The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has announced that it is helping bring high-speed internet to 27 communities in rural Saskatchewan.

Through the Broadband Fund, the CRTC is committing over $12 million to Saskatchewan Telecommunications and Access Communications Co-operative Limited to build approximately 455 kilometres of transport fibre infrastructure to 25 communities in rural Saskatchewan, including one Indigenous community. Another company, Saskatchewan Telecommunications, received funding for two communities, one of which is Indigenous. In total, these two projects will cost roughly $15.35 million and will serve 3,880 households.

To add some context, the CRTC launched the Broadband Fund in 2019 to help connect rural, remote, and Indigenous commu

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