02-21-2008, 02:49 PM
Hip frontman to host local radio show
By Jennifer Pritchett
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Tragically Hip lead singer Gord Downie is hitting the airwaves as a radio host for an environmental radio show in Kingston.
Tomorrow, he'll co-host Lake Ontario Waterkeeper's weekly radio show Living at the Barricades in a broadcast from the Grad Club at Barrie and Union streets.
The special hour-long show, entitled "Beyond the Barricades: The Promise of a Swimable, Drinkable and Fishable Kingston," will feature environmental experts, musicians and local residents.
Co-hosted by Lake Ontario Waterkeeper president Mark Mattson and vice-president Krystyn Tully, the weekly show brings together individuals and groups at the front lines of environmental protection in their community.
Downie is a longtime supporter of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, a key environmental group in the province, and has been involved in concerts Waterkeeper has planned over the past couple of years.
Downie and the rest of The Tragically Hip also join Waterkeeper in its opposition against Lafarge's plans to burn tires at its plant near Bath, just west of Kingston.
Tomorrow's radio broadcast will feature Henry S. Cole, a U.S. air pollution and meteorology expert who is scheduled to testify at the upcoming Lafarge hearing that will decide whether or not the cement company will be permitted to burn tires at the Bath plant.
"He'll specifically talk about the unique nature of Lake Ontario and air emissions from industrial smoke stacks and where the air goes," said Mattson.
"His specific expertise [indicates] that when it is on Lake Ontario, there's a greater chance that the pollution isn't dispersed widely and ends up staying in pockets along the shoreline."
The show will also include Wolfe Island musician and producer Chris Brown; Gary Holden, president and CEO of ENMAX, one of Canada's largest utility companies; a local fishing guide; Colin Mosier, Wolfe Island resident and Waterkeeper boat captain; and a special guest.
The Grad Club show is Waterkeeper's second on-site broadcast. The first was held on Wolfe Island last fall.
By Jennifer Pritchett
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Tragically Hip lead singer Gord Downie is hitting the airwaves as a radio host for an environmental radio show in Kingston.
Tomorrow, he'll co-host Lake Ontario Waterkeeper's weekly radio show Living at the Barricades in a broadcast from the Grad Club at Barrie and Union streets.
The special hour-long show, entitled "Beyond the Barricades: The Promise of a Swimable, Drinkable and Fishable Kingston," will feature environmental experts, musicians and local residents.
Co-hosted by Lake Ontario Waterkeeper president Mark Mattson and vice-president Krystyn Tully, the weekly show brings together individuals and groups at the front lines of environmental protection in their community.
Downie is a longtime supporter of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, a key environmental group in the province, and has been involved in concerts Waterkeeper has planned over the past couple of years.
Downie and the rest of The Tragically Hip also join Waterkeeper in its opposition against Lafarge's plans to burn tires at its plant near Bath, just west of Kingston.
Tomorrow's radio broadcast will feature Henry S. Cole, a U.S. air pollution and meteorology expert who is scheduled to testify at the upcoming Lafarge hearing that will decide whether or not the cement company will be permitted to burn tires at the Bath plant.
"He'll specifically talk about the unique nature of Lake Ontario and air emissions from industrial smoke stacks and where the air goes," said Mattson.
"His specific expertise [indicates] that when it is on Lake Ontario, there's a greater chance that the pollution isn't dispersed widely and ends up staying in pockets along the shoreline."
The show will also include Wolfe Island musician and producer Chris Brown; Gary Holden, president and CEO of ENMAX, one of Canada's largest utility companies; a local fishing guide; Colin Mosier, Wolfe Island resident and Waterkeeper boat captain; and a special guest.
The Grad Club show is Waterkeeper's second on-site broadcast. The first was held on Wolfe Island last fall.