Ontario pledges $10.9 million to improve broadband in northern communities (updated)

Project deadline is 2023 TORONTO — The Ontario government announced today it is investing $10.9 million to bring faster broadband to several towns and First Nation communities in Northern Ontario. The investment announced today is expected to bring faster Internet to more than 7,000 households and businesses across Northern Ontario and will be used to help: build infrastructure that brings high-speed broadband to more areas in Chisholm, Marathon, Terrace Bay, rural Thunder Bay and Oliver Paipoonge; construct a new 22-kilometre fibre backbone network that brings high-speed broadband to Seine River First Nation, Couchiching First Nation, Rainy River First Nations, Ojibways...