Funding secured to expand broadband network

Funding of $7.6 million has been secured to expand Columbia Basin Trust’s regional fibre optic network between Fruitvale and Nelson and between Kimberley and Wasa. Permitting and other pre-construction work on the projects will start soon, with support from federal, provincial and regional partners. “Our goal is to help people throughout the Columbia Basin—whether farmers,

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