Rogers Communications Inc. says it has started restoring its wireless services after a widespread outage that began Friday morning.
Evan Koronewski, a spokesman for the Communications Security Establishment, said the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security also said it would help, but didn’t say whether Rogers accepted the offer.
Kathryn Bowen, an independent fashion designer and Rogers phone and internet customer, spent Friday morning on the floor of a Starbucks in Toronto’s financial district, video conferencing clients including a sales agent from Paris.Article content Roseanna Chen, 27, relied on a coffee shop as well, after her workplace’s internet was impacted by the outage, but found the Cafe’s wireless network became unstable as it filled with people.
Scarborough Health Network, which operates three hospitals in Toronto, requested staff head to their workplaces for shifts they are scheduled to be on-call for until the disruption is resolved. Niagara Health postponed oncology patients’ radiation therapy appointments. Adding to the headache was a warning from the Canada Border Services Agency that people may not be able to complete submissions through the ArriveCAN app — a mandatory requirement for all cross-border travellers.
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