A communications outage is currently affecting telephone and internet services in Tuktoyaktuk and the RCMP are advising the community to head to the local detachment if calls do not go through.
Police made an announcement this afternoon at about 4 p.m. and said that Northwestel is aware of the issue.
Officers advised the public to head to the detachment in case of technical issues communicating with the local detachment in Tuktoyaktuk via phone or internet.
“In the event police services are required but phones are not working, proceed directly to the detachment,” said police.
