By George Lee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Macleod Gazette The target audience for a new rebate in Alberta may need the print version of their community newspaper to first learn that the satellite-facing program even exists. Rebates worth up to $1,000 are available until March 31 for hardware and installation costs to connect certain households to low-Earth-orbit satellites for internet service. The challenge is that the 10,000 or so rural and remote households that qualify have, by definition, severely limited or non-existent internet access, a rural media roundtable organized by the provincial government heard Thursday. The eligible homes are in areas of Alberta deprived of traditional ground-based internet because of distance and topography, Technology and Innovation Minister Nate Glubish told about a dozen rural media representatives. That makes community…
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