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Osprey leave the nest, tower gets an upgrade

SaskTel’s wireless tower upgrade at Turtle Lake has finally been completed. The upgrade had been delayed since June because a mating pair of birds had nested on the tower.
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SaskTel’s wireless tower upgrade at Turtle Lake has finally been completed. The upgrade had been delayed since June because a mating pair of birds had nested on the tower. It was originally thought these birds were bald eagles, but it was later discovered they were in fact a mating pair of osprey.

Greg Jacobs, manager of external communications, says the baby osprey have now left the nest which allowed SaskTel to complete the upgrade on Oct. 9.  

SaskTel has also relocated the osprey nest to a new structure to prevent delays in maintenance to the Turtle Lake Tower. 

For further details regarding the upgrade, please visit HYPERLINK "http://www.sasktel.com/wps/wcm/connect/content/home/about-sasktel/news/2015-news-releases/sasktel-adds-cellular-network-capacity-to-10-rural-communities"SaskTel.com. 

The upgrade of the Turtle Lake tower was part of program to improve SaskTel’s wireless tower capacity by 20 to 100 per cent 10 communities in rural Saskatchewan: Candle Lake, Carlyle, Cochin, Greenwater Lake, Kerrobert, Kindersley, Lloydminster, Manitou Beach, Nipawin and Turtle Lake.