The Government of P.E.I. website, which contains data on hospital wait times, library services and other valuable information, continued to be out of order on Sunday.
A notice on the website said it was temporarily unavailable and directed users to the government’s Facebook page and other social media sites.
In an email to CBC News, a provincial spokesperson said the outage was caused by multiple power surges affecting government infrastructure on Friday afternoon.
“Surge protection infrastructure was damaged but did the job to protect valuable government IT [information technology] equipment,” the email said.
“IT and transportation infrastructure staff have been working diligently all weekend, sourcing parts and
