WELLINGTON COUNTY A $2 million broadband internet expansion in rural Wellington County is complete, bringing high-speed internet to more than 270 houses and businesses in the Yatton, Creek Bank and Goldstone communities. “More people in Wellington now have access to fast, reliable internet service,” Agriculture Minister Ernie Hardeman (PC-Oxford) said in a release. This is an important step forward in our plan to deliver broadband that supports better educational opportunities, attracts more businesses and create jobs in Wellington County.” The expansion was led by the Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT) project, a municipally-led, non-profit established by the Western Ontario Wardens Caucus in 2014.
Fibre-optic projects bringing higher speed broadband to areas of Lambton Crews are at work installing fibre-optic cable in eastern Lambton County as part of a $5.9-million project to bring high speed broadband to more than 570 homes and businesses in Wanstead, Rokey, Walnut and Sutorville.
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Publishing date: May 12, 2021 • 1 hour ago • 2 minute read • Brandon Keller, right, with Weber Construction, works on installation of fibre-optic cable along Lakeshore Road in Plympton-Wyoming. Several projects worth $17.6 million are underway across Lambton County that will bring higher speed broadband to about 4,500 residents and businesses. Photo by Paul Morden /The Observer
Construction is underway to improve broadband service in Essex County.
On Friday, TekSavvy Solutions broke ground in Lighthouse Cove as part of the Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT) partnership with the federal and provincial governments and private sector investors to deliver high-speed internet to more than 5,170 underserved homes and businesses within Essex County.
“This is a great day for the residents of Lighthouse Cove and the beginning of great things for thousands of residents of Essex County, who will soon have access to high-speed internet and the tremendous opportunities it creates for prosperity, education, innovation and continued economic growth,” said Gary McNamara, Essex County Warden and SWIFT Board Chair. “This pandemic has shown us that connectivity is not a luxury, but an essential service and SWIFT deserves credit for moving so quickly to bring fast and reliable internet to residents and businesses in southwestern Ontario, from the farm fie
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Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound Conservative MP Alex Ruff says the federal liberal government’s budget is about money for everyone, without a plan on how to repay it.
Ruff congratulates Freeland on being the very first female Finance Minister to table a budget, “Kudos to her, and I think that’s a great role model that she’s established for women and girls across our great nation,” says Ruff.
But, he adds, this budget is more about, “How do we buy votes, versus how do we actually get the economy roaring again and get proper economic recovery?”
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