{"id":956528,"date":"2026-11-03T08:38:29","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T08:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/956528\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T08:38:29","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T08:38:29","slug":"lockdown-at-university-of-toronto-mississauga-partially-lifted-after-weapons-call-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/956528\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockdown at University of Toronto Mississauga partially lifted after weapons call \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO \u2013 A shelter-in-place order issued as police responded to a dangerous weapons call at a University of Toronto dormitory in Mississauga has been partially lifted.<\/p>\n<p>The school announced the update in an alert early Tuesday, adding that the lockdown remains in effect for McLuhan Court residence.<\/p>\n<p>The alert says the situation has been contained to a single residential unit and that there have been no reports of physical injuries.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/6ae95fc1c05918caffb60565jpeg.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"5159\" data-pswp-height=\"3439\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/6ae95fc1c05918caffb60565jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"Police tape is shown in Toronto on Tuesday, May 2, 2017. Peel Regional Police are investigating after a woman was found shot in Mississauga early this morning. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Graeme Roy\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPolice tape is shown in Toronto on Tuesday, May 2, 2017. Peel Regional Police are investigating after a woman was found shot in Mississauga early this morning. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Graeme Roy<\/p>\n<p>Peel Regional Police have said the immediate area was evacuated late Monday and urged the public to stay away.<\/p>\n<p>On social media, the force described the matter as a dangerous weapons call, though further details have not yet been shared.<\/p>\n<p>The university says on its website that McLuhan Court provides beds for hundreds of first-year students.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 2, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1d0eb0f5f155d8e2c50653e118890cfe66d288b23c4e44a30ccc72a43aeb952a.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"6638\" data-pswp-height=\"4425\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1d0eb0f5f155d8e2c50653e118890cfe66d288b23c4e44a30ccc72a43aeb952a.jpg\" alt=\"Peel Regional Police cars block a road near the University of Toronto Mississauga campus in Mississauga, Ont., on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Arlyn McAdorey\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPeel Regional Police cars block a road near the University of Toronto Mississauga campus in Mississauga, Ont., on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Arlyn McAdorey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2013 A shelter-in-place order issued as police responded to a dangerous weapons call at a University of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":956529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-956528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=956528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/956529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=956528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=956528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=956528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}