A communications outage is effecting landline telephone calls in Tuktoyaktuk, said RCMP in an announcement issued this afternoon. Police are advising anyone in the area in need of police services and unable to use their phone, to go directly to the police station
The communications company is working on the issue but it is unclear when telephone landline access will be restored.
“Northwestel is aware of the issue but are unsure when the issue will be resolved. Cellular services remain unaffected at this time,” said police.
In case of issues accessing telephone services while in need of emergency servicses, RCMP advised to go directly to the station.
“In the event that police services are required but phones are not working, please proceed directly to the detachment,” said officers.
