RM of Yellowhead
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In this episode of ConnectedMB, host Joel Templeman explores how the Yellowhead region built its own broadband cooperative. What began as a school division’s effort to connect rural schools grew into a community-owned fibre and wireless network that now delivers affordable, high-speed internet across the region. By choosing cooperation over contracts with private providers, Yellowhead created a model that cut household telecom bills, generated local jobs, and spurred rural economic development. The conversation highlights the power of municipal broadband to level the digital playing field and ensure community needs, not profit, drives service.