Public Notice

December 10, 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 January 9, 2026 to contact identified on the project page.

The Proposed Project

Slave Lake Communications Ltd. plans to install underground fiber optic cabling, for Internet purposes, to residential homes in the community of Sawridge No. 150G (Sawridge First Nation). The project involves the installation of approximately 7 km of underground fiber optic cable from the intersection of Bicentennial Highway (Hwy 88) and 6 Avenue NE along the edge of 6 Avenue NE to its end, then proceed separately down E Mitsue Industrial Road to the intersection of Township Rd 730A and Township Rd 731.

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