By Jane Deacon September 28, 2014 2:29:25 PDT PM An anti-Smart Meter group will continue its fight against BC Hydro despite a Human Rights Tribunal decision to dismiss its discrimination complaint last week. Citizens of Safe Technology Society will refocus efforts on a civil claim – scheduled to come before B.C.’s Supreme Court next April – that […]
David Perry Sep 13, 2014 09:34 PM EDT http://www.chinatopix.com/articles/10338/20140913/cancer-cluster-strikes-chinese-iphone-factory.htm Apple is taking “very seriously” what may be a cancer cluster at its main iPhone production facility in the Chinese city of Shenzhen, across the border from Hong Kong. Thirteen workers, ranging from 19 to 24 have been diagnosed with leukemia; five of the cases […]
Is our Data Safe?
Sep 29
The Smart Grid claims to be secure, but recent articles really make Canadians wonder if all this technology is really a good idea. PBS Nova features an interesting documentary about how data is handled, and what could happen to the data, including the Smart Grid. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/rise-of-the-hackers.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmmOFtp-btM PBS Program Description Our lives are […]
By Global News September 22, 2014 5:11 pm A proposal to improve cell phone communications in West Kelowna is creating static in a Mount Boucherie neighbourhood. Rogers Communications wants to build a 20 metre cell phone tower in a vineyard of a small winery. Some nearby residents are concerned about the visual impacts. “It spoils the view […]
REGINA — The Canadian Press Published Friday, Aug. 15 2014, 8:23 PM EDT Last updated Friday, Aug. 15 2014, 8:24 PM EDT The NDP says the government changed the law to allow SaskPower to use unqualified workers to install smart meters. Deputy NDP leader Trent Wotherspoon says documents obtained through a freedom of information request show the government […]
SaskPower says it will replace 105,000 smart meters, a process that is expected to cost $47 million. (CBC) Another Saskatchewan home has been hit by fire involving a “smart” power meter. Nobody was hurt when the fire broke out Saturday morning at a townhouse unit on 4510 Harbour Village Way in Regina, the city’s fire […]
REGINA – The company that manufactures the electricity meters that are being replaced in Saskatchewan due to fires is defending its equipment. Sensus, the North Carolina-based company whose smart meters have been linked to eight fires in Saskatchewan homes, says in a news release it has conducted lab tests and site inspections at the recent […]
Published on Jul 14, 2014 July 10 2014 Frank Clegg, CEO of Canadians for Safe Technology (C4ST) talks about the masses of scientific research ignored by Health Canada in their review of Safety Code 6.
SaskPower removing smart meters Wed, Jul 30 2014 A major development for the troublesome SaskPower smart meters. The government is ordering the crown utility to remove each of the 105 thousand units already installed in the province. It comes after eight reported fires linked to smart meters. Mike McKinnon explains how much this is going […]
(video) SaskPower Removing Smart Meters (video) http://globalnews.ca/video/1483691/saskpower-removing-smart-meters SaskPower Removing Smart Meters Wed, Jul 30 – A major development for the troublesome SaskPower smart meters. The government is ordering the crown utility to remove each of the 105 thousand units already installed in the province. It comes after eight reported fires linked to smart meters. Mike McKinnon explains how much this is […]
