As of February 10, 2026, the remote community of St. Theresa Point, Manitoba, is expected to get faster internet after the St. Theresa Point Band Office (designated Project Site 14) was chosen to host new communications equipment. The Island Lake Tribal Council (ILTC) is leading a project to upgrade existing towers and to install approximately 429 kilometres of buried fibre‑optic cable across the Island Lake region.
The plan calls for mounting 0.082‑metre and 0.156‑metre antennas operating in the 5 GHz and 60 GHz bands on existing 25‑metre towers at the band office and in neighbouring communities, with the necessary electronics housed in a small on‑site equipment cabinet. Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada issued a Notice of Determination on May 27, 2025, concluding the project is “not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects,” which cleared the way for construction to proceed.
Local residents can expect to see construction activity and some visual changes around the band office as antennas and the equipment cabinet are installed. The upgrades are intended to replace slow or unreliable satellite and legacy radio links with fixed‑wireless service backed by buried fibre, improving internet access for homes, schools, health clinics and other local services once the network is operational.
Information from the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada shows the work is part of a regional build serving four Island Lake communities — St. Theresa Point, Garden Hill, Red Sucker Lake and Wasagamack — and is designed to support connectivity for everyday services and emergency responders. The fibre will be buried using directional drilling, trenching or existing conduits along road alignments.
