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Canadian government spends $7.5 million on Manitoba connectivity
telecom | 03/07/2024 2:44 pm EST
Minister of Rural Economic Development Gudie Hutchings continued her tour doling out cash from the Universal Broadband Fund. Wednesday saw her in Thompson, Man. handing out $7.5 million for internet and mobile connectivity.
The money will allow Broadband Communications...
Canada and British Columbia fund high-speed internet rollout in province
telecom | 03/05/2024 9:47 am EST
Monday the federal government and the government of British Columbia joined forces to spend $37 million on 14 high-speed internet projects in the province. Canada’s Minister...
Federal government rolls out broadband in Cape Breton
telecom | 09/05/2023 3:38 pm EDT
The federal government is spending $1.2 million for high-speed internet service in Cape Breton in Nova...
Feds, Ontario, announce $54M broadband rollout
telecom | 07/12/2023 5:18 pm EDT
The federal and Ontario governments are together investing $54 million to roll out high-speed internet in the province. The project was announced Wednesday.
“Today’s announcement is a significant milestone for internet...
Auditor General finds internet connectivity lags in rural and Indigenous areas
Internet and Governance | 03/27/2023 5:20 pm EDT
Auditor General Karen Hogan released a quartet of reports on the...
Fixed-wireless providers unfairly excluded from ISED funding plans: CanWISP
telecom | 11/22/2022 9:33 am EST
CanWISP, the trade organization that represents fixed wireless and rural...
Federal government, BC announce $1.9m in broadband rollout
telecom | 09/06/2022 4:59 pm EDT
The Canadian government has partnered with the government of British Columbia to facilitate the rollout of $1.9 million in broadband infrastructure, it was announced Tuesday. There will be two projects, on Keats Island and in New Brighton, B.C. Approximately 663 households...
Telus invests $23 billion in Ontario over four years
telecom | 07/05/2022 4:00 pm EDT
Telus Corp. unveiled a $23 billion investment in broadband and related technologies across Ontario...
Federal government matches provincial funds for Alberta broadband
telecom | 03/09/2022 2:14 pm EST
The federal government is earmarking $240 million in matching funds to...
Canadian, BC governments invest $830M in high-speed internet
telecom | 03/08/2022 12:01 pm EST
The federal government has partnered with the government of British...
Gov. announces funding to connect remaining Newfoundland rural households
telecom | 02/22/2022 5:44 pm EST
The federal government and the government of Newfoundland and Labrador are...
Opposition hammers Government on 988, broadband rollout
telecom | 12/08/2021 10:24 am EST
The government was taken to task Tuesday over rollout of a dedicated number...
Half of spectrum licencees opted to use ISED’s COVID flexibility
telecom | 07/29/2020 5:21 pm EDT
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada allowed companies to...
PM outlines new parliamentary committee to oversee security agencies
telecom | 11/06/2017 5:33 pm EST
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the creation of a new National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians in a press release on Monday. This new body will “have the authority to review national security and intelligence activities carried out across the Government of Canada,” according to the...