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Two teachers’ union locals in Kingston, Ontario, want their school to permanently switch off wireless internet connections over concerns the over-the-air signals post a significant health risk. Public health units across the country maintain Wi-Fi is perfectly safe, even for young children. But that hasn’t prevented various teachers unions and school boards, including the Canadian Teachers’ Federation, from calling for a moratorium on wireless use in schools if not an outright ban.
Breaking News March 10, 2016 : Two local teachers unions are calling on the Limestone School Board to get rid of WI-FI in area schools. The unions say there is growing evidence that the wireless technology may pose health risks.
by Kevin Mills – Mission City Record posted Mar 12, 2016 at 7:00 AM Three more telecommunication towers could be constructed in Mission. WIND Mobile telecommunication network wants to launch in Mission, and has requested permission to construct a 41-metre tower at 32086 Lougheed Highway (behind the Mission Sikh Temple) and a 10.9-metre tower at 8294 Cedar Street. A third, 2.8-metre […]
PRESS RELEASE – Ontario High School Students Speak Out Against WiFi Risk For Infertility and Cancer Feb 29th, 2016 Summary Beginning in 2012 the Peel District School Board (PDSB) approved a $7 million investment in technology that included a plan to install WiFi in all Peel schools, elementary to secondary by the end […]
Hydro One finally admitted that rural ‘smart’ meters do not work, and has decided to pull the plug on 36,000 of them — to start. We will see more utilities begin to do likewise. [UPDATE: BC Hydro just announced plans to REMOVE 88,000 meters suspected of failure.]
Kelly Egan / Ottawa Citizen – January 12, 2016 Photo : Darcy Cheek /Brockville Recorder and Times Hydro One has taken a new approach to pesky smart meters that refuse to send a reliable signal about electricity consumption in rural Ontario. Give up on them. The utility, which was ordered by its provincial masters to install […]
Kelly Egan, Postmedia News | January 13, 2016 11:32 AM ET The introduction of smart meters to Ontario, mandated by the Liberal government at a cost of about $2 billion, created peak and off-peak rates that were to spark a conservation drive across the province. The results have been disappointing, writes Kelly Egan. Hydro One has taken […]
Westsyde resident arrested again while resisting meter swap January 7, 2016 2:35 P.M. Two days before Christmas, James Dreyer was arrested outside his Westsyde home after he allegedly assaulted B.C. Hydro staff attempting to change his electrical meter. It wasn’t the first time Dreyer has had a brush with the law. A little over a year ago, the married […]
by Kevin Mills – Mission City Record Jan 22, 2016 at 8:00 AM Mission could soon be home to another telecommunication tower. An application has been filed by Cypress Land Service Incorporated, on behalf of Telus, to construct a new 60-metre tower at Red Mountain, located on Dewdney Trunk Road in the Steelhead area. […]
