Public Notice

April 24, 2025 – 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 May 23, 2025 to contact identified on the project page.

The Proposed Project

Upgrade (Single) Tower

Saskatchewan Telecommunications is proposing the addition of eight (8) antennas of 0.487 meter, in the 5 GHz frequency band, mounted at the top of an existing 31 meters tower which is located on James Smith. The antennas will be installed to improve network access to high-speed Internet. In the future, the existing tower may have other antennas and other radiocommunication equipment added or replaced

New Fibre Installation

Saskatchewan Telecommunications plans to install underground fiber optic cabling, for Internet purposes, to all residential homes of Red Earth No.29 (Red Earth) (51356), Red Earth, Cote First Nation 366, Shoal Lake Cree Nation, Pelican Narrows (Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation), Sturgeon Weir No.205 (Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation), James Smith, Amiskosakahikan No.210 (Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation), and Wapaskokimaw No.202 (Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation).

The project involves the installation of approximately 127 km of underground and aerial fiber optic cable along the roads of Red Earth No.29 (Red Earth) (51356), Red Earth, Cote First Nation 366, Shoal Lake Cree Nation, Pelican Narrows (Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation), Sturgeon Weir No.205 (Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation), James Smith, Amiskosakahikan No.210 (Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation), and Wapaskokimaw No.202 (Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation).

The cable will be buried by directional drilling, trenching, or using existing conduits, or a combination of these methods in existing roadway alignments, but will be suspended on support structures to connect to residential homes and businesses.