Global IT outage hits home in Winnipeg, some services come back online

A widespread tech outage thatimpacted many industries around the globe has also hit home in Winnipeg, but some servicesare starting to be restored.

All Dynacare medical laboratories across the province weretemporarily closed due to an outage to the company's systems, but some operations are coming back online.

Dynacare said in a statement Friday afternoonthe main Winnipeg lab is up and running again. The Garden City and St. Vital laboratoryand health services centres are also back online.

Dynacare also anticipates its Seasons of Tuxedo location will be "open shortly as well," the statement said.

"Our focus is to have as many of our locations back up and running for Saturday service as possible," the statement said.

"This does require us to manually reset the systems in each locations," the statement also said.Dynacare's website will be updated with current location hours as soon as possible.

Goldeyes, Fringe ticketingaffected

The Goldeyes, the city's professional baseball team, posted on social media accounts earlier in the daythat its in-house ticket system werealso affected. However, a representative with the team told CBC News its system was back online.

Similarly, theWinnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival's ticketing system was offline, butRoyal Manitoba Theatre Centre
communications associateJalene Momansaid the issue has since been resolved. Moman said people can now buy advance tickets and access the Fringe website.

An alert sent by global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike to its clients and reviewed by Reuters saidthe company's Falcon Sensor software is causing Microsoft Windows to crash.

The problem crashed Windows machines and servers, sending them into a loop of recovery so they couldn't restart.

"This is not a security incident or cyberattack. The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed," company CEO George Kurtz saidin a message posted on social media.

Manitoba's public health system is not directly affected by the CrowdStrike outage. Its digital services usea different provider for cybersecurity, aspokesperson for Shared Health,the organization thatoverseeshealth-care delivery in the province, said in an email to CBC News.

"We understand that Dynacare labs are closed today across Manitoba, which is causing heavier outpatient traffic than usual at various hospital labs. No patient needing a blood lab will be turned away as long as they have a valid requisition form, but they are cautioned that wait times may be longer due to the increased traffic and the need for lab staff to prioritize our hospital-based patients."

Porter Airlines has alsocancelled flights in Canada until 3 p.m.

The Winnipeg Airports Authority urges passengers on any airline to check the status of their flights, and if flights are cancelled,not to go to the airport.

The airport itself has not been impacted by the CrowdStrikeissue, a spokesperson said.