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Comment: CRTC scales back internet ambitions for remote areas

Being realistic about rural internet speeds is acceptable but the danger is ‘for now’ will become ‘forever’

When it comes to internet service, regardless how it is delivered, the one thing that matters most is speed – or so most Kitsilano condo dwellers would tell you. Because if you live in, say, Lunenberg County or Stony Rapids or Cambridge Bay, the thing that matters most about internet service is that you have
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KAP president Mazier resigns to seek Tory nomination

Dan Mazier to seek Conservative candidacy for Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa

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Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) president Dan Mazier resigned his position Friday so he can seek the Conservative Party of Canada’s nomination for MP in the Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa in western Manitoba. “I would like to acknowledge my sincere appreciation to all the (KAP) staff, executive, board and the members of KAP who have offered support and
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Study says faster Internet speeds not enough

The Rural Development Institute says increasing the culture of use in rural areas 
is equally important to making faster broadband available

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A new study by the Rural Development Institute (RDI) in Brandon says rural residents will need help becoming more Internet savvy as faster broadband services become available. “Everybody treats broadband with a mentality of ‘build it and they will come,’” said RDI research associate Wayne Kelly. “What we’re finding, though, is that there is a
Premier Brian Pallister (r), Wade Oosterman, Pat Solman and Chris Goertzen examine a map of Highway 75.
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Pallister cheers on Bell expansion

Bell Canada is targeting Highway 75 in its expanded coverage plan — provided its 
merger with MTS is approved

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Reliable cellular service could be coming to Highway 75 if Bell Canada’s proposed multibillion-dollar take-over of Manitoba Telephone Services goes ahead. Speaking at the Morris Stampede and Exhibition grounds, Wade Oosterman, group president of BCE and Bell Canada, said the company promise to invest $1 billion in infrastructure over five years includes building three new
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Telecom proposal mixed news in rural areas

Wireless frequencies now available to Internet users would be reallocated to cell phone use

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Proposed changes to how telecommunications capacity is allocated could improve services for some rural Internet users, but be a step backward for those living on the outskirts of major population centres. Industry Canada is proposing to reclassify population centres of more than 30,000 people as “urban” and reallocate spectrum currently used only used for high-speed
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KAP Wants Fair-Use Agreements To Harvest Volunteer Crops Negotiated

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Keystone Agr icul tural Producers want seed technology companies to recognize the income crisis farmers are facing this year and be willing to negotiate a fair-use agreement for volunteer crops. With so much land unseeded in 2011, volunteer canola from last year’s fields has, in some cases, grown into stands farmers consider viable to harvest.
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More Rural Internet Service Promised

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Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has been trying to build up his party’s profile in rural Canada with policy pronouncements on firearms and food policy. He didn’t get much reaction until he announced May 4 that a Liberal government would ensure high-speed Internet service right across Canada. Industry Minister Tony Clement quickly defended the Harper government’s
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Proposed Internet Cuts Spark Rural Outcry

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“You don’t have access to do much business.” IAN WISHART, KAP Last week’s public outcry over a move to cut a federal program linking rural Canadians with the Internet may speak volumes about Internet service outside urban centres. The opposition to the government’s plan suggests Internet service in rural Canada isn’t nearly as good as

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