On Sept. 15 from midnight until approximately 6 a.m., SaskTel crews will be performing maintenance on the network infrastructure. During that timeframe, SaskTel internet, wireless, and landline phone services will be unavailable. Areas affected are listed below.
There will be no way to reach 911 in the entire area. Residents in need of police services will have to attend to their local detachment. The detachments in the affected areas will be open until the phone services are re-established. These include: Montreal Lake, Waskesiu, Wollaston Lake, South End, Pinehouse, Stanley Mission, Black Lake, Fond Du Lac, La Ronge and Sandy Bay.
The communities affected by the outage are Brabant Lake, Besnard Lake, Black Lake, Cigar Lake, Collins Bay, David Lake Rapids, English Bay, Fond-du-Lac, Geikie River, Hall Lake, Island Falls, Key Lake, Lac La Ronge, La Ronge, McArthur River, McLennan Lake, Montreal Lake, McClean Lake, Molanosa, McPhee Lake, Missinipe, MacKay Lake, Pinehouse, Ramsay Bay, Sandy Bay, Stanley Mission, Stony Rapids, Sucker Lake, Sucker River, Thunder Hills, Timber Cove, Wadin Bay, Waskesiu Lake, Weyakwin, and Wollaston Lake.
SaskTel apologizes for any inconvenience this outage may cause for customers and thank them for their patience and understanding.
