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In a Thursday news release, the Canada Infrastructure Bank said construction has already begun to connect underserved households in 20 Indigenous and four rural communities to the new internet service. The agreement is part of the its Indigenous Community Infrastructure Initiative, which offers loans to Indigenous infrastructure projects.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
Monica Burman, a spokeswoman for Arrow, told Postmedia Saturday the specific community projects to benefit from the loan are yet to be announced, but the loan will ensure the company can do more than one large project at a time.Article contentAccording to , the company already supplies broadband services to 73 communities across Alberta, 49 of which are First Nations communities or Metis settlements, and 24 of which are rural towns.
While the Alberta government has announced $390 million over four years towards access to high-speed internet with its Alberta Broadband strategy, Burman confirmed Arrow’s projects under the CIB loan are not receiving money
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