Public Notice

May 28, 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 June 27, 2025 to contact identified on the project page.

The Proposed Project

Westman Media Cooperative Ltd. plans to install underground fiber optic cabling, for Internet purposes, to all residential homes in Sandy Bay. The project involves the installation of approximately 15 km of underground fiber optic cable along Main Rd, Ridge Rd. S, Lake Rd. N and MB-261 in Sandy Bay.

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