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Nfld. & LabradorThe RCMP, Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, Newfoundland Power and City of St. John's are some organizations who say their phones lines were affected by the widespread Bell outage. There cause of the outage is not yet knownCBC News · Posted: Oct 14, 2026 2:41 PM EDT | Last Updated: October 14Listen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The RCMP says the cause of the outage is unknown. (CBC)Emergency service lines are back up and running after a widespread Bell telecommunications outage affected both emergency and non-emergency lines in Newfoundland and Labrador for about two hours Wednesday afternoon. At the start of the outage, Bell Aliant said in a social media post that customers may not be able to make voice calls, including to emergency services. "We are working to restore service as quickly as possible. If you require emergency assistance, please go directly to the nearest fire station, police station or hospital emergency department," the post stated.