By Jeremy Deutsch – Kamloops This Week Published: August 31, 2011 7:00 PM Trudy Frisk loves her home. Correction. Trudy Frisk once loved her home. The longtime Kamloops resident was the queen of her Dallas Drive castle. “It’s a lovely neighbourhood,” she told KTW of the neighbourhood she has called home for 27 years. But, […]
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Press Release Smart Meter Info. – Take Action ASAP by Citizens for Safe Technology BC Hydro Smart Meters are being installed aggressively in Oak Bay. Corix installers do not have a list of those on the DO NOT INSTALL or the DELAY LIST. They are simply knocking on doors, if you’re not home they’re installing […]
Dear Prem. Clark, One more promise by BC Hydro is being broken. I have dozens of letters sent to people saying that if they are on the “Do not install list” or “Delayed Installation” list or whatever term Hydro is using today, Hydro will not put a meter on a home until they’ve given direct […]
Hydro Chief’s Leaked Comments Trash IPPs ( Independent Power Producers ) – What Will Clark Do Now? Written by Rafe Mair Saturday, 20 August 2011 21:00 I have called it the Campbell/Clark government because that’s what it is. Premier Clark was in on the beginning of most policies including the disastrous energy plan that […]
By Kathryn Burnham August 20, 2011 Victoria city council is asking B.C. Hydro to create a hard-wire option to its wireless smart meters so that those with health concerns won’t have to worry about electromagnetic radiation. A motion passed at Thursday’s council meeting calls for council to write to B.C. Hydro and the provincial ministries […]
Esquimalt on board with push for second look at smart meters by Erin McCracken – Victoria News August 19, 2011 Esquimalt council will be putting B.C. Hydro’s wireless meters under the microscope after several residents expressed their concerns over the technology. Their appeal at last week’s council meeting included a request that council join 10 […]
Just south of the intersection of Westminister Highway and Number One Road in Richmond, BC, there are a handful of homes with BC Hydro wireless smart meters in operation. People who are sensitive to wireless devices (EHS) photographed the antenna that was installed to collect the data from these homes. Comments about the few minutes […]
Critics question safety of smart meters – BC Hydro is rolling out its new smart meter program this month and there have already been a number of critics questioning the program. The high-tech devices aren’t even installed yet and they’re already stirring up a lot of controversy. Some say they’re an invasion of privacy, while others say it could increase your risk of cancer.
By Michelle Cyr-Whiting Saturday, August 06, 2011 12:30 PM Prince George, B.C. When Marina Jang first heard about BC Hydro’s smart metering program she was encouraged to hear the key phrases: ‘clean’, ‘green’, and ‘energy-saving’. Her initial reaction has changed to one of mounting concern as she digs deeper into growing criticism, world-wide, of the […]
Hans Karow guards his old meter with locks and a sign because he doesn’t want to switch to the new smart meter, which B.C. Hydro plans to install by the end of 2012. By Wade Paterson – Kelowna Capital News Published: August 04, 2011 B.C. Hydro plans to have smart meters installed in every West […]
