SaskTel says it won’t be delayed in rolling out cable service in Regina and Saskatoon this year, despite a CRTC order that the telco first prove it’s free of political influence from the provincial government. An executive with the Crown-owned telco says they will begin work immediately to comply with commission concerns that provincial cabinet has the power to remove directors from SaskTel’s board at its "pleasure".

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