Regina –A fee on the bottom of your phone bill is doubling in order to pay for improvements to the 911 system in Saskatchewan.
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) said on March 8 that it is upgrading its 911 technology “to ensure that the residents of Saskatchewan can continue to depend on timely and efficient emergency services.”
“In order to fund these upgrades and maintain essential 911 services for Saskatchewan, the monthly Sask911 Fee will be increasing from $0.94 per month to $1.88 per month, effective April 7, 2021. The provincial 911 system is funded through these fees, which are applied to all phone bills,” it said in a release.