CRTC approves $14M in Broadband Fund money for fibre projects in northern B.C. and the Yukon

The CRTC announced last week it has approved more than $14 million in funding via its Broadband Fund for CityWest Cable and Telephone Corp. to build approximately 253 kilometres of fibre infrastructure to bring high-capacity transport services to two communities in northern British Columbia and one in southern Yukon. Totalling approximately 113 households, the three communities to benefit from the project are Jade City and Good Hope Lake (Dease River) in B.C. and Upper Liard in the Yukon. The project is expected to improve access to reliable and high-quality internet service. “We are taking action to help ensure that all Canadians have...