Canada, Quebec invest $8.2 million to bring high-speed Internet to 25 rural Quebec communities

OTTAWA — The governments of Canada and Quebec announced today $8.2 million in combined funding to bring high-speed Internet to 25 communities in rural Quebec. According to a press release from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), the funding will be allocated as follows: $1,208,522 to Bell Canada for projects benefiting the communities of Fatima, Innue Essipit, Lac-Légaré, Les Escoumins, Pointe-à-Boisvert, Rivière-Sainte-Marguerite and Sacré-Cœur $181,244 to the Coopérative de câblodistribution de l’arrière-pays (CCAP) for a project benefiting the community of Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury $98,758 to the Coopérative de télécommunication SJM for a project benefiting the community of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown $6,788,876 to Sogetel...