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Kensington town hall reopens after old mortar shell and rocket fuel removed

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Posted this 2025-07-15 4:17 PM ADT

Department of National Defence personnel taking the objects to Gagetown base in N.B.

CBC NewsRyan McKellop, Nicola MacLeod

Kensington's municipal building has reopened to the public, a day after a resident dropped off old military weapons on Monday evening.

Two representatives from the Department of National Defence made a trip to the Island Tuesday morning, staying for less than an hour before removing the two items from the central P.E.I. town's police department and taking them back to 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown in New Brunswick.

A mortar shell from the Second World War was eventually identified …

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