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The province has announced another round of communities getting access to high-speed internet.
Bell Canada is the service provider across the board, and an additional 32,000 homes and businesses province-wide will be serviced this time around.
So who’s getting it?
In Shelburne County, the communities of Clyde River, Port Clyde, Port La Tour, Baccaro, Blanche, Lockeport, Shelburne and Woods Harbour.
In Yarmouth and Digby Counties, Argyle, Bear River, Carleton, Clare, Port Maitland, Pinkney’s Point – which was previously announced – West Pubnico, Sandy Cove, Tusket, Wedgeport, Weymouth.
Many of the smaller communities in the areas named are part of the announcement.
Provincial governments have been promising high-speed internet for all since former Premier Rodney MacDonald’s PC Government made the initial announcement in 2006.
At the time – the timeline was for everyone to have access by the end of 2010.
The province says it has invested $193 million to expand access.
Prep and engineering work are already underway, with more than 11,000 homes and businesses anticipated to have access by summer 2021, 21,000 by end of 2021, and all 32,000 by summer 2022.
The Nova Scotia Internet Funding Trust is also investing $59 million in these projects, with leveraged funds of $61 million from the public and private sector.
