Several small towns in northern British Columbia are without internet after a marauding animal chewed through a tree.
Many more customers were cut off from the internet because of the damage caused by the fallen tree.
The internet has been taken out in the frozen north before. Almost 1,000 customers lost service after a different animal chewed through a different cable.
The incident was described as a "bizarre and uniquely Canadian turn of events" by a Telus spokesman.
Maybe scratch the "unique".
This time, the crews found tooth marks at the bottom of the felled tree, leading them to believe that the culprit may have been the animal.
Bob Gammer, an official from BC Hydro, said that it happens every once in awhile. I wouldn't be a rich man if I had a nickel for every outage of the beavers.
A more permanent solution is being worked on by CityWest to make sure the internet is not taken out again by a beaver. A second fiber optics line is planned to be laid at the bottom of the ocean.
"If a tree goes down again, we will all still have internet through the line coming in from the ocean," said Lee Brain, the mayor of Prince Rupert.
In Northern B.C., there were mass internet and cell service failures. TV news
The US government kills 200 animals every hour.
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