High speed Internet coming to rural, northern Quebec

SAINT-DAMIEN, QC – Rural and northern Quebec is next in line to benefit from faster, more reliable high-speed Internet as part of the federal government’s Connecting Canadians program.Parliamentary Secretary David Lametti, on behalf on behalf of ISED Minister Navdeep Bains, said Friday that the Feds will invest more than $16 million to improve high-speed Internet to more than 2,800 households in 13 rural and remote communities in Quebec.The companies receiving funding are:- ELPC (in French only) of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, which will receive $109,000 to improve service for 65 households in Saint-Damien;- Eeyou Communications Network of the James Bay region, which will receive...