Project to cost $269,000
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Publishing date: Jan 21, 2021 • January 21, 2021 • 1 minute read (Getty Images) Photo by Getty Images
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The federal government will spend $269,000 to bring high-speed internet to the Wahnapitae First Nation.
Nickel Belt MP Marc Serre said the project will connect 74 underserved households to better internet, including 68 Indigenous households.
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“This important high-speed internet investment of nearly $270,000 is incredibly welcomed and will positively impact residents of Wahnapitae First Nation,” Serre, a Liberal MP, said in a release. “In order to drive economic and social prosperity, it is important to encourage local internet service providers to submit proposals and access historic federal (Universal Broadband Fund) funding to ge