The worldwide Microsoft outage is affecting traffic at both the Ambassador Bridge and Windsor-Detroit Tunnel.
According to the bridge company, “The Ambassador Bridge is monitoring the situation and will advise once it has returned to normal operations.”Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont. on Friday, July 19, 2024. (Chris Campbell/CTV News Windsor)
The Canada Border Services Agency posts updated border wait times online.
A statement released from local hospitals also said, “Patients should expect delays in service and potential appointment cancellations following a Microsoft/CrowdStrike global IT outage, which has been confirmed NOT to be a cyber-attack.”
In the emergency departments, patients can expect longer wait times and surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and diagnostic imaging patients will be contacted directly by hospital staff if the outages impact appointments.
Porter Airlines said it is cancelling its flights until 12 p.m. ET due to the outage. According to the …