Feds, Alberta and B.C. announce $190M in combined funding for high-speed internet projects

The federal government in partnership with the governments of Alberta and British Columbia last week announced more than $190 million in combined federal and provincial funding for projects to bring high-speed internet access to underserved households in rural and remote communities across Alberta and in the B.C. Interior. The governments of Canada and Alberta are providing more than $153 million in combined funding for 24 projects to deliver high-speed internet access to more than 14,400 households in 120 rural and remote communities across the province, including over 800 indigenous households, according to a press release. Project funding recipients include Telus, Xplore, Clearwater County,...