Northwestel (the telco that provides service to ALL of Northern Canada) had a similar outage in about 2013. It was utterly brutal. They even stationed Police a

Northwestel (the telco that provides service to ALL of Northern Canada) had a similar outage in about 2013. It was utterly brutal. They even stationed Police at street corners in Whitehorse and yellowknife in case anyone needed to ask for an ambulance or 911 assistance. So it's not at all unprecedented.