Sasktel outages and service status in Fort McMurray, Alberta

Problems in the last 24 hours in Fort McMurray, Alberta

The chart below shows the number of Sasktel reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Fort McMurray, Alberta and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.

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Sasktel Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Sean Edwards 🌾 (@EdwardsAcres) reported 4 minutes ago from Raymore, Saskatchewan

  @RobWarkentin @SaskTel @davisinst Not sure. I've never tried.

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  HammerofSparx (@KevinAn45942701) reported 7 minutes ago

  @DouglasPollitt While I 💯 agree there is a ton of anti-competition stuff, I haven’t been able pin down what says they HAVE TO report scores. Does CBC? Local news? Do newspapers? (it bugs me that OS didn’t prove their case by getting on Cogeco, SaskTel, Videotron etc. Would’ve been faster)

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  SaskTel Support (@SaskTelSupport) reported 10 minutes ago

  March 11, 2026 – SaskTel crews completed the planned network maintenance and restored all SaskTel services in and around the communities of Sandy Bay, Brabant Lake, Geikie River, Wollaston Lake, Black Lake, Key Lake, McArthur River, Cigar Lake, Collins Bay, Stony Rapids, and Fond‑du‑Lac prior to 6:00 am this morning. SaskTel again apologizes for any inconvenience this outage may have caused and thanks customers for their patience and understanding. #skoutage

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  Jamie Farrell (@JamieFarrell4) reported 11 minutes ago

  @SaskTel again lost our saskmax streaming tonight, every other night, it seems. Spend more time watching our fire stick than sask streaming, why am I paying for this crap service ?

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  chris (@chris27007107) reported 12 minutes ago

  @PremierScottMoe Good. Shut down Sasktel ffs. Don’t stop there either…. Time to grow a pair

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  Shady Kurtinz|Kurt ******* '86|Zerø|Eazy K (@AntiMisogynistG) reported 15 minutes ago

  Zerø was the name I would eventually go by if we had the cybernetic society that was filled with bad data infecting systems and threatening to take over the whole system. The system will be in place, the first step was the Shaw and SaskTel WiFi hotspots.

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  Saskatoon Transit (@stoontransit) reported 16 minutes ago

  @MA5ONATOR HI Chills @MA5ONATOR, Saskatoon Transit only runs service to the Blades games from the special event stop on 23rd street between 1st and 2nd Avenue. For larger events SaskTel Center utilizes other resources. Please contact SaskTel center to confirm bus service from malls.

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  SaskTel (@SaskTel) reported 17 minutes ago

  @TKeeps @JBMcAdams I am sorry to hear you're having trouble with the coverage. Borders are difficult to cover as SaskTel faces all towers inward and cannot have our cell footprint spill across the border which can cause fringe zones where boosters may be needed for less than ideal coverage

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  Tanya McCann (@tmccann14) reported 17 minutes ago

  @WapWes @SaskTelSupport @SaskTel We were told we live in the middle of 2 towers, the worst spot to be! We have to run to a window if someone phones out cells phones while we are in the house. We keep our landline because cell service is so ******, we are on a farm and have wifi but that doesn’t help phone calls.

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  Brian Doane (@bgdoane) reported 18 minutes ago

  @SaskTel Well, I appreciate your reply. I know it's only lip service. I've been talking to Sasktel about this for years. Our complaints simply aren't going to cause you to build more towers or upgrade current ones. That's the only fix for this.