Emergency alerts issued about problems with 911 systems in the Maritimes

‘We are investigating the root cause and apologize for the inconvenience,’ Bell Aliant said in an emailed statement

The 911 systems across the Maritimes were briefly offline Tuesday morning, prompting officials to issue emergency alerts.Bell Aliant, which serves all of Atlantic Canada, confirmed that 911 service for people using landlines was briefly knocked out, but it said service remained available to those using wireless devices.

Officials in Nova Scotia issued an emergency alert just after 8 a.m. advising that the system was having issues, but a follow-up alert at 8:42 a.m. confirmed service had been restored. In P.E.I., the disruption was brief. The Island’s Public Safety Department issued a statement just before 9 a.m., saying the system had been restored.

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