Five northern community broadband projects in the N.W.T., Yukon and northern Manitoba will share in $72 million of Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) Broadband Fund money. According to a press release from the CRTC Wednesday, the projects are designed to improve broadband internet service for about 10,100 households in 51 communities. The CRTC will dedicate $750 million to projects that improve broadband services in rural and remote communities over the next five years. and two projects in Yukon, and to Broadband Communications North for a satellite project in northern Manitoba. Nunavut excluded from first round of fundingAccording to the press release, broadband projects in Nunavut were excluded from this first round of funding.

Source: CBC News August 12, 2020 19:57 UTC