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Chilliwack Smart Meter Fire

Moody Meter Fire Blaze apparently caused by smart meter explosion Friday, January 16, 2015 Staff/Voice photos Chilliwack fire crews were at the scene of a blaze on Moody Ave. apparently caused when a smart meter exploded. uestions have risen over the safety of smart meters after reports that one exploded and caused a fire around […]

First two cell towers rejected under new Langley Township policy

 by  Dan Ferguson – Langley Times posted Jan 13, 2015 at 10:00 AM The first test of a new Langley Township cell tower policy that requires a poll of people near a proposed project did not go well for the phone companies, with the rejection of the first two towers presented under the new rules. Telus wanted to fill in […]

First two cell towers rejected under new Langley Township policy

  by  Dan Ferguson – Langley Times posted Jan 13, 2015 at 10:00 AM The first test of a new Langley Township cell tower policy that requires a poll of people near a proposed project did not go well for the phone companies, with the rejection of the first two towers presented under the new rules. Telus wanted to fill […]

WiFi, meters force longtime residents to move

Faye Carmody / The Star  January 8, 2015 12:00 AM Qualicum Beach – The mayor and his councillors should feel extremely proud of themselves. They sold out by allowing OptikTV into Qualicum Beach, they allowed Shaw to monopolize all of the beautiful streets and beaches with Shaw Open, they allowed Smart Meters into the town, […]

Kanesatake says no to Hydro-Quebec smart meters

Posted on 4/1/2015 1:44:00 AM by James Foster The Mohawk community of Kanesatake has said no to the installation of new Hydro-Quebec smart meters, and for the time being, the utility is listening. Radio-Canada is reporting that Grand Chief Serge Simon told Hydro workers himself that it would be in their best interest to leave. Simon said that some […]

Kamloops family mulls legal action against BC Hydro

By: Dale Bass  January 8, 2015  BC Hydro won’t reconnect a Kamloops family that had its power cut off last month unless the utility is allowed to install a smart meter that can have the radio turned off, for which there is a monthly charge. When the family called BC Hydro, the Crown corporation said that, because […]

Quebec : Router installed without the consent of citizens of d’Asbestos : Hydro-Québec backtracked

Updated Tuesday, December 23, 2014 At 15 h 10 PST Geneviève Proulx  Radio-Canada   english version via Google Translate original french release :  http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/estrie/2014/12/23/004-routeur-retire-hydro-quebec-asbestos.shtml Three months after the installation of a router on his property without his permission, a couple of d’Asbestos has finally been successful. Hydro-Québec has removed the device last week. This is a […]

FortisBC : Smart Meters are not so smart

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, […]

Hydro-Quebec worker breaks into house to install optional smart meter

11:02 am, December 23rd, 2014   Credits: FILE PHOTO/QMI AGENCY SAINT-AGATHE-DES-MONTS, Que. – A Hydro-Quebec worker appears to have missed the memo that said the new smart meters are optional. The worker faces disciplinary measures for breaking into a home north of Montreal to install a new digital counter. Homeowner Lucie Racicot caught the installer […]

NDP call for a reduction in fees paid by Meter Choices B.C. Hydro users

December 18, 2014Posted in: BC Hydro VICTORIA – B.C. Hydro’s fees to customers in their Meter Choices program are too high and should be reduced, says New Democrat spokesperson for Hydro, Adrian Dix. “The fees being charged to participants in the Meter Choices program are out of step with what other utilities charge and don’t represent a reasonable […]

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