Proposed sale of Bruce Telecom to Eastlink back on the table, says report

BRUCE COUNTY, ONT. — BlackburnNews.com reported this morning that a proposed plan to sell Bruce Telecom to Halifax-based Eastlink has been revived, after Kincardine, Ont.’s town council voted 5-4 in favour of directing its mayor to reopen talks with Eastlink to see if it’s still interested in buying publicly-owned Bruce Telecom.Eastlink pulled out of the $26-million deal in August 2014, after the Competition Bureau expressed its concerns about the proposed sale.Kincardine mayor Anne Eadie said if Eastlink is interested in revisiting the deal, the parties involved will need to work through the issues raised previously by the Competition Bureau, according...