Feds, B.C. investing over $2.6M to connect 400 rural homes to high-speed internet

OTTAWA – The governments of Canada and British Columbia announced Tuesday they are providing more than $2.6 million in combined funding for the Trout Lake BC Internet Society and the Village of Granisle to bring high-speed internet access to more than 400 households in nine rural B.C. communities. Specifically, the Trout Lake BC Internet Society will receive $442,460 in funding to provide high-speed internet access in the communities of Beaton, Galena, Galena Bay, Halcyon Hot Springs, Hall’s Landing, St. Leon Hot Springs, Trout Lake and Whiskey Point, a federal government press release says. The Village of Granisle will receive $2,228,157 in funding...