Northlands Denesuline First Nation

PomeGran Group and Broadband Communications North Secure Federal Funding to Boost Connectivity in Remote Indigenous Regions

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星期四, 三月 7, 2024
Shamattawa First Nation, Manto Sipi Cree Nation, MB, Barren Lands First Nation, Education, Mosakahiken Cree Nation, Eutelsat, Health, Federation, Communication, Atlantic Canada, Digital divide, Northlands Denesuline First Nation, Bloodvein First Nation, LEO, Regional Development Agency (Canada), Poplar River First Nation, Internet, Partnership, Renewable energy

THOMPSON, MB, March 7, 2024 /CNW/ - PomeGran Inc., via its subsidiary ROCK Networks, a leading broadband service provider, and Broadband Communications North (BCN), Manitoba's largest Indigenous network, have received $7.5 million in funding from the federal government to deliver cellular and data service to eight remote Indigenous communities in Northern Manitoba.

Key Points: 
  • THOMPSON, MB, March 7, 2024 /CNW/ - PomeGran Inc., via its subsidiary ROCK Networks, a leading broadband service provider, and Broadband Communications North (BCN), Manitoba's largest Indigenous network, have received $7.5 million in funding from the federal government to deliver cellular and data service to eight remote Indigenous communities in Northern Manitoba.
  • This funding from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), combined with additional funding from other sources, enables PomeGran and BCN to begin the next phase in a project to bring improved connectivity to 18 Indigenous communities across Northern Manitoba.
  • "This funding announcement is a game-changer for connectivity in our communities," said Jason Neepin, Executive Director of BCN.
  • "Partnering with ROCK Networks and receiving support from the federal government demonstrates our collective dedication to bridging the digital divide.

Improving mobile connectivity to keep people safe in northern Manitoba

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星期三, 三月 6, 2024
Shamattawa First Nation, MB, Barren Lands First Nation, Research, Investment, Mosakahiken Cree Nation, Government, Federation, Life, Communication, Atlantic Canada, Data-rate units, Service Canada, Northlands Denesuline First Nation, Bloodvein First Nation, Regional Development Agency (Canada), Poplar River First Nation

THOMPSON, MB, March 6, 2024 /CNW/ - Everyone needs reliable and affordable mobile connectivity, no matter where they live in Canada.

Key Points: 
  • THOMPSON, MB, March 6, 2024 /CNW/ - Everyone needs reliable and affordable mobile connectivity, no matter where they live in Canada.
  • Ensuring access to secure and reliable mobile connectivity for Indigenous communities is a top priority for the government, particularly in an increasingly digital world.
  • Today, your federal government is making sure eight Indigenous communities across northern Manitoba have a little more peace of mind."
  • Since 2015, the Government of Canada has invested $262 million in connectivity projects in Manitoba.

Seal River Watershed Alliance, Government of Canada, and Manitoba Government sign a historic agreement to protect one of the largest ecologically intact watersheds in the world

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星期四, 一月 18, 2024
Knowledge, Carbon, Taiga, Wetland, Mouth, Barren Lands First Nation, Government, Biodiversity, Collaboration, Partnership, Science, Memorandum, Industrialisation, MOU, Phytoplankton, Tundra, CPAWS, First Nations, Risk, MB, Climate change, Today, Water, Tree, Conference, Longevity, Traditional knowledge, Organization, Indigenous peoples, Climate, United Nations, Sayisi Dene, Carbon dioxide, Northlands Denesuline First Nation, Seal, Forestry

Located in northern Manitoba, the 50,000 km2 Seal River Watershed is one of the largest remaining ecologically intact watersheds in the world.

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  • Located in northern Manitoba, the 50,000 km2 Seal River Watershed is one of the largest remaining ecologically intact watersheds in the world.
  • "The Seal River Watershed Alliance is proud to reach this major milestone in the journey to establish an Indigenous protected area.
  • "Today marks a historic agreement to protect one of the largest and most ecologically intact watersheds in the world.
  • We are grateful to the members of the Seal River Watershed Alliance for their leadership in protecting this global treasure.

Governments of Canada and Manitoba and four First Nations zero in on a new Indigenous protected area in one of the world's largest ecologically intact watersheds

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星期三, 十二月 14, 2022
Knowledge, Carbon, Water, Indigenous peoples, Convention on Biological Diversity, Culture, Ecosystem, Tree, Indigenous self-government in Canada, Industrialisation, Economic development, Barren Lands First Nation, Partnership, MONTRAL, Bloodvein First Nation, Science, Animal, Biodiversity, Biodiversity loss, Traditional knowledge, Mouth, Wetland, United Nations, Phytoplankton, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Parks Canada, Land, Climate, Government, Northlands Denesuline First Nation, Climate change, United Nations Forum on Forests, First Nations, UN, Parliament, Sayisi Dene, Biology, Carbon dioxide, Party, Hope, Forestry, Whaling, Agriculture, Renewable energy, COP15, Indigenous, Environment, Franco-Manitoban, Seal River

Protecting the watershed would add .5% of protected area on Canada's path to protecting 30% of lands and waters by 2030.

Key Points: 
  • Protecting the watershed would add .5% of protected area on Canada's path to protecting 30% of lands and waters by 2030.
  • Traditional Knowledge, coupled with science, will be used as the foundation for the feasibility assessment of the Indigenous protected area.
  • Today's announcement is an important step forward in the creation of a new Indigenous protected area for the Seal River Watershed in Northern Manitoba.
  • Indigenous governments have the primary decisionmaking role for managing lands and waters in an Indigenous protected area.