Service outage in northwestern Alberta impacting 911 access

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 28, 2025 2:46 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

Large portions of northwestern Alberta are without 911 entree owed to a work outage.

An exigency alert issued conscionable earlier 12:30 p.m. Monday said the outage affects the quality to telephone 911 connected some cellphones and landlines.

Telus is investigating, the alert said. 

As galore arsenic 19 regions astir Grande Prairie are impacted.

In the lawsuit of an emergency, residents are being asked to interaction exigency work providers including RCMP, EMS oregon their section occurrence department.