9-1-1 Outage Affecting NWT Communities

July 3, 2024
Inuvik, Fort McPherson, Tsiigehtchic, Northwest Territories

Media Advisory

Northwest Territories RCMP have been made aware of a planned telecommunications outage which will affect several communities in the NWT.

On Thursday, July 4th between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. all telecommunications will be disrupted in Inuvik, Fort McPherson and Tsiigehtchic due to Northwestel performing critical maintenance.

This disruption will affect the 9-1-1 system.

To report an emergency, members of the public must attend a detachment in person where an officer will be available.

For more information, contact:

Cst. Josh Seaward
Media Relations Officer
Northwest Territories RCMP

RCMP.NTMedia-NTMedias.GRC@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

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