Infrastructure Canada: $2.9 million for network projects in Alberta Indigenous communities

COLD LAKE, Alta. — The governments of Canada and Alberta announced late Monday more than $2.9 million in funding for two broadband and wireless projects in Indigenous communities in Alberta. The projects are being funded through the Rural and Northern Communities Infrastructure Stream of the federal government’s Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program, which was launched in 2016. A project to upgrade the Internet and cellular infrastructure for the Saddle Lake Cree Nation will receive more than $2.6 million in federal funding. Another project for Cold Lake First Nations’ reserves will receive $241,544 in federal funding. This project will see the...