Shen Yun Dance Show Threatened, Rescheduled

0:00A bomb threat shut down a Shen-Yun dance show in Toronto on Sunday afternoon, forcing the cancellation of the second-ice performance at the 4th, Season Center. Cots got the call early around Queen Street West and University Avenue, evacuated the building in nearby streets and checked everything out. Thoroughly, police wrapped up their search quick and declared the threat unfounded, no explosives anywhere. Folk with tickets can reschedule through Shen-Yun's site, so no total loss there. This ain't the first time, late last month in Australia, Shen-Yun got hit with another threat. This one promising to blow up Prime Minister Anthony, Albanese's residents if the shows went on. Authorities down under called it baseless, evacuated the PM anyway, and groups like the Fallen Dafa Association pointed fingers at the Chinese, Communist Party for stirring up hate. Shen-Yun's, a New York-based non-profit touring classical Chinese dance that revised pre-communist culture with a mix of Eastern and Western. Instruments, straight up banned in China for ties to the outlawed Falun Gong movement, whose

1:02performers and families face persecution. These threats highlight the ongoing pressure on shows like this, but Toronto's back to normal now, and Shen-Yun keeps pushing forward with rescheduled. Dates worldwide. That wraps Toronto news today, brought to you with AI. I'm Corey with The Story.