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GN announces internet connectivity milestone
February 28, 2025 Iqaluit, Nunavut– The Government of Nunavut (GN) is pleased to announce a major milestone has been reached in its efforts to enhance internet connectivity across the territory. On February 27, 2025, the CRTC announced the approval of the Statement of Work for the Kivalliq-Baffin Connector Fibre Project. This announcement sets the stage […]
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Artificial intelligence forum coming to Iqaluit – Nunatsiaq News
Feb 21, 2025 Carrefour Nunavut hosting event to discuss ethics of fast-evolving computing technology Carrefour Nunavut is hosting a forum in Iqaluit later this month to discuss the ethics and opportunities of artificial intelligence. The Iqaluit-based francophone economic development organization has made the fast-developing technology the focus of its Economic Forum 2025, scheduled to run […]
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CRTC takes action to help bring fibre Internet to three communities in British Columbia and the Yukon
From: Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission January 30, 2025 The CRTC is taking action to help bring high-speed fibre Internet to the communities of Jade City and Good Hope Lake (Dease River) in British Columbia, as well as Upper Liard in the Yukon. In 2019, the CRTC launched the Broadband Fund to help connect rural, remote, and […]
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Bell, Indigenous groups still ‘working towards’ Northwestel deal – Cabin Radio
January 28, 2025 The owner of Northwestel says it’s still finalizing a deal announced last summer to sell the company to an Indigenous-led consortium. Sixty North Unity – a group of Indigenous companies from the Yukon, NWT and Nunavut – said in June 2024 it intended to buy Northwestel, the North’s dominant internet provider, from […]
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Scheduled maintenance will impact voice, internet, and cellular services in the South Slave Region
October 18, 2024 The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is advising the public that planned maintenance work by NorthwesTel will temporarily impact all voice, internet, and cellular services – including 9-1-1 – in Kakisa, Enterprise, Fort Resolution, Fort Smith, and Hay River. This work is scheduled between 12:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. from October […]
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Construction of the Dempster Fibre Line is complete
The Government of Yukon today announced that the construction of the Dempster Fibre Line, a 778-kilometre fibre optic line that runs along the Dempster Highway between Dawson, Yukon, and Inuvik, Northwest Territories, is now complete. This line will connect the Government of Northwest Territories’ existing Mackenzie Valley Fibre Link in Inuvik to Northwestel’s fibre network […]
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Minister of CGS celebrates $272 million investment opportunity for high-speed fibre optic communications in Nunavut
Iqaluit, Nunavut (July 12, 2024) – Today, Community and Government Services (CGS) Minister David Joanasie expressed enthusiasm regarding the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) Broadband Fund’s decision to approve the Government of Nunavut’s (GN) application. This telecommunications funding opportunity is unique in that the fund is exclusively dedicated to improving internet connectivity in underserved […]
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Nunavut communities say CRTC money for fibre internet is good news, but question how it will work – CBC
Jul 12, 2024 Government still has to prove to telecommunications body that they can provide fibre internet Kinngait Mayor Jimmy Manning says it’s good news that fibre internet might be coming to his community, but when the government of Nunavut held a public consultation three years ago about bringing fibre internet to the hamlet, there […]
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CRTC takes action to bring fibre Internet to four Inuit communities in Nunavut for the first time
From: Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission July 4, 2024 Today, the CRTC is taking action to bring high-speed fibre Internet to four remote Inuit communities in Nunavut, including one official language minority community. This is the first time these communities will have access to fibre Internet. Through its Broadband Fund, the CRTC is committing $271.9 […]
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On this social network, sea ice, traditional foods and wildlife are always trending – The Narwhal
March 8, 2024 Using an app developed by Inuit in Nunavut, Indigenous communities from Alaska to Greenland are harnessing data to make their own decisions Few social networking platforms are known for inspiring positive social change these days, but an Inuit-developed app is helping Indigenous communities from Alaska to Greenland advance their self-determination. Named SIKU […]
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