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Telus invests $2 million to bring wireless to Gold River and Tahsis; will hit every B.C. community with 1,000 or more

VANCOUVER — Telus announced Monday it has invested $2 million to build two new cell sites in Gold River and Tahsis, bringing wireless voice and Internet services to these west coast Vancouver Island communities for the first time. In addition to this investment, Telus is collaborating with the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation to upgrade wireless services in the community of Tsaxana later this year, says the news release. Last week Telus announced it had achieved the milestone of bringing wireless connectivity to every community in British Columbia with a population of 1,000 people or more. Telus said it is committed to...