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Nova Scotia ISP receiving rural broadband funds

Media | 04/11/2016 8:17 pm EDT

A rural Internet service provider in Nova Scotia will receive about $46,000 from the federal government to help increase broadband connectivity, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada said in a press release. On Monday, the ministry said the funding from the Connecting Canadians program will go to Acadian Communications Ltd. to help boost access to about 400 households in a community on the island of Cape Breton. The eastern Canadian investment comes days after Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains announced another $34.5 million in Connecting Canadians projects....