Public Notice

August 2, 2023 – Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada must determine whether the proposed project is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.

To help inform this determination, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada is inviting comments from the public respecting that determination. All comments received will be considered public and may be posted online.

Written comments must be submitted by August 31, 2023 to contact identified on the project page.

The Proposed Project

New Fibre Installation

GPN Wireless Network Solutions Ltd. plans to install underground fiber optic cabling, for Internet purposes, to all residential homes in the Horse Lake First Nation. The project involves the installation of approximately 42.9 Km of underground fiber optic cable from the Hythe POP to the community of Horse Lake First Nation

The cable is to be buried by directional drilling, trenching, or using existing conduits, or a combination of these methods in existing roadway alignments.