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protestors rally against the installation of smart meters and other wireless electronic technology like wifi on Saturday. the rally, at fraser foreshore park in the Glenlyon Family Pass industrial park, was organized by a group called citizens for Safe technology. it was one of eight such rallies held across the province. organizers said the wireless devices are responsible for a number of health issues in people who are sensitive to electronic signals as well as an infringement on their democratic rights.
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Metro Vancouver mayors have voted to go to referendum on a new carbon tax and eventually road pricing to pay for an ambitious transit expansion that would bring more buses, new light rail lines in Surrey and a SkyTrain extension in Vancouver. It was a plan supported by almost
all mayors present, with Burnaby tax charged only within Metro with those on other bridges such as Mayor Derek Corrigan the lone Vancouver. the Port Mann and Golden Ears, dissenting vote. That would effectively force could be reduced or replaced with a Their newly unveiled plan motorists and homeowners, shift in several years to a system of asks the province to reallocate as well as business andUnlimitedregion-wide road user fees. $250 million in annual industry, to all pay more for That eventual road pricing system Chequing carbon taxes to TransLink the fuel and natural gas they would take five to eight years to – something the province burn. prepare, but mayors aim to reduce cORRIgAn immediately rejected – but It also calls for tolls to gas taxes by six cents per litre when the backup request is to replace the aging Pattullo it takes effect. create a new regional carbon Bridge, although that toll, along please see STOne, A4
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College football is returning to Swangard Stadium. The SFU Clan will play its six home games against NCAA opponents at the Central Park venue beginning in September. The Clan called Swangard home for a number of seasons when it was part of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport. But three years ago the school became the first Canadian institution to be accepted as a full member of the U.S. based NCAA and the team played its home games at Terry Fox Field on the Burnaby Mountain campus. “Swangard Stadium certainly has a rich history of hosting SFU athletic events,” said the team’s new head coach Jacques Chapdelaine, who’s also a Clan alumnus. “I have fond memories of my playing days at Swangard and I know the atmosphere that can be created at an event there.” Swangard has a seating capacity of 4,200 in its covered grandstand. The Clan’s first home game at Swangard is Sept. 6.
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