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From: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada News release January 15, 2019 – Thetford Mines, Quebec The governments of Quebec and Canada are each investing $137,500 to bring high-speed Internet service to 115 households in the Black Lake district of Thetford Mines. The project, which has a total value of $493,500, will be carried out by Bell. […]

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News release from: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Residents in three communities to get new or faster Internet access thanks to Government of Canada investment August 3, 2018 – Hilton Beach, Ontario Internet access is more than just a convenience: communities, businesses and institutions need it to find information, offer services and create opportunities. That’s why the Government of […]

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News release from: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Residents in six communities to get new or faster Internet access thanks to Government of Canada investment August 2, 2018 – Sioux Lookout, Ontario Internet access is more than just a convenience: communities, businesses and institutions need it to offer new services and create new opportunities. That’s why the Government of […]

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News release from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Residents in 21 communities to get new or faster Internet access thanks to a $36-million investment July 25, 2018, Corbyville, Ontario Internet access is more than just a convenience: communities, businesses and institutions need it to offer new services and create new opportunities. That’s why, through an investment of over […]

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The community of St.Charles is sharing in a $1 million investment from the Government of Canada to improve high-speed internet access to the region. The funding had been announced June 26th, 2018 at École St.-Charles Borrommée by Nicel Belt MP Marc Serré on behalf of Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic development, Navdeep Bains: Congrats to […]

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Story originally published at the National Post by Emily Jackson TORONTO – Conservative leadership hopeful Maxime Bernier called for the end of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission as a telecom regulator, blasting it as a “playground for bureaucrats” that hurts competition. “We should phase out the CRTC in its role as a telecom regulator,” Bernier […]

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Article originally posted on www.northbaynipissing.com ALMAGUIN – The numbers prove it: internet service in Almaguin is terrible. According to Connected North, 70 per cent of residents across Northern Ontario have access to affordable, five megabits/per second internet service. In Almaguin, however, only 30 per cent of residents have the same connectivity. Of that 30, the numbers […]

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North Bay, Ontario: Information Communication Development Networks (ICTN’s) throughout Northern Ontario are eagerly awaiting the new data to be made available through the 2016 Census that Canadians have filled out this week. Blue Sky Net, based out of North Bay Ontario has developed an interactive broadband map based partially on Census data in order to […]

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As reported by The Manitoulin Expositor MANITOULIN—Several areas on Manitoulin could see improved broadband service if a proposed North Shore Lake Huron project from the non-profit telecommunications organization Blue Sky Economic Growth Corporation receives funding. “In May of 2014 Blue Sky embarked on a broadband expansion project that included a number of communities in the […]

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The CRTC has published the results from a survey which was conducted earlier this year asking Canadians about their internet services. The survey findings show that only one third of Canadians are satisfied with the cost of their internet. As reported by CBC, the survey found the following: Only one to two per cent of respondents had […]