1)    A member on Salt Spring Island was given a legacy digital meter, a brand new one “straight out of the box”, according to an installer.  There is no way for us to know how many more BC Hydro has – after all, they have been saying for many months that they had none. One more lie that we need to bring the attention of BCUC.

Is there anyone who would have the time to go through all the many letters, pamphlets, webpages, reports about smeters in which BC Hydro has tried to sell us on smeters to catalog the lies that they have told everyone, including the BCUC?  There are many of us who have kept files and folders – and we could share them.

2)    Below is a letter written by a member to the Regional District Board in the area where he lives. I think he makes a very important point about microcells. These are replacing cell towers which makes the proliferation of cellular signals easier for companies. They don’t have any of the restrictions or requirements that many of us fought so hard to get, e.g. Antenna Siting Consultation Policies, because these cell transmitters are being put on existing structures. We need to regain control over what is being put up outside our homes.

I suggest we need to bring these issues to our local Councils and then to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. A couple of years ago, the FCM negotiated what was believed was a major concession – to notify regardless of the height of new towers – but I suspect the CTIA (the telecom industry) agreed to this knowing there would be far fewer new towers in the future.

3)    Telus continues to install microcells throughout BC without providing information to those living within feet of the transmitters. In Langford, residents are not taking this lightly. The microcells are being put on poles approximately 100-200 meters apart, often right outside bedroom windows. In this article, published in today’s Goldstream Gazette, Telus tells everyone these transmitters are safe. I hope that many of you will express your concerns and help educate people about the hazards and health issues associated with RF emissions, and the lack of oversight by either Health Canada or Industry Canada.

Letters can be written to:

editor@goldstreamgazette.com

or to the author:  katie@goldstreamgazette.com

http://www.goldstreamgazette.com/eeditions/?iid=i20161207034242841

4)    Families continue to have power cut, even in this cold weather, if they refuse to accept a smeter. There was a commitment by BC Hydro to not cut power when the temps were low, as a “trial”, I believe. So much for compassion or commitment by Hydro. People could die – but BC Hydro says in the Tariff that they are not liable for any injury or damages even if caused by negligence or willful misconduct. I believe disconnecting power during winter weather is unconscionable and, perhaps, criminal.

The utility will also begin taking a customer’s health into consideration before it disconnects their power, it says. “BC Hydro is implementing changes that will allow a customer to delay a disconnection where they are able to demonstrate a medical reason for requiring power.”

It is also starting a pilot project that would prevent disconnections during the winter in some areas and is planning to establish a low-income advisory group, it says.

http://thetyee.ca/News/2016/10/07/Plea-to-Make-Hydro-More-Affordable/

Hydro cut over meter battle by Sean McIntyre – Gulf Islands Driftwood – December 07, 2016:
–  hydro-cut-over-meter-battle-by-sean-mcintyre-gi-driftwood-dec-07-2016

5)    Vets are noticing that exposure to wireless devices, especially a cordless DECT phone, can cause serious, debilitating problems for animals.

“Animals don’t know anything about electromagnetic pollution. It just makes them sick. The effects of cellular and wireless phones on the health of dogs, cats, horses and cows.”

https://www.facts-are-facts.com/article/antenna-towers-make-it-a-dogs-life#.WEdFVQCopa0.facebook

Letters:

From:  X
Sent: December 2, 2016
To: bnewell@rdos.bc.ca; cmalden@rdos.bc.ca
Cc: tsiddon@shaw.ca; Mark Pendergraft <mpendergraft@rdos.bc.ca>; smckortoff@osoyoos.ca
Subject: Fwd: Update 2016-12-01 Hacking and cyberattacks on the increase

Dear Mr. Newell and Ms. Malden,

This is the 4th e-mail that I promised to forward to you about the “gag order”.  Point (1) describes the situation: “microcells” is all that 5G Technology is about.  “Cell towers” are indeed “old hat”, and the RDOS “location policy” that was promised (I do not know if it was ever finalized) is a dinosaur.

The letters at the bottom show the objections that are already raised to the BC Safety Authority and Industry Canada about this dangerous future that Telus is “dumping” on all of us.  (refer to the Letters in the 2016-12-01 update)

Now I understand why the PR consultant for Rogers wrote me an e-mail in the spring of 2015 – stating that they had abandoned the proposed cell phone tower just north of 92nd Avenue, Osoyoos.  They knew about 5G Technology and how they would zap all of us without having ANY proper process.  I kid you not.

Please rescind the RDOS Board’s decision to meet with Telus in “closed meetings”.  We are all being harmed.

X

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