Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram hit with outages

Published: Oct. 5, 2021, 3:44 a.m.

Monday, Oct. 4: A major outage hits Facebook on the eve of a whistleblower’s testimony against the company; Alberta’s health-care system buckles under the strain of COVID-19 as help is slow to arrive; and, a man’s 700-kilometre canoe trek to raise money for multiple sclerosis.