Ontario is investing $10.9 million to bring quicker broadband to various towns in First Nation communities across Northern Ontario.
Additionally, the province will invest in improved internet access to bridge the digital divide and create more economic opportunities for both residents and businesses in these communities.
“Now more than ever, residents in Northern Ontario and across the province need access to faster, more reliable broadband service,” said Laurie Scott, Minister of Infrastructure, in the press release. “Our investments will make it easier for people to work and learn from home, run their businesses, access vital services and connect with others.”
Ontario’s $10.9 million investment is aimed to build the infrastructure that brings high-speed broadband to areas in Chisholm, Marathon, Terrace Bay, rural Thunder Bay and Oliver Paipoonge. Additionally, it will construct a new 22-kilometre fibre backbone network that brings high-speed to Seine River First Nation
THUNDER BAY - The provincial government is investing more than $10 million to bring broadband internet to remote First Nation communities and Northern Ontario, including rural areas around Thunder Bay.
In a release issued Wednesday, the province said it is investing $10.9 million to bridge the digital divide in the north.
“Now more than ever, residents in Northern Ontario and across the province need access to faster, more reliable broadband service, said Laurie Scott, Minister of Infrastructure. Our investments will make it easier for people to work and learn from home, run their businesses, access vital services and connect with others.
The investment will include building infrastructure to bring high-speed broadband to Chisholm, Marathon, Terrace Bay, and rural Thunder Bay and Oliver Paipoonge.
The province is planning to spend nearly $11 million to improve internet access across northern Ontario.
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Posted: Jan 20, 2021 12:00 PM ET | Last Updated: January 20
The province announced $11M in funding to improve northern Ontario internet access on Wednesday.(Toby Talbot/The Associated Press)
The province is planning to spend nearly $11 million to improve internet access across northern Ontario.
The funding was announced on Wednesday, which the province said will upgrade internet quality for up to 7,000 households and businesses.
The Ontario government previously said it would spend $680 million on upgrading and expanding broadband and cellular access across the province. That money was announced in November, 2020.
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OPP and Treaty Three Police are investigating a suspicious death on Couchiching First Nation.(CBC)
Treaty Three Police, with assistance from Rainy River OPP, are investigating a suspicious death in Couchiching First Nation.
Police said officers and Rainy River District EMS paramedics were dispatched to a residence on Rainy Lake Boulevard in the community on Dec. 25, with reports of a domestic assault with a weapon.
Three victims with superficial injuries were found at the scene, as was an unresponsive 41-year-old man, police said. He was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police have identified the deceased as Randall Morrison of Big Grassy First Nation.