Sponsored Content

Premium Under Cabinet Task Lighting at the Right Price Points

Magic Lite’s 5CCT LED Task Bar delivers CRI 90+ output across five colour temperatures from 2700K to 5000K in six sizes from 10 to 48 inches. Linkable, TRIAC dimmable, and built with an aluminum body and acrylic lens. It holds its own against the competition on performance and beats them on price. A smarter spec for budget-conscious residential and commercial projects…

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Changing Scene

  • Sept 10, 2026 - Symmetry Lighting Announces Elvis Bazelli as Their New Technical Sales Specialist

    Symmetry Lighting Announces Elvis Bazelli as Their New Technical Sales Specialist

    Meet Elvis Bazelli, Symmetry Lighting’s new Technical Sales Specialist!⁠ Elvis brings a great combination of technical knowledge, field experience, and a background in commissioning lighting control systems to his new role. He will be working closely with Symmetry Lighting’s Sales and Controls teams to help support their clients with product applications and solutions. Symmetry Lighting… Read More…

  • Sept 9, 2026 - Leviton Canada Appoints Salex as Network Solutions Sales Agency for Ontario

    Leviton Canada Appoints Salex as Network Solutions Sales Agency for Ontario

    Leviton Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of Salex Inc. as their authorized sales agent for the Network Solutions (NS) product portfolio across the Ontario market, effective immediately. This appointment reflects their commitment to strengthening customer engagement, expanding market coverage, and providing enhanced local support throughout the province.  Salex brings a highly experienced team,… Read More…


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Liteline DMX: Wins IES 2026 Progress Report

Liteline’s Full-Color and Tunable White DMX Family has been recognized in the 2026 IES Progress Report. As the industry’s first single-COB, five-channel downlight technology, these DMX-compatible fixtures bring professional-grade precision and reliability to small-aperture lighting. Delivering full-spectrum white tuning and RGB with seamless transitions between every channel.

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Design

  • CSC LED: Spotted On Site – Cambridge Centre Mall Lighting Retrofit

    CSC LED: Spotted On Site – Cambridge Centre Mall Lighting Retrofit

    A recent lighting retrofit at Cambridge Centre Mall in Cambridge, Ontario demonstrates how the right LED solution can improve performance, simplify installation, and keep a project on budget. Working with Conestogo Electric Ltd., the project replaced outdated metal halide fixtures throughout the mall’s parking lot with CSC LED FL05 Area Lights mounted on the existing poles using… Read More…

  • Canada Light Expo: Architectural Lighting Trends Transforming Modern Buildings

    Canada Light Expo: Architectural Lighting Trends Transforming Modern Buildings

    Modern buildings are not just about how they’re built or what they are made of anymore. Lighting is a part of how a building works, and it makes people feel. This is true for offices, hotels, stores, hospitals, homes, and public buildings. The way a building is lit can affect how comfortable it is to… Read More…


New Products

  • Eureka Re-Thinks Mika Family

    Eureka Re-Thinks Mika Family

    Eureka has announced an expansion of its popular Mika family. The globe luminaire has a new size, enhanced output, and a range of accessories, including RGBW illumination—Mika Colors and Mika Gradient, and decorative shades—Mika Flare. Eureka has updated the Mika sphere to increase lumen output across the collection by 140% so at its highest, Mika… Read More…

  • LEDVANCE: XtremeZone Panel Hazardous Location Luminaire

    LEDVANCE: XtremeZone Panel Hazardous Location Luminaire

    When the location is hazardous, ordinary lighting is off the table. The LEDVANCE XtremeZone Panel Hazardous Location luminaire is built for industrial environments where protection, reliability and installation flexibility are part of the spec. Designed for hazardous. Built for Xtreme. Read More…


Lighting Design & Specification

This special bi-monthly digest has the broadest reach of those that are involved in all aspects of the electrical lighting design and specification industry across Canada. LDS is designed to provide lighting professionals insight and intelligence on those developments in the industry that effect design and specification. From corporate news to new technologies, products and insightful opinions, LDS will become your first read in the lighting industry in Canada. Published bi-monthly on Thursdays.