Telus ordered to pay nominal damages for trespassing on B.C. woman’s property [Video]

A major telecommunications company has been ordered to pay “nominal damages” to a B.C. woman after employees repeatedly trespassed on her property – in one instance accidentally letting her dog out of her gate.

Linda Langston filed a dispute against Telus Communications Inc. through the province’s small claims tribunal, accusing employees and contractors of entering her property without permission on multiple occasions over several months.

The Civil Resolution Tribunal heard the trouble between Langston and the telecom began in July 2022, when Telus was upgrading cables in her area from copper to fibre and made two unannounced visits to her property to access BC Hydro poles.

“Ms. Langston says that she permitted the workers to proceed with their work on these occasions, but asked that they contact her in advance for permission to enter her property in the future so that she could restrain her animals,” tribunal member Alison Wake …