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The area of Trinity Bight is rich in history, culture and with a legacy of good community partnerships.  Unfortunately as of late with the advent of technology it has also become known for another item - the lack of a communication or cell signal.   With the switch from analog to digital occurring in 2008 it sent coverage areas on the Bonavista peninsula, in particular in the Trinity Bight area, into a cloak of darkness.  Through to today where there may be some patches of coverage with the installation of LTE frequency towers, there still remains significant areas of zero coverage, appearing to actually getting worse, amongst densely seasonal populations that rely heavily on cell communications for work, personal use, essential services and most importantly - emergency use.   As of now, emergency responders who live within the towns of Trinity to New Bonaventure do not have the ability, or very little, to communicate with a cell phone or emergency pager.  This normalization of deviance is unacceptable for such an area that sees a significant influx of home owners,  tourists and business operators during most of the year.  

While the expectation is not to install a large scale transmitting tower, it is well within the ability of telecom providers and the provincial government to create a partnership to install a repeater system or booster tower in the Trinity Bight area to remove this dead zone and restore the confidence of the population in it's ability to communicate to each other at any time for any circumstance. 

If this is not done the significant high level of risk will remain and eventually the ultimate consequence will be a preventable delay in emergency response for a situation that does not have the tolerance for added time. 

We call on our provincial government to help lead the effort to partner with telecom providers in the area and support local municipal governments in achieving these minimal standards of communication coverage.