Canada’s 911 Crisis Explained | Calgary News

Canada-wide 911 outage hit major cities and smaller towns yesterday, with police urging the public to avoid calling emergency lines unless absolutely necessary—many carriers experienced routing failures or dropped connections, sometimes sending calls across provinces, while some areas saw intermittent outages for cell and VoIP users, leaving landlines as the only reliable option. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Sources:https://calgary.citynews.ca/2026/09/17/911-service-outage-canada/ More coverage & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/3dc8d690cf3853d9 Report issues to [email protected].