Grande Prairie 9-1-1 has confirmed a Telus telephone service disruption is affecting the community of Wabasca.
Impacted Telus customers are unable to use wireless or landline phones, along with the internet as of October 16th at 12:30 p.m.
GP 9-1-1 handles emergency dispatching for much of Northwestern Alberta and has confirmed emergency service calls are not going through at this time. As a result, residents are asked to report emergencies in person at their nearest police or fire station.
Still, one official says GP 9-1-1 has maintained a radio communication connection with the community’s emergency departments.
Telus says they are aware of the outage and have sent a service person to the hamlet to address the issue; however, there is still no estimated time of repair.
