The BC Human Rights Tribunal will hear a complaint from an anti-smart meter group. The tribunal has ruled the group "Citizens for Safe Technology Society" can bring forward its complaint against BC Hydro. It alleges the utility discriminated against people diagnosed with electromagnetic hypersensitivity told to avoid to exposure to wireless … [Read more...]
BC Hydro says sorry but won’t remove smart meter homeowner didn’t want
August 17, 2012 by
BC Hydro is apologizing, after crews installed a smart meter at a home in Surrey without the owner's permission. Patti, who did not want to use her last name, says she said no to a smart meter this spring. But in early July, she says she arrived home to find her granddaughter in tears, saying people had jumped her locked gate and had … [Read more...]
Casting: Butler, Brown, Smart, Graham
August 11, 2012 by
Kick Ass 2 Yancy Butler ("Witchblade," "Drop Zone") will reprise her role as the mother to Christopher Mintz-Plasse’s villainous Red Mist character in Jeff Wadlow's "Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Walls" at MARV Films and Universal Pictures. Aaron Johnson and Chloe Moretz are reprising their roles of Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl respectively. Shooting kicks … [Read more...]
BC Hydro doubts smart meter to blame for fire
August 5, 2012 by
Could a newly-installed "smart meter" be partially to blame for an early morning fire in Coquitlam? BC Hydro crews don't believe so, but they are investigating -- after a small fire broke out on the outside of a home on Darwin Street. Spokesperson Greg Alexis says it appears the cause was likely a faulty meter base. "The meter base is the … [Read more...]
Microsoft buys every ‘Smart Glass’ domain it can think of, E3 goers nod approvingly
June 3, 2012 by
A wise thing to do right before you launch a new product? Vacation, if we're being honest. But if we're being forced to pick another, we'd say registering domain names germane to said product ain't a half bad idea, either. Microsoft has seemingly snapped up a healthy few "Smart Glass"-related domains, giving us more reason to believe that the … [Read more...]
The NDP Energy critic says something isn’t right, as BC Hydro removes 1000 Smart Meters.
March 21, 2012 by
BC Hydro is taking newly installed smart meters off of 1000 homes and re-installing another meter in its place. Hydro initially saying they were checking the meters for accuracy and there 'might' be some kind of an issue. The news had NDP Energy critic John Horgan outraged, after hearing complaints about billing.. He said … [Read more...]
BC Hydro says removing 1000 already installed Smart Meters is no big deal.
March 21, 2012 by
Despite at first suggesting there might be an issue with Smart Meters BC Hydro had a different story to tell when they called CKNW to go on the record. Gary Murphy Chief Project officer for BC Hydro Smart Meters says the taking off of 1000 already installed meters is "completely normal" for quality assurance. When pressed on the amount … [Read more...]
Group opposed to smart meters vows to keep fighting
March 10, 2012 by
Despite being rebuffed by the BC Utilities Commission, smart meter opponents say they aren't going away. Earlier this week, the commission ruled against ordering BC Hydro to stop installing the meters over its provincial mandate and privacy concerns. Sharon Noble, with the Coalition to Stop Smart Meters in BC, says the commission didn't give their … [Read more...]
Bid to pull plug on smart meters rejected
March 8, 2012 by
VANCOUVER - Opponents of smart meters in B.C. have suffered a defeat in their attempt to block BC Hydro from installing the devices.Hydro says the BC Utilities Commission has dismissed an application from an anti-meter group for an injunction against the program, ruling the technology does not exceed the authority of the province’s Clean Energy … [Read more...]
Group wants smart meter issue to go to referendum if government doesn’t stop program
January 29, 2012 by
A group blasting the installation of mandatory smart meters hopes to tackle the issue the same way the HST was defeated... through a referendum. Steve Satow with stopsmartmeters-dot-ca hopes growing resistence will urge the province to pull the plug on the program. "but if they don't, think is the final card in our hands to play on against … [Read more...]
