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What CityWest will be doing on Cortes for the next 4-6 months

A CityWest construction crew will be on Cortes Island for the first four to six months of 2022, to hook individual homes for high-speed Internet.

“Now that we’ve been issued a permit from the ministry of transport (MOTI), we have a green light to proceed with the provincial government’s mandate of connecting Cortes Islanders under the ERI grant program,” said Eric Geall, Operations Manager for West Connect Infrastructure (WCI).

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Next phase of fiber optics begins on Cortes this week

CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca

Installation crews will be working on Cortes Island to lay fiber optic internet cable along roads and to individual homes starting Jan. 7. Households that had applied for the free installation will be contacted two days prior to their turn.

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Update on CityWest’s progress in our area

Dino Tsakonas, Regional Manager for CityWest, gave Cortes Currents an update on how the Connected Coast initiative to bring high speed internet connection to our area is progressing.

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$45.4 million CityWest Connected Coast project breaks ground

By Norman Galimski,  Prince Rupert Northern View, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

CityWest’s $45.4 million Connected Coast project to further connect the North Coast to just less than 140 communities officially started on Oct. 29.

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Dino Tsakonas: the face of CityWest in our area

CKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

After more than two decades with local internet provider Twincomm, Dino Tsakonas has become the face of CityWest throughout much of our our region. 

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