Most people expect a cheap plastic trinket and a paper crown when they break into a party cracker, not a rusty boxcutter.

In late January Sasha Sinkewicz was hosting a birthday party for her daughter at her home in Langford. For the party she purchased birthday crackers, which are like Christmas crackers.

When her daughter pulled open her cracker she found a utility knife inside. An adult immediately took the knife away from the young girl and nobody was hurt.

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West Shore RCMP looked into the incident but will not be investigating further. Cpl. Bryson Hill said police visited the house and saw the cracker and the knife, but canB次元官网网址檛 confirm one came from the other.

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Dollarama, where Sinkewicz bought the crackers, is investigating the incident, said a spokesperson for the company. The company does not comment on ongoing investigations, but said that complaints are always looked in to.

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Sinkewicz said a private investigator hired by Dollarama came and interviewed Sinkewicz and took photographs of the knife.

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kwells@goldstreamgazette.com