The Globe and Mail reports in its Monday edition that a year after BCE announced plans to sell its Northern Canada telecom business to a coalition of indigenous companies for $1-billion, a final deal remains in limbo. The Globe's Irene Galea writes that last June, BCE-owned Bell Canada said it was selling Northwestel to Sixty North Unity, a group composed of indigenous organizations from the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. The companies billed the deal as "a landmark partnership to advance indigenous self-determination through the indigenous ownership of critical telecommunications infrastructure in the north." A year later, however, Sixty North says it is still exploring a range of private and government funding sources to complete the deal. In a statement to The Globe, Sixty North director Tiffany Eckert-Maret said: "Discussions with potential partners and funders remain active. We continue to be optimistic about the opportunity and are confident in its long-term value. Several groups are currently engaged at various stages of review, and while we're not sharing exact numbers at this point, the level of interest and engagement has been encouraging." As of 2019, Northwestel served 120,000 customers.