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Feds and BC roll out broadband, Videotron expands footprint

Briefs | 09/26/2023 4:12 pm EDT
Minister of Rural Economic Development Gudie Hutchings speaks with reporters on March 27, 2023, after the Auditor General’s March 2023 reports are tabled in the House of Commons (photo Andrew Meade).

The governments of Canada and British Columbia have joined together to spend $2.6 million on internet infrastructure, it was announced Tuesday. The action will bring high-speed broadband to more than 400 households in rural communities.

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