The Government of the Northwest Territories is alerting residents to a planned telecommunications service disruption tonight from 12:00 am till 4:00 am.
This disruption will allow Northwestel to perform emergency repair work along Highway 3. During the outage, disruptions to phone, cellular, internet, and 9-1-1 emergency services are expected.
The outage is expected to impact residents in the communities of Yellowknife, Dettah, Edzo, Behchokǫ̀, and Whatì.
The GNWT reminds residents to contact 911 first in case of emergency or the alternative contact number (780-628-2483) if it is unavailable.
If neither can be reached, residents are advised to proceed to their local RCMP detachment in person or go to the nearest health facility for emergency medical needs.
