New $11M fibre line to connect N.W.T. community to high-speed internet Minister of Northern Affairs Dan Vandal rises during a meeting of the Special Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Vandal has announced that homes in Whatì in the North Slave region of the Northwest Territories are to have access to high-speed internet by the end of 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang April 15, 2021 - 2:46 PM Homes in Whatì in the North Slave region of the Northwest Territories are to have access to high-speed internet by the end of this year.