflaged subject uniforms region instrumentality from the backmost of a grey truck.

The Canadian Armed Forces says 2 items that were removed from the municipal gathering successful Kensington, P.E.I., earlier this week did not day backmost to the Second World War, arsenic archetypal believed.

A nonmigratory dropped 2 pieces of military-like instrumentality disconnected to constabulary based successful that gathering connected Monday.

Fearing they could person the imaginable to explode, officials evacuated the premises arsenic a precaution. The gathering stayed unopen until Canadian Armed Forces members arrived from the basal successful Gagetown, N.B., astir noon connected Tuesday to instrumentality the instrumentality backmost with them for examination.

Police had told CBC News that one of the items appeared to be a mortar ammunition from the 1939-1945 planetary conflict, but successful an email connected Tuesday, a subject spokesperson said the items person present received a person inspection.

"The archetypal was a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) grooming munition/simulated ordnance. These are grooming immunodeficiency utilized by RCAF pilots and dropped connected signifier targets to amended driblet accuracy," the email read. "It was not a WWII mortar shell."

The 2nd point was identified arsenic a spent rocket centrifugal — not a rocket substance canister arsenic antecedently believed.

"There were nary subject stampings oregon identifying subject markings, and the propellant was expended," officials wrote. "It resembled an amateur/hobby rocket."

Do not region the object; permission it successful place. If possible, a photograph of the point is precise utile to assistance successful aboriginal identification.— Canadian Armed Forces email

The email said the centrifugal could person been a occurrence hazard if it had not already been used. The grooming munition has lone a tiny charge, designed to give off coloured fume arsenic a ocular marker for the grooming exercise.

Officials said if different people find immoderate type of suspected unexploded devices, they should telephone their section constabulary force, who volition liaise with the Canadian subject arsenic the Kensington Police did successful this instance.

"Do not region the object, permission it successful place," the email said.

"If possible, a photograph of the point is precise utile to assistance successful aboriginal identification."

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Nicola is simply a newsman and shaper for CBC News successful Prince Edward Island. She regularly covers the transgression justness strategy and besides hosted the CBC podcast Good Question P.E.I. She grew up connected the Island and is simply a postgraduate of St. Thomas University's journalism program. Got a story? Email [email protected]