by Deborah Pfeiffer – May 26, 2015 / 7:30 pm Citing health and other concerns, Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen director, Tom Siddon, presented a petition and called for a moratorium on smart meter installation in Area D, at the last RDOS board meeting. “This is being imposed on people without their consent, and I just think it’s wrong,” he […]
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Still smartingOsoyoos man Jacob de Raadt had his power cut off after refusing to accept a new smart meter. Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2015 6:06 pm JOE FRIES | comments Persistent concerns about smart meters have prompted a group of local politicians to call on the B.C. government to pull the plug on further installations […]
Dawn Russell is on member of a group concerned that FortisBC has begun swapping out old electrical meters for smart meters on the Penticton Indian Band. by Steve Kidd – Penticton Western News posted May 14, 2015 at 4:00 PM A group of residents on the Penticton Indian Band are upset that installation of smart electricity meters by FortisBC went […]
Response from all over B.C. to our story about a smart meter installation at a local Montessori school was so voluminous that we present here a representative sample. Langley Advance March 17, 2015 10:45 AM Editor’s note: While it is the Langley Advance’s policy to give precedence to letters from local writers, the response from all […]
by Kevin Parnell – Kelowna Capital News posted Feb 20, 2015 at 6:00 AM— updated Feb 23, 2015 at 9:32 AM Residents express concern while FortisBC moves forward with advanced meter program and health officials say no evidence of adverse effects. As FortisBC continues to move forward with a plan to replace its aging analog meters with advanced meters to measure its […]
by Kevin Parnell – Kelowna Capital News posted Feb 20, 2015 at 6:00 AM— updated Feb 23, 2015 at 9:32 AM Residents express concern while FortisBC moves forward with advanced meter program and health officials say no evidence of adverse effects. — Image Credit: Contributed As FortisBC continues to move forward with a plan to replace its aging analog meters with advanced meters to […]
posted Feb 6, 2015 at 1:00 AM To the editor: I just received my notice that Fortis is going to install a smart meter on my home. I don’t want one, and hundreds of other people in Kelowna also do not want one. Furthermore, the CEO and president of both Fortis and Corix have received legal documents from […]
Posted: Friday, December 26, 2014 3:07 pm In response to Ian Dyck’s recent letters supporting FortisBC’s smart meter installations (AMI), Okanagan people need to know that what you can’t see will hurt you. Eminent, independent, non-industry-funded scientists with expertise in the area of electromagnetic radiation have warned us now for many years that: a) long-term, low-level, […]
