Shaw wants in on B.C.’s Connected Coast project, briefing note says

CityWest, meanwhile, seeks to be its own last-mile provider By Ahmad Hathout Shaw Communications wants to, in some capacity, get involved in British Columbia’s $45.4-million Connected Coast fibre project, according to a briefing note obtained by Cartt.ca. The company has asked the project’s main proponents, Prince Rupert’s CityWest and the Strathcona Regional District, to “partner to accelerate the delivery of service and/or as a key wholesale customer,” according to the note, written ahead of a February 3, 2021 meeting between company officials and B.C.’s Ministry of Citizens’ Services, which manages broadband in the province. CityWest and Strathcona had chosen Baylink Networks as...