All Alberta government services available again after Shaw Court fire
Posted Jul 17, 2012 7:57 am.
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All government services have been restored after a fire in downtown Calgary last week that knocked out computers and telecommunications.
The July 11 blaze at Shaw Communications’ headquarters caused the outage of a data centre that supports a variety of provincial services.
Most were restored two days later, but the motor vehicle registry and land titles data needed more time to restore and test to ensure they were stable and working properly.
Drivers with licences that expired on or after July 1 were granted an extension, which will stay in place until July 31 to allow time for motorists to renew their licences.
Service Alberta Minister Manmeet Bhullar says in a release that government and IBM technicians worked around the clock to get services back up and running.
The government says now that they have been restored, an internal assessment will be done to determine what happened and to make possible changes.
