Protection Island residents want better internet connectivity

Protection Island residents want better internet connectivity

The residents of Protection Island want to get up to speed with their internet connectivity. Nanaimo’s city council unanimously voted at its meeting on Monday, May 4 to provide a letter of support for an initiative that would see the island, located in Nanaimo Harbour adjacent to Newcastle Island, provided with high-speed fibre broadband service for the first time. Despite its proximity to the city, Protection Island, which has a population of a…