Sep 07, 2022
Yellowknife area will move to mandatory 10-digit dialing before hotline launches
When the new 988 mental crisis and suicide prevention hotline rolls out across Canada next year, all communities in the Yukon, N.W.T. and Nunavut will have access to it.
Catherine Newsome, a senior communications manager for Northwestel, confirmed in an email Tuesday that the telecom plans to implement the three-digit hotline in every northern community by Nov. 30, 2023.
While some communities around Yellowknife will need to move to mandatory 10-digit dialing — meaning people will have to dial the area code for all calls — seven-digit dialing will still be available in other areas in all three territories.
“In Yellowknife, Behchokǫ̀, Whatı̀ and Dettah, some local phone numbers begin with 9-8-8,” Newsome explained.
Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/988-crisis-line-northwestel-1.6573887