Portion of rural B.C. fibre run to be lit up next month

OTTAWA – The federal government and the B.C. government today said a 40 km fibre-optic run north of Whistler, British Columbia will be completed next month which will result in increased connectivity speeds in Mount Currie and the Lil’wat Nation – and also provide connectivity to the Ts’zil Learning Centre. It’s part of a $5.6 million extension called the Whistler-Cache Creek Transport Fibre Build project, says the federal government press release. Future construction will connect communities such as Birken, Seton Lake, Tsal’alh Nation, T’it’q’et, Cayoose Creek Band, Xaxli’p, Ts’kw’ayalaxw First Nation, N’Quatqua First Nation and Bonaparte First Nation along the...