Communications on the North Coast 2022 -- CityWest and Other Regional providers

Our 2022 Archive of items related to developments with the City of Prince Rupert owned Telecommunication company CityWest and other service providers in the region.

CityWest Home page

Consolidated Financial statements including CityWest information

Connected Coast Project Archive Page

December

Prince Rupert area

December 9 -- Lee Brain's parachute comes in Blue and White, as former Mayor is tapped for Vice-President post at CityWest NCR

December 5 --  CityWest's Twelve Days of Christmas underway NCR

Rest of NW BC and SE AK

November 

Prince Rupert area

November 8 -- 6.5 million dollar investment to bring CityWest Last Mile Fibre to the home of Vancouver Island Communities  NCR

November 8  --  CityWest announces Last-Mile Fibre-to-the-home construction for Seven Vancouver Island Communities   (CityWest statement)
November 2 -- CityWest advises customers of work on routers this week  NCR

November 1 -- CityWest, North Coast Regional District create joint partnership for service expansion NCR

Rest of NW BC and SE AK

October

Prince Rupert area

October 28 -- NCRD and CityWest announce Joint partnership agreement (CityWest statement)

October 27 -- CityWest adds to its corporate portfolio, announcing acquisition of Gillies Bay Internet Society on Texada Island  NCR

October 26 -- CityWest announces Acquisition of Gillies Bay Internet Society (CityWest statement)

October 19 -- The Beaver didn't do it!! Another major communication outage for North Coast Tuesday NCR 

October 19 -- CityWest addresses Outage (CityWest statement)

Rest of NW BC and SE AK

October 26 -- CityWest announces Acquisition of Gilies Bay Internet Society (CityWest statement)

September 

Prince Rupert area

September 29 -- CityWest followers select a Phone Book Cover winner! NCR

September 13 -- Voting now underway for CityWest's annual Phone book cover selection  NCR

September 9 -- North Coast Regional District to provide 550K plus in financial assistance to CityWest NCR

Rest of NW BC and SE AK

September  6 -- CityWest Announces Last-Mile Fibre-to-the-home Construction for Gambier Island and Keats Island  (CityWest statement)

August

Prince Rupert area

August 29 -- CityWest launches quest for photos for 2023 Phone Book Cover NCR

August 24 -- Rogers outage affects some Prince Rupert cel phone users  NCR

Rest of NW BC and SE AK

August 17 -- CityWest Fibre to Home work continues on Haida Gwaii as focus shifts to Skidegate NCR

August 9 -- CityWest Fibre-to-the-Home Construction begins in Skidegate  (CityWest statement)

July

Prince Rupert area

July 8 -- Rogers woes Canada wide leave cell users disconnected in Prince Rupert, across Northwest NCR

July 7 -- Cellular phone connectivity issues leaves City Hall off the contact list  NCR

July 5 -- High Speed undersea cable make for connectivity for Haida Gwaii; as Connected Coast work nears 50% mark NCR

Rest of NW BC and SE AK

July 21 -- CityWest Fibre-to-the-Home construction begins in Bella Coola Valley   (CityWest statement)

July 19 -- CityWest partners with Fraser Lake for Fibre-Optic Service  NCR

July 18 -- CityWest launches Fibre-Optics Services in Fraser Lake     (CityWest statement)

July 4 -- High Speed Connectivity cable available in Haida Gwaii (CityWest statement)

June

Prince Rupert area

June 10 -- When it comes to communications, the Beaver would rather see us live the life of Luddites NCR

June 10 -- CityWest launches Services in Lax Kw'alaams via the Context Coast (CityWest statement)

June 8 -- CityWest addresses Yesterday's outage  (CityWest statement)

June 7 -- Back to the pre-dial up days for Prince Rupert Internet users on Tuesday  NCR

Rest of NW BC and SE AK

June 10 -- Blame it on the beaver, says BC Hydro after northwest Internet and Phone outage 

June 10 -- The Day everything stopped working

June 9 -- Damaged cable that took down northwest BC phone and internet underscores vulnerability of region

June 9 -- Beaver to blame for fallen tree that caused phone, internet outages in BC

June 7 -- Fallen tree causes phone and internet service outages across swatch of northern BC

May 

Prince Rupert area

May 19 -- Telus investment in BC could make for CityWest challenge along Highway 16 corridor  NCR

May 16 -- Equipment issues in Southern BC slows down the Prince Rupert internet experience  NCR

May 13 -- CityWest home fibre installation in Lax Kw'alaams to start in June. NCR

May 2 -- Connected coast project set to bring fibre optic service to Hartley Bay  NCR

Rest of NW BC and SE AK

May 31 -- Tahltan Territory next destination for CityWest fibre optic expansion plans NCR

May 31 -- Thaltan Development Corporation and CityWest Begins Fibre-Optic construction in Tahltan Territory  (CityWest statement)

April 

Prince Rupert Area

April 22 -- Next step for CityWest/Connected Coast initiative underway on Denman Island  NCR

April l2 -- CityWest in Lax Kw'alaams this week as part of sign up and pre launch of service to community NCR

Rest of NW BC and SE AK

April 29 -- Connected Coast Project Arrives at Hartley Bay  (CityWest statement)

April 20 -- CityWest Fibre-to-the-home construction begins on Denman Island (CityWest statement)

March

Prince Rupert Area

March 17 -- Gitxaala Nation and CityWest to team up in Connected Coast venture  NCR

March 8 -- Provincial and Federal governments to add more money towards High Speed connectivity in BC  NCR

Rest of NW BC and SE AK

March 16 -- Gitxaala Nation and CityWest partner for High-Speed Fibre Network  (CityWest statement)

March 14 -- Last Mile Fibre-to-the-home construction planned for Strathcona Regional District (CityWest statement)

February 

Prince Rupert Area

Rest of NW BC and SE AK

February 14 -- Regional District Alternative Approval Process underway on Regional Broadband plans  NCR

January

Prince Rupert Area

January 28 -- Fibre Optic lines laid off the North Coast (video)

January 28 -- CityWest reaches milestone for Connected Coast Project

January 28 -- CityWest hands City of Prince Rupert $800,000 Distribution payment

January 28 --- With Fibre optic cable laying off Ridley Island, CityWest marks milestone for Connected Coast project  NCR

January 28 -- First 50 kilometre of subsea fibre-optic cable laid for Connected Coast project (CityWest statement)

January 28 -- Prince Rupert's Court House display goes dark, as crews close down annual light show NCR

January 26 -- CityWest gives  City of Prince Rupert $800,000 in annual distribution payment 

January 25 -- City of Prince Rupert receives $800,000 payment from CityWest

January 25 -- CityWest delivers Distribution payment of 800,000 do City of Prince Rupert for 2021  NCR

January 25 -- CityWest provides annual distribution payment to Shareholder  (CityWest statement)

January 19 -- Connected coast work underway for Metlakatla this week NCR

January 13 -- CityWest's phone outage issue resolved

January 13 -- Northwest phone issues resolved   NCR

Rest of NW BC and SE AK

January 27 -- Dropping In - Fibre to Home Construction begins on Cortes Island  (CityWest statement)

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