Suspicious package outside Lionel-Groulx metro station

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Montreal's morning commuters were faced with delays on Wednesday as police investigated a suspicious package found shortly after 7 a.m. outside the Lionel-Groulx metro station.The metro station was evacuated. Montreal's public transit corporation said the green and orange lines are both running, but not stopping at the station.

On the Ville-Marie expressway, the Atwater exit remained closed at 9:45 a.m.
Investigators used a bomb-disabling robot to inspect the package.
An officer on the scene said it's likely the scare is a false alarm.

Bus lines that normally stop at the Lionel-Groulx station are being rerouted along Delisle Street.

A shuttle bus service has been set up to run along the orange and green lines and stop at the metro stations immediately before and after Lionel-Groulx. Passengers who need to switch between the two lines can use the shuttle service to transfer at Lionel-Groulx station.
Police are on the scene rerouting traffic.
Drivers heading east towards downtown are facing congestion and delays.

Potential bomb threat shuts down commercial arteries in Pointe Claire

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Montreal police confirmed that "a suspicious package" was left at the Esso gas station that sits in the Fairview Pointe Claire parking lot at the corner of St. John's and Brunswick boulevards in Pointe Claire has shut down major traffic arteries, said Montreal Police Service Const. Pierre-Luc Du Sablon.
Du Sablon reported that police were called around 12:30 this afternoon about a suspicious package left on the gas station property and are advising motorists to avoid the area because the risk of potential explosion. A security perimeter has been set up around the area and access to the busy intersection, considered the commercial heart of the West Island, is extremely limited, if not outright cut off.
"The SWAT team is on its way" to the scene, Du Sablon reported.
The suspicious package "could be anything," and has prompted very real fears in the aftermath of yesterday's Boston Marathon bombing incident, which saw two explosions set off near the finish line kill at least two and injure hundreds more.
Keep checking us out for more updates as the situation evolves.

UPDATE 2:25 p.m. Police bomb squad robot is pulling package away from the front of the gas station, thus far still intact, reports CJAD's Dan Delmar. No reports yet on the origin of the package.