U.S. Ambassador To Canada Receives Death Threat As Tensions Rise Between Canada And The U.S. Over Trade

Kelly Craft, U.S. ambassador to Canada, took over the job in October. (CBC)

CBC: Death threat, suspicious substance mailed to U.S. ambassador in Ottawa

Embassy says the substance turned out to be harmless.

The RCMP is investigating a death threat sent to United States' Ambassador to Canada Kelly Knight Craft.

A source with direct knowledge of the matter told CBC News the threat, first reported by CTV News, came in the form of a letter addressed to Craft's residence but intercepted yesterday at an offsite security screening location.

Along with the threatening letter, embassy staff found a suspicious substance that was tested and found to be harmless.

The source called the incident "jarring" but said the ambassador is doing fine and pointed out that diplomats have received such threats in the past.

The Prime Minister's Office confirmed Justin Trudeau spoke about the situation with the ambassador on Friday.

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Update #1: Authorities investigating death threat against U.S. ambassador to Canada (CTV)
Update #2: Canadian Officials Rush to Support U.S. Envoy After Death Threat (Bloomberg)
Update #3: 'This is Not My Canada': Twitter Outraged by Death Threat Against US Ambassador (Sputnik)

WNU Editor: Cannot say that I am surprised. The vitriol in the Canadian news media .... which has always been anti-Trump .... have gone waaaayyyy overboard in the past week. Canada is not immune from having crazy people who are influenced by what they see on the news. And as I said .... not surprised.