"Home Guy" wrote in message ...
George wrote:

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But please, continue with your research.

I'd especially like to hear about cases in Canada where live power lines
were ripped from telephone poles, or where power sub-stations were
broken into and whole neighborhoods de-energized because large cables
were cut, or street lights / poles stolen, or residential / church /
commercial air-conditioning units stolen in the middle of the night, or
copper gutters / flashing ripped from homes or historical buildings, or
sections of railway rails stolen, or cars stolen just for scrap, or
cemeteries emptied of bronze urns, or roof-mounted wind vanes stolen in
broad daylight.


http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-s...s.html?cmp=rss

Street lights near Bedford Bypass latest area targeted

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper_theft#Canada

In Quebec, during May 2006, thieves stole sections of copper roofing,
gutters and wiring from four Quebec city churches, two being St. Charles de
Limoilou and St. Francois d'Assise. The thieves were discovered in action on
their third night, whereupon they fled. High copper prices are believed to
be the reason for the thefts. Repairs were expected to cost more than
$40,000.[13]

In October 2010, a 400 pound bronze bell was stolen in Shelburne County,
Nova Scotia. Thieves removed the bell from a monument in Roseway
Cemetery.[14] The bell was part of the Roseway United Memorial Church, built
in 1912, until it was demolished in 1993. It was recovered in a Halifax-area
scrapyard October 6.[15]




http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/cana...ons-60265.html

Copper Theft Increases at Ontario Power Stations
Metal theft prevalent worldwide



Hydro facilities across Canada have been especially hard hit. Hydro One,
Ontario's electricity provider, has been the target of a growing number of
thefts, from an average of 10 per month six months ago to 16 per month this
summer.

Last weekend a young male was badly burned in Toronto while allegedly
attempting to steal copper from a transformer station.



http://www.canadiansecuritymag.com/R...per-theft.html



And lots more

http://www.bing.com/search?q=copper+...k=&form =QBLH

So you were saying?