No #internet, no #phone: #Canada #wildfires expose fragility of rural #infrastructure

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/15/internet-access-rural-canada-wildfires

Northwestel, which provides telecommunications for the #Yukon, Northwest Territories, #Nunavut and northern #BritishColumbia announced on Friday that a wildfire had damaged a critical fibre optic cable near the town of #FortNelson. The company said it had also lost its redundancy cable due to a separate wildfire burning near Jean Marie River and #Kakisa in the Northwest Territories.

#news #disaster #climate #environment

No internet, no phone: Canada wildfires expose fragility of rural infrastructure

Remote communities suffer total loss of communications after fires damage critical fibre optic cables

^{Leyland Cecco (The Guardian)}

#BritishColumbia / #BC picks of the day:

➡️ @thetyee - Independent non-profit news site based in #Vancouver #Canada

➡️ @VisionZeroYVR - Road safety campaign group in Vancouver

➡️ @ahvancouver - Non-profit campaigning for more types of housing in Metro Vancouver

➡️ @jackermann - Radio broadcaster on CityNews Vancouver

➡️ @cedge - Research centre at Simon Fraser University promoting equitable society through education

➡️ @vanpy - Python programming language group for people in Vancouver

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April 27 is #InternationalCrowAndRavenAppreciationDay

Highly intelligent, ravens can use tools and solve problems. They have a wide and complex range of vocal and non-vocal sounds. These two ravens exchanged a piece of wood and also some kelp on the shoreline of Vancouver Island. Photo and text from my book: Wild Vancouver Island.

#raven #birds #BirdPhotography #wildlife #photography #WildlifePhotography #VancouverIslandWildlife #BritishColumbia