Rural communities in Ontario receive $5.2M to boost high-speed Internet coverage

OTTAWA - The federal government announced Friday a new investment in high-speed Internet for rural communities as part of its Connect to Innovate initiative.Bernadette Jordan, Minister of Rural Economic Development, said that the $5.2 million investment will bring new or improved high-speed Internet access for the central Ontario community of Udora and the Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation in the Regional Municipality of York."Broadband Internet service is key for the prosperity of rural Canadian communities,” said Minister Jordan, in the announcement. “This project will allow these two communities in the Regional Municipality of York to be better connected to...