SaskTel services restored in most northern communities
Most communities in northern Saskatchewan have been reconnected with SaskTel services after wildfires damaged some vital equipment.
The telecommunications company said that as of 1 p.m. Sunday, crews have completed repairing the fibre transport infrastructure damaged by wildfires, resulting in services being restored across the north. Communities that have been reconnected include Brabant Lake, Sucker Lake, Southend, Key Lake, Cigar Lake, Collins Bay, Wollaston Lake, Black Lake, Stony Rapids, Sandy Bay, and Fond du Lac.
However, SaskTel advised that with fires still burning, further service outages may happen if other infrastructure is damaged.
Additionally, due to prolonged power outages caused by the wildfires, SaskTel internet, wireless, and landline (home phone and business phone) services are still not available in Deschambault Lake and Pelican Narrows. The company added they anticipate that Jan Lake will also lose these services sometime on Sunday afternoon (June 1).
