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Supreme Court rules city cannot jam Rogers’ cell tower construction


OTTAWA – Cities do not have the right to stop cell phone towers from being built on municipal land, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled.In a decision released Thursday, Canada's top court said that Montreal suburb Chateauguay did not have the right to prevent Rogers Communications from building a telecommunications tower to fill gaps in its wireless coverage.The court ruled in Rogers’ favour after determining that the notice of reserve issued by Chateauguay was beyond the scope of the municipality’s power.“… the notice of a reserve seriously and significantly impaired the core of the federal power over radiocommunication”, reads...