While Shen Yun Performing Arts’ Toronto performances were disrupted due to fake bomb threats, the theatre hosting the company in Vancouver chose to proceed with its scheduled shows after receiving similar threats, which police confirmed to be not credible.
Bomb threats were received ahead of Shen Yun’s performances scheduled to take place from April 8 to 12, according to The Falun Dafa Association of Canada, which is the Canadian presenter of the shows. Vancouver Civic Theatres, the organization that manages the Queen Elizabeth Theatre where Shen Yun performs annually, received an emailed threat on April 2.
Shen Yun organizers say the bomb threat, translated from Chinese by the Vancouver Police Department (VPD), claimed that a “large quantity” of explosives had been placed in the theatre and would be detonated if all future Shen Yun performances were not cancelled….