The federal government has announced 16.5 million dollars in funding for the construction of high-speed fibre infrastructure in Pimicikamak Territory.

This will be done through a joint venture between Cross Lake and Norway House Cree Nation, which has the approval to install nearly two hundred kilometres of fibre optic cable connecting the two communities.
 

The cable will be installed from a breakout point along Manitoba Hydro’s Bi-Pole III transmission line and routed to the respective community.

Broadband Communications North also received 6.5 million dollars in funding, which will service communities such as Pukatawagan, Shamattawa First Nation, Saint Theresa Point, and Tadoule Lake

The detail engineering will begin immediately, and construction is expected to be completed by December of next year.