CRTC Broadband Fund to allocate $20.5 million for mobile wireless and Internet access services in Manitoba, Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador
Press Release From: Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission August 4, 2022 – Ottawa-Gatineau – Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) Today, the CRTC announced that ten projects will receive up…
Government of Canada announces additional funding for digital literacy skills training to help more Canadians get online
Press Release From: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada $17.6 million investment to support initiatives aimed at teaching digital literacy skills to under-represented Canadians July 28th, 2022 Digital literacy skills…
CIRA awards $1.25M to Indigenous, northern and student projects, funds over 200 digital equity initiatives to date
Press Release OTTAWA, JULY 27, 2022 – Today, CIRA has announced the latest recipients of its $1.25 million Community Investment Program granting initiative, supporting Canada’s digital development through a selection…
Province launching new centre for agritech innovation
Press Release July 21, 2022 ABBOTSFORD – A new B.C. Centre for Agritech Innovation will further position the province as a world leader in agricultural technology, helping to improve food…
Rural internet download speeds slowly closing the gap to urban speeds, but they still fall well below the CRTC’s universal service objective
Press Release OTTAWA, ON – July 13, 2022 –As Canadians rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic, access to high-speed internet continues to be a challenge for many – especially in rural and…
Fast, reliable internet, cell coverage coming to Nass Valley
Press Release July 12, 2022 VICTORIA – More than 500 households in multiple Indigenous communities in the Nass Valley are set to benefit from a project that will bring high-speed…
Government of Canada announces up to $939,035 in funding to improve mobile connectivity in rural Quebec
Press Release From: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada July 7, 2022 – Ottawa, Ontario Today, Stéphane Lauzon, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Rural Economic Development, on behalf of the…
High-speed connectivity cable arrives in Haida Gwaii
Press Release July 4, 2022 HAIDA GWAII – The $45.4-million Connected Coast project has reached a new milestone with 87 kilometres of fibre-optic cable stretching across the seabed of Hecate…
More Cariboo communities connected to high-speed internet
Press Release June 23, 2022 VICTORIA – More than 1,200 households in 15 communities, including four First Nations communities, have access to high-speed internet services in the Cariboo, thanks to…
Investments totalling nearly $124 million to enhance Internet service in the Nord-du-Québec region
Press Release June 22, 2022 QUÉBEC CITY, June 22, 2022 – The federal and Québec governments and the Kativik Regional Government (KRG) are announcing $123.9 million in additional joint investments…
