June 20, 2013 Roughly 20 residents living near 49th and Oak Street in Vancouver held a protest today to block a 15 metre cell phone tower from being erected in their neighbourhood. The protestors held placards, and parked their vehicles around the site which is located close to a strip mall, a preschool and dozens […]
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CBC British Columbia – June 18, 2013 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/06/18/bc-west-vancouver-cellphone-towers.html An open house will be held in West Vancouver Tuesday night, to allow residents to have their say on three new cell towers proposed for their community. Telecommunications giant, Rogers Communications brought their plan to build the innovative towers forward to improve coverage in the area. Early […]
http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/local/2012/06/12/19867851.html By 24 HOURS Mayor Gregor Robertson is expected to introduce a motion looking at installing more cell phone infrastructure in Vancouver Tuesday morning. Citing a demand of additional coverage and the need for more 4G infrastructure, the motion suggests Vancouverites are moving away from landlines. Robertsons motion also wants staff to check out if […]
V-Pole for more E-Smog
May 24
Telus wanting to put up 70 CELL TOWERS First at all these 3 proposed Electric Car ReCharging stations in Vancouver, then at the other 70 locations http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120505/bc_electric_car_charging_stations_120505/20120505/?hub=BritishColumbiaHome ‘V-Pole’ may take high tech to the streets in Vancouver Tristin Hopper May 22, 2012 – 10:52 PM ET | Last Updated: May 22, 2012 10:58 PM ET Martin Tessler/Mathew […]
Vancouverites gathered Saturday to voice their opinions on the city’s newest green plan that involves building three new electric car charging stations in the downtown core. The project is a partnership between the City of Vancouver and Telus in which the company will foot the entire bill in exchange for additional cell phone towers that […]
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120502/bc_vancouver_smart_meter_resolution_120502/20120502/?hub=BritishColumbiaHome By: ctvbc.ca Date: Wednesday May. 2, 2012 6:07 PM PT Vancouver city council has voted to pressure BC Hydro to give residents the right to opt-out of the divisive smart meter program. The motion from councillor Adriane Carr was passed unanimously Wednesday after council heard from dozens of angry citizens. Joelly Collins, the daughter of singer […]
TAKE BACK YOUR POWER!
Sep 14
EVENT COVERAGE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 RALLIES TO STOP BC HYDRO WIRELESS SMART METERS When: Vancouver – Saturday, September 17th, 2011, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Victoria – Sunday, September 18th, 2011, 2:30 – 4:00 pm Where: Vancouver – Art Gallery steps (West Georgia and Howe) Victoria – Legislature lawn. (Downtown) The […]
Tempe neighbours fear cell tower Microwaves from proposed tower concern BY TESSA HOLLOWAY, NORTH SHORE NEWS JANUARY 9, 2011 Ralph Johnstone’s cellphone may work better when new antennas are installed on a tower in his Tempe Heights neighbourhood in North Vancouver, but the location — near where Johnstone is standing — overlooks a […]
By Mark Stevenson CTV Environment Reporter 10-6-2 VANCOUVER It was around Christmas three years ago when Goff Longworth first heard the mysterious hum. He was at home when all of a sudden it started. “For the first two or three nights I was going from room to room just trying to get rid of the […]
http://www.wave-guide.org/news/coneofsilence.html The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Fifth Estate Program, from the February 9, 1999 segment entitled “Cone of Silence.” …The cellular company approached the school board and what they made an arrangement to do was to put transmitters and receivers on top of this 85-year-old school in exchange for annual rent. MALAREK: How much money are we talking here? […]
