Thursday June 12, 2014 – 12pm
Posted Jun 12, 2014 02:04:39 PM.
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12:00- Robert Dick, Professor at the University of Ottawa
New LED street lights may save municipalities money, but they disrupt sleep, increase light pollution. Ottawa has converted 700 streetlights on Carling Avenue to LED (light-emitting diode) technology, changing the look of the street at night, dimming views of the stars and perhaps even disrupting your sleep. Dick, University of Ottawa physicist and author of the protocol that governs lighting in Canada’s national parks. He’s a longtime advocate for darker skies.
12:30- Luisa D’Amato, Columnist at the Waterloo Record
Carl Zehr carries a lot of weight in this community. So it’s big news that he spoke up, amid the hailstorm of accusations, counter-accusations and half-truths that’s erupting in these last days before voting day. Zehr, Kitchener’s outgoing mayor, has not taken sides in party politics since he was first elected to lead Kitchener 17 years ago. It’s extraordinary that, after all these years, he has spoken publicly. “I feel so strongly that I couldn’t be silent,” Zehr said after he endorsed Kathleen Wynne and her Liberal party at a pep rally on Sunday.
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