Court proceedings were disrupted in Edmonton on Wednesday morning after a fire alarm went off at the downtown law courts.
The sirens went off at 11:43 a.m. followed by an announcement on the P.A. system that a fire emergency had been identified.
The building was evacuated after the alarm.
Staff were allowed to return to the building at 12:12 p.m., and members of the public were expected to be readmitted shortly afterwards.
The cause of the alarm has not been released.