VULCAN, AB – The federal government and Alberta jointly announced a $96-million investment to provide high-speed internet to 46 rural and remote communities across the province.
The investment will toward 14 projects to connect more than 10,000 households, 2,300 of which are indigenous.
The recipients of the money are Telus, Tough Country Communications, Stoney Nakoda Telecom, ATG Arrow Technology, Blood Tribe – Kainai Nation – Treaty 7, Missing Link Internet, Wi-fibre, and the Town of Rainbow Lake.
The federal portion comes from the Universal Broadband Fund, which partnered with Alberta to deliver $780 million to connect the entire province.
The communities to be connected are: Vulcan, Brocket, Assumption, Fort Vermilion, High Level, Look Lake 235, Red Earth Creek, Tall Cree 173, Tall Cree 173A, La Crete, Fort Vermilion 173B, Big Horn 144A, Gift Lake, Heart Lake 167, Salt Prairie, Sunset House, Enilda, Joussard, Kinuso, Heart River, Dixonville, Deadwood, North Star, Notikewin, Hawk Hills, Wabasca-Desmarais, Stand Off, Moon River Estates, Gull Lake South, Rimbey, Viewmar Estates, Bluffton, Brant, Kirkcaldy, Cayley, Carmangay, Champion, Ensign, Herronton, Little Bow Resort, Mossleigh, Queenstown, Travers, Lake McGregor Country Estates, Milo, and Rainbow Lake.
