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Canadian town left without internet, mobile services after beaver chews through cable

About 900 residents of Tumbler Ridge, a small community in the foothills of the British Columbia Rockies, were left without internet over the weekend after a beaver chewed through a crucial fibre cable.

Internet provider Telus said it appeared the beaver was digging underground alongside a creek when it came across the cables, which were buried about 1 metre deep and protected by an 11-centimetre conduit.