CANORA - On Feb. 27, students and staff at Canora Composite School showed up to school noticing the absence of the internet.
It turns out there was a massive internet outage that affected the entirety of the Good Spirit School Division. There was also no internet available on Feb. 28. That same day, a statement was released by the school stating, “Due to the recent internet outage across the Division, certain communication tools have been affected. As we work diligently to resolve, we kindly ask for your co-operation in reporting student absences directly to the school, as our school staff don’t have access to Edsby at the moment.”
All computers, phones, and devices that required the use of wifi or internet were down. The internet was eventually restored to some extent on Feb. 29, with most services back to normal by Friday, March 1.
As of March 3, no official cause has been confirmed, but due to the outage affecting the whole division, a lot of students and parents started speculating potential causes, one being a cyber-attack from an outside source. The whole situation is occurring in the midst of a wide ranging conflict between the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation and the Saskatchewan government where job action has prevented certain tasks from being completed, making the Internet outage a dire problem for students and staff, who were forced to rethink lesson plans for a couple of days.
Global Story Of The Week: Brian Mulroney has passed away
The 18th prime minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney sadly passed away on Feb. 29, 2024. According to CTV News, a statement released to X, formerly known as Twitter, by Caroline Mulroney confirmed his death. Brian Mulroney died in a Palm Beach, Florida hospital after battling cancer and suffering a fall at his Florida home. Mulroney was prime minister from 1984 to 1993 winning two consecutive majority governments for the Progressive Conservative Party.
During his time in office, Mulroney helped Canada gain relations with the United States and Mexico by forming trade deals with the two countries. Mulroney also supported the movement against Apartheid, ordering the release of Nelson Mandela in South Africa. Brian Mulroney was remembered by other prime ministers such as Justin Trudeau, Joe Clark, Kim Campbell, and notably Jean Chretien who said, “I was an opponent of him all my political career, but in politics, opposition is opposition. It’s like playing hockey; you can fight on the ice and have a beer together after that.” Brian Mulroney leaves behind a wife and five children. He was 84 years old.
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