RCMP confirm the suspicious package delivered to Winnipeg’s federal court is related to similar discoveries.

On Thursday, emergency crews shut down a portion of Broadway for hours while they dealt with the package that was deemed harmless.

The package was discovered on the fourth floor of Winnipeg's federal court building at 363 Broadway Thursday afternoon.

Two weeks ago envelopes full of documents from China were sent to six other law court buildings in Manitoba including one in Winnipeg.

RCMP say it’s now investigating the federal court package and says it is linked to the other cases.