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Meet The Candidate, Meet The Candidate - 2025 Federal Election, Shows

Meet The Candidate: Randall Williams, PPC candidate for Kitchener South — Hespeler

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Two men sitting at microphones. Randall Williams on the left is wearing a blue jacket; Kevin Dupuis on the right is wearing a white polo shirt embroidered with the PPC logo.
Randall Williams and Kevin Dupuis

Randall Williams, the People’s Party of Canada candidate for Kitchener South — Hespeler, came into the studio on Monday 7 April 2025 to talk to the voters. He was accompanied by Kevin Dupuis, PPC candidate for Kitchener — Conestoga.

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YouTube: Meet The Candidate: Randall Williams, PPC candidate for Kitchener South — Hespeler

The views expressed in this program are not necessarily those of the Radio Waterloo Board of Directors, volunteers, sponsors, or advertisers.

All candidates in Waterloo Region were invited by e-mail, the party’s online contact form, or on social media. Some have declined to participate, others have not responded.

The candidate’s presentation, the podcast, and the show notes are Copyright © 2025 by the participants, and released under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. You are free to use this material, as long as you provide credit and a link back to this page.

The theme music used in Meet The Candidate is Falling Sky by Jason Shaw of AudionautiX.com and used under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

New Music, The Horizon Broadening Hour

New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #73

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What’s up, y’all? Like we always do about this time, here is what I have added to Libretime since last week:

Robbie Harte The In Between – Single Country CanCon
Rita di Ghent Signs of Spring in my Neighbourhood – Single Jazz CanCon
Def Shade This Country – Single Pop CanCon
Zoe Twist Closer – Single Pop CanCon
The Orchids The Orchids Punk CanCon
J Scope Welcome Home Pop CanCon
MOONBEAN MOONTUNES – EP Electronic CanCon
Jeff Vidov New York I’m Coming to You – Single Rock CanCon
Lazy Legs Tower Rock No
Satellite Birdhouse Sin City – Single Folk CanCon
The Steve Holt Jazz Impact Quintet Impact Jazz CanCon
Joe H Henry Real Things – EP Folk CanCon
Quote the Raven Tell Me, Tell Me – Single Folk CanCon
Rachel Kane Holler at the Wind Folk CanCon
Dead Hazards Saline Alternative No
The Bablers Like the First Time Rock No
thomas was here WHAT’S IN THE BOX – Single Punk CanCon
Ian James Bain Come & Gone – Single Country Guelph CanCon
King Ludd Trouble – Single Punk CanCon
Virginia to Vegas heaven tonight – Single Pop CanCon
Lyubov Kay should run – Single Pop No
Robert Thomas and the Sessionmen Cast a Line – Single Folk CanCon
Ian North Malahat – Single Folk/Instrumental CanCon
Newbridge Past Live Rock CanCon
Total Fucking Darkness Take It Easy – Single Dance CanCon
Henry Taylor SWEET THUNDER! Folk CanCon/KWCon
Taegen Domstad Ghost – Single Country CanCon
Cedar Roots Joy in the Little Things – Single Folk CanCon
Mark Thackway Twisted – EP Country CanCon
Heru the First Son Intergalactic Supervillain Freestyle – Single Hip Hop No
Tonight Only The Mixtapes, Vol. 1 (Arcade Social) Pop No
Brian Baggett Travel Past the Aftermath Ambient CanCon
Mark Veldhoven Traitors – Single Rock CanCon
Nimrawd Unlikely but Not Impossible Electronic CanCon
You Might Be Sleeping All Things Must Grow – Single Rock Guelph CanCon
Sundowner Work Dream Punk CanCon
Spirit ‘N’ Jazz Can You See…? Jazz No
Spirit ‘N’ Jazz Miss Information – Single Jazz No
Spirit ‘N’ Jazz Turn Around – Single Jazz No
Spirit ‘N’ Jazz Where Are You…? Jazz No
Way to Blue VOICES OF DARKNESS Alternative No
Johanna Linnea Jakobsson Work – Single Jazz No

Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:

Tracklist:

Raphael Groten – Stillness
Don Latarski – All Is Now
Brian Baggett – Adrift
The Steve Holt Jazz Impact Quintet – The Cup Bearers
Rita di Ghent – Signs of Spring in My Neighbourhood
Spirit ‘N’ Jazz – Miss Information
Henry Taylor – YOU’RE A PERFECT DAY
Satellite Birdhouse – Sin City
Edgar Hurley – The Worker
Wreckless Harbour – Don’t Burn the Dream
Ian James Bain – Come & Gone
Joe H Henry – Bad Dude
Gareth Inkster – Ode (for Elliott Smith)
Robbie Harte – The In Between
thomas was here – WHAT’S IN THE BOX
The Orchids – Green Fuzz
Sundowner – “It’s Our Policy”
Lazy Legs – Daydream
Noam Peri – Darling, I Would
John Flanagan – Straight Face
Honey Trap – Saints & Sinners
Sivell – Where is the World Going to?
You Might Be Sleeping – All Things Must Grow
Zoe Twist – Closer
Coco Rose – Ambulance
MOONBEAN – The Beginning
Four80East – Straight On Till Sunrise
Monotronic – Different Worlds
Lee Rosevere – Float (part 6)
Nimrawd – Wide-Awake Orange
Blue Pilot – Old one (kennedyfeb20)

See y’all next time!

CKMS Community News, Newsroom, Shows

CKMS News -2025-04-04- Sensory Backpack initiative launched in Waterloo

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CKMS News -2025-04-04- Sensory Backpack initiative launched in Waterloo

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Waterloo, ON – The city of Waterloo has unveiled a new tool to support the sensory needs of community members while visiting city facilities, the sensory backpack.  Packed with items to help individuals reduce or increase sensory input, such as noise cancelling headphones, sunglasses, and fidget tools, the new initiative was launched on April 2nd, World Autism Awareness day.

The backpacks also include information about Waterloo’s inclusion services, and items for self-regulation and communication such as a timer, a drawing pad, and Picture Exchange Communications System (PECS), which allows folks to communicate through pictures.

These kits fit in with the city’s reconciliation, equity, accessibility, diversity and inclusion framework, and are accessible to any visitor at 6 city run facilities. Similar programs have been launched in other Ontario cities including Ottawa, Toronto, and Barrie.

This show features an interview with Molly Riediger, the Inclusion Services Coordinator at the City of Waterloo.

No Crap Radio, Scream Therapy

NO CRAP RADIO VER. 7.02 APR. 5/25 12 AM

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A sense of regret…

Hope is the cruelest emotion

And Justice?  Out getting coffee.

Cool? You want cool? Don’t look away.

See that button on the left of this page that says donate now? Yeah it’s getting to be that time.  Hit us up if you can.

No crap older shows are now rebroadcast tuesday nights at 9pm.

luciano-knockin on heavens door

barb paige-babylon must fall

i threes-many are called

i wayne-living in love

lilly allen-straight to hell  

new pornographers-champions (Can)

rem-half a world away

matt good-its been a while (Can)

pete townsand-behind blue eyes

murrey head-say it ain’t so

bruce cockburn-lovers live (Can)

billy bragg-st swithins day

hepcat-train to skaville

beat-stand down margret

selector-on my radio 91

desmond dekker-work out

rancid-the harder they come

alan black-good advice (Can)

eddie clean head vinson-midnight creeper

jw jones-can’t play a playboy (Can)

richard henderson-i’m ready (Can)

james cotton-buried alive (Can)

errol garner-it ain’t necessarily so

brian auger-don’t look away

bluejays-peach fuzz

british invasion all stars-green onions

neil young-cortez the killer (Can)

-helpless

-war of man live

This weeks book: The little book of wisdom by the Dali Lama. 

Perhaps the most compassionate human ever.

I felt humbled by reading it. ($1 at a yard sale!)

“But history does matter.  There is a line connecting the Armenians and the Jews, Cambodians and Rwandans. There are obviously more, but, how much genocide can one sentence handle.”  Chris Bohjalian

A mass grave was found with aid workers murdered with their hands handcuffed behind them in Gaza.

Where is the world court.  Where is the outrage? 

We are too intimidated to send in the troops to protect our fellow man again.  (Let’s build a casino instead.)

The old order never left.

Download no crap shows here

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Classical Coffee Break

Classical Coffee Break Episode 5 – 04.03.25

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  • Traditional, Suo Gan – Ambrosian Junior Choir, John Williams
  • Franz Schubert, Die Nacht, D. deest (Arr. Lechner/Marquez for cello & guitar) – Anja Lechner, cello, Pablo Marquez, guitar
  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: 2. Rondeau, Severino Gazzelloni, flute, I Musici Orchestra
  • Fanny Mendelssohn, Schwanenlied (Arr. for cello & piano by Anouchka & Katharina Hack) – Anouchka Hack, cello, Katharina Hack, piano
  • Thomas Weelkes, 26 Ayeres or Phantasticke Spirites: No. 14, Four Arms, Two Necks, One Wreathing – The King’s Singers, vocal ensemble
  • Antonio Vivaldi, The Four Seasons – Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 “Spring”: III. Danza pastorale. Allegro – Joshua Bell, violin, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
  • Gustav Mahler, Ruckert-lieder: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen – Sonia Wieder-Atherton, cello, Franck Krawczyk, Sinfonia Varsovia
  • Florian Christl, Vienna – Kristina Suklar, violin, Odessa Six
  • Alexander Borodin, String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: III. Notturno. Andante – Borodin Quartet
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Motets for Four Voices, Book 2: Sicut crerves – Voices of Ascension Chorus
  • Cesar Franck, Messe a Trois Voix, CFF 203: Panis Angelicus – Metamorphose String Orchestra, Pavel Lyubomudrov, conductor
  • Tomaso Albinoni, Concerto a cinque No. 2 in D Minor for Oboe and Strings, Op. 9: III. Allegro – Strings of Zurich
  • Arvo Part, Spiegel im Spiegel (Version for Violin & Piano) – Vladimir Spivakov, violin, Sergej Bezrodny, piano
New Music, The Clean Up Hour

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 312: The Six Year Anniversary Mix!

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What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour, which marks six years of the show in spectacular fashion! From the poignant to the tasteless, tonight’s show has it all to celebrate six years of the program that moves you into Friday — and the weekend — on the right note. Thanks, as always, to CKMS for not kicking me off of the air just yet, and to everyone who tunes into the show, willingly or unwillingly.

Please note that tonight’s mix requires an advisory for more listener discretion than usual.

Tracklist:

Drake – Keep the Family Close
Chet Hanks – White Boy Summer (skit)
Eminem – Insane
Eminem – Brain Damage
Vargskelethor Joel – Sex in Minecraft 5
Beastie Boys – No Sleep til Brooklyn
Eminem – Business
Eminem – Just Lose It
D12 – My Band
D12 – Purple Pills
Eminem – Criminal
Skinbone – 100 Miles
Cam’Ron – Get It In Ohio
Yelawolf & Gucci Mane – I Just Wanna Party
Chet Hanks – White Boy Summer Skit #2
DJ Drama, Wale, Tyga, & Roscoe Dash – So Many Girls
five nights at freddy’s skit
Niko B – I Had a Fist Fight With an Emo Outside Subway
Vic Mensa – Down On My Luck
KYLE – Fruit Snacks & Cups of Patron
Childish Gambino – III. Telegraph Ave (“Oakland” by Lloyd)
Chris Rock, Ali LeRoi, & Wanda Sykes – Porno PSA
Chris Rock & Gerald Levert – No Sex
pami – pity dirty
JENNIE, Kali Uchis, & Childish Gambino – Damn Right
Q-Tip & Raphael Saadiq – We Fight/We Love
Q-Tip, Kanye West, & Consequence – We Fight/We Love (Remix)
Janet Jackson & Q-Tip – Got ‘Til It’s Gone
Julian Malone – Afterschool Thunderstorms
Edgar the Beatmaker – Feotus
Atmosphere – Wooden Ships (feat. PNS)
DJ Shadow – Six Days
Birdapres – Not Home (North Rd.)
R.A.P Ferreira – One Lonely Owl
Eminem – It’s Okay
De La Soul & Atmosphere – Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa/Millie Fell Off the Fire Escape (Storybook Vol. 1 Mix)
Michael Christmas – Banner 18

See y’all next time!

CKMS Community News, Newsroom, Shows

CKMS News -2025-04-03- Consulting along the path of Baden’s Prime Ministers statue project

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CKMS News -2025-04-03- Consulting along the path of Baden’s Prime Ministers statue project

dan kellar
Baden, ON – Another round of public consultations has wrapped up regarding the Prime Ministers’ Path project in Baden. A list of recommendations on possible next steps for the controversial statue project will be delivered to Wilmot council at a special meeting on May 12th.

The most recent round of consultations were accompanied with the creation of a 12 member working group made up of residents who worked on the draft recommendations for the project. The draft recommendations are focused on governance and project oversight, funding, inclusion, education, location, and the project’s place in an era of truth and reconciliation.

This show features an interview with Denise Soueidan-O’Leary, the co-lead facilitator of the public engagement, and a project manager at the consulting firm Lura.  More information about the Prime Ministers Path project, including all of the draft recommendations, can be found at engagewr.ca/prime-ministers-path.

 

Shows, Through The Static

Through the Static Episode 57 – 02/04/25

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As the seasons change and lives come and go, it can be hard to find any ounce of consistency. But really, it’s the coming and going itself that is the certainty, and even though it might seem turbulent at times there is comfort to be found in endless things: family, friends, hobbies, cloudless skies, a favourite meal, and music. Sharing music tonight to help take you through whatever might be happening, good or bad, or just to be a temporary soundtrack. Either way, enjoy 🙂

  • Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel
  • Arias & Symphonies – Spoons
  • The Heavens Flock – Eriks Esenvalds (performed by the University of Waterloo Chamber Choir)
  • In This Heart – Sinead O’Connor
  • Dibrova Ukrainian Folk Ensemble
  • Chiquitita – ABBA
  • Waterloo – ABBA
  • Death with Dignity – Sufjan Stevens

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Classical Coffee Break

Classical Coffee Break Episode 4, 03.27.25

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  • Max Richter, The Poetry of Earth – Max Richter
  • Fritz Kreisler (Arr. Fougeray for violin and guitar), Caprice viennois, Op. 2: II. Andante con moto – Maria Duenas, violin, Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
  • Leonardo Leo, Concerto for Violencello and Orchestra in D Major: v. Fuga – Sol Gabetta, cello, Andres Gabetta, violin, Cappella Gabetta Orchestra
  • Morten Lauridsen, O Nata Lux – VOCES8, Christain Forshaw, conductor
  • John Field, Nocturne No. 2 in C Minor, H. 25 – Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano
  • George Frederic Handel (Arr. Leopold Stokowski), Water Music Suite: IV Minuet – BBC Philharmonic, Matthias Bamert, conductor
  • Traditional (Arr. Z. Zhang for piano), Moon Is Bright Lullaby “Northeastern Cradle Song” – Lang Lang, piano
  • Franz Schubert (Arr. Romain Lelue for sextet), Nacht und Traume, D. 827 – Romain Lelue Sextet
  • Rebecca Dale, Panis Angelicus – Reimagined – Sonoro, vocal ensemble
  • Luigi Boccherini, String Quintet in E Major, Op. 11, No. 5, G. 275: I. Amoroso – The Smithsonian Chamber Players
  • Henry Purcell, Trumpet Sonata in D Major, Z. 850: 1. Allegro – Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Mariner, conductor
  • John Bennet, Weep, O Mine Eyes – The King’s Singers, vocal ensemble
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Florian Christl), Mozart Variation (After Serenade, K 250 “Haffner”, IV. Rondo) – Florian Christl, piano, Raphaela Gromes, cello
  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben / Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life), BWV 147 – Radio Luxembourg Symphony Orchestra
  • Max Richter, Mercy – Hilary Hahn, violin, Cory Smythe, piano
  • Traditional (Welsh), Suo Gan – Ambrosian Junior Choir, John Williams
Classical Coffee Break

Classical Coffee Break Episode 3, 03.20.25

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  • Johann Sebastian Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude & Fugue in C Major, BWV 846: 1. Prelude – Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
  • Jean Sibelius, Symphony #5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 82: III. Allegro molto – City of Birmingham Orchestra, Sakari Oramo, conductor
  • Camille Saint-Saens, Samson & Delila, Op. 47: Softly Awakes My Heart – Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello, Alis Huws, harp
  • Ludwig van Beethoven, Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56: II. Largo – Nicola Benedetti, violin, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello, Benjamin Grosvenor, piano, Philharmonia Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor
  • Georg Phillipp Telemann, Trumpet Concerto in D-Major, TWV 51:D7: IV. Allegro – Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Mariner, conductor
  • Ernest Bloch, From Jewish Life, B. 55: I. Prayer – Sol Gabetta, cello, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson, conductor
  • Archangelo Corelli, Violin Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 5, No. 2: III. Vivace – Musica Alchemica, Lina Tur Bonet, conductor
  • William Byrd, Mass for Four Voices: Kyrie – Oxford Camarata, Jeremy Summerly conductor
  • Fanny Mendelssohn, Das Jahr, H. 385: IX. September: At the River. Andante con moto – Anna Shelest, piano
  • Antonio Vivaldi, The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269 “Spring”: I. Allegro – Itzhak Perlman, violin, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Bernat Vivancos, Vocal Ice: II. Calme, tendre – Hera Hyesang Park, soprano, Orchestra del Treatro Carlo Felice, Jochen Rieder, conductor
  • Taylor Swift, Wildest Dreams – Alis Huws, harp
  • Traditional, arranged by Skeku Kanneh-Mason for cello, Blow The Wind Southerly – Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
Classical Coffee Break

Classical Coffee Break Episode 2, 03.13.25

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  • Olivia Belli (Arr. Lewin for 2 Guitars), Prelude – Alexandra Whittingham, Plinio Fernandes, guitars
  • Valentin Silvestrov, Prayer for the Ukraine – Raphaela Gromes, cello, Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra, Volodymyr Sirenko, conductor
  • Morten Lauridsen, O Magnum Mysterium – Chamber Choir of Europe
  • Samuel Barber, Violin Concerto, Op. 14: II. Andante – Hilary Hahn, violin, Saint vPaul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff, conductor
  • Reynaldo Hahn, L’heure exquise – Christiane-Pierre La Marca, cello, Armandine Savery, piano
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Serenade in C Major, K. 648 “A Very Little Night Music”: II. Allegro – Gewandhausorchester, Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
  • Gabriel Faure, Requiem, Op. 48: In paradisum – Oxford Schola Cantorum, Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly, conductor
  • Alexander Glazunov, Chant du menestrel – Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Igor Golovschin, conductor
  • Jean-Baptiste Lully, Phaeton, LWV 61: Ouverture – Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jean Lamonde, conductor
  • Rebecca Dale, William Butler Yeats, The Cloths of Heaven – Tenebrae, Philharmonia, Nigel Short, conductor
  • Phil Cunningham, The Gentle Light That Wakes Me – Nicola Benedetti, Aly Bain
Radio Nowhere, Shows

Radio Nowhere Episode 108, 3/29/25

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No Agreement Fela Kuti
Whipping Post (Live) Frank Zappa
Cry Love John Hiatt
First Episode At Hienton Elton John
Devil Inside INXS
Some Unholy War Amy Winehouse
Even When I’m Blue Steve Earle
Everyday People Sly & the Family Stone
Everyday People Jeff Buckley
Fly On (Forever Is Better With You) Humming House
One More Time Becky Lee & Drunkfoot
I Love LA Randy Newman
New Music, The Horizon Broadening Hour

New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #72

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What’s up, y’all? As always, here is what I have added to Libretime since last week:

Gareth Inkster Ode (for Elliott Smith) – Single Pop / Instrumental CanCon
Wreckless Harbour Don’t Burn the Dream – Single Folk CanCon
Edgar Hurley Sissy Fairy Fa**ot Folk Singer Folk All tracks are clean, despite the album’s title No
DJ Quinzy Slow Motion In The Rain – Single Pop No
Erik Flaa Wave of Chance – Single Rock No
glentheband Tired – Single Rock Clean and Explicit versions available CanCon
Once a Tree Small Town Dreams – Single Pop CanCon
Shiv and the Carvers Tell Me You Love Me Again Punk CanCon
Aaron Macdonald What’s the Point? – Single Country CanCon
DayEyez Cast Away – Single Rock No
ZiyahtheArtiste A THOUSAND MILEZ – Single Pop No
Emily Saunders Moon Shifts Oceans Jazz No
Various Artists Horse Meat Disco Presents Disco & Boogie From Brazil Vol.1 Dance No
Pandura Rox Summer and Smoke – Single Country No
Martyrs Night Shift – Single Rock No
Jay Williams THE END OF DAYS – Single Electronic No
ARK IDENTITY Take Me to Tokyo – Single Pop CanCon
Brock Geiger Some Nights Rock CanCon
pssyclwz Odessa She-Side (Caribou Cover) – Single Pop CanCon
Shawn Desman BODY (feat. Jamie Fine) – Single Pop CanCon
The Dream Eaters Program Me, I’m a Machine – Single Pop No
Matias Roden Disease With No Name – Single Rock CanCon
Ynana Rose Los Ejes de Mi Carreta – Single Folk CanCon
Rita di Ghent Slim’s Left Town (Canada is Not for Sale) – Single Jazz CanCon
Noam Peri Flowers Rock No
Raphael Groten Inner Sanctum New Age No
Sadie Fine After Care – Single Pop No
Don Latarski Endless Beginnings New Age No
Coco Rose Cuddle Funk Pop CanCon
Dana Powell Where Would We Be? – Single Country CanCon
Lee Rosevere Float Electronic CanCon
Vampire Slumber Party The Call From Tacoma – Single Rock No
Bria Salmena Big Dog Rock CanCon
The Nathaniel Hardy Project Ahhhh Yeah!!! feat. Faith R. Hardy-Molina (2025 Re-mastered) – Single Hip Hop No
The Nathaniel Hardy Project I Have You (In My Life!) – Single R&B No
Renzo Djordan Odyssey Pt. 2 Electronic No
Beach Shoppe Boating School Rock No
Dylan Perkons We Don’t Know the Ending Yet – Single Folk CanCon
Monotronic In My Dreams Electronic No
Alick Mac 500 Days – Single Hip Hop CanCon
Alick Mac Doormat – Single Hip Hop CanCon
Alick Mac 6 Feet Deep – Single Hip Hop CanCon
Sadie Fine Whoreble – Single Pop NSFR No

Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:

Tracklist:

Anne Lindsay – Carolina Parakeet
Whispering Worlds – Reflection Nebula
Ute Lemper – Pirate Jenny
Jovino Santos Neto & Matin Kuuskmann – Rancho Azul
The New Standard Project – If This Is Goodbye
Emily Saunders – Blue Skies Forever
Sadie Fine – After Care
Sadie Fine – Whoreble
Once a Tree – Small Town Dreams
Shawn Desman – BODY (feat. Jamie Fine)
Pssyclwz – Odessa She-Side
Peter Matson – Melancolia (feat. Pahua)
San Rodrigues – Fofa
Rita di Ghent – Slim’s Left Town (Canada is Not for Sale)
Alick Mac – 6 Feet Deep
TOUGH DUMPLIN BEATS & PRIVATE NAME PRIVATE NUMBER – Easy
The Disciple – Swiss Humanitarian Tradition
Odario, Mad Professor, Yolanda Sargeant – The Situation
Banman – Ups & Downs
DJ Quinzy – Slow Motion in the Rain
Renzo Djordan – Friday Night in Kho Tao
Jay Wiliams – The End of Days
Bria Salmena – Peanut
Sodajerk – My Vegetarian Friend
Sylvia Lily & Calm Canopy – Yukon Lost
Katie James – Minutes Out
Beach Shoppe – Vine Aficianado
Ginny Ranger – Jeckyll and Hyde
Shiv and the Carvers – Dangergirl
Dana Powell – Where Would We Be?

See y’all next time!

CKMS Community News, Newsroom, Shows

CKMS News -2025-03-28- HART Hub roll-out to begin as government forces closure of CTS site

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CKMS News -2025-03-28- HART Hub roll-out to begin as government forces closure of CTS site.

dan kellar
Kitchener, ON – On April 1st the local Homeless and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hub will begin operating, with provincial funding, with services which replace or build upon those offered by the current Consumption and Treatment Services site.  Notably absent from the HART Hub spaces will be drug testing machines and supervised consumption of drugs, including overdose reversal, which are foundational to the harm reduction model of addictions support.

In August 2024 the Ontario government announced that it would be forcing the closure of the CTS site in downtown Kitchener on March 31st 2025.

This show features an interview with Tara Groves-Taylor, the CEO of Community Healthcaring Kitchener-Waterloo, the lead operator of Kitchener’s HART Hub. A statement from the Ministry of Health about the CTS closures that was sent to CKMS News is also included.

For more background on this issue, see the CKMS News interview with Kitchener’s CTS operator Sanguen Health Centre

CKMS Community News, Newsroom

Local organization connects people to land so they can grow food and increase their food security

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Host: Leah Gerber

Food prices are top of mind for many people at the moment. Public Health Ontario describes food insecurity as not having enough income to afford healthy and adequate food. The Waterloo Region Community Garden Network is an organization that connects people with land so they can grow their own food and help stretch their dollars at the store. 

Radio Waterloo spoke with Doug Jones, the chair of the Network to talk about how people can increase their own food security, as well as how food security can be increased at a community level. Radio Waterloo also spoke with Gladys Rosana who gardens a quarter-acre plot at the Petersburg Community Garden with her husband about the reality of what it takes to grow much of the food they eat for the year themselves, and how this has impacted their food security. 

Shows, Through The Static

Through the Static Episode 56 – 26/03/25

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The sun is out again (for now) and we’re spinning sunny tunes and some deep cuts tonight on Through the Static to take you from the sunny day to the starry night.

  • Vicious – Lou Reed
  • Modern Girl – Sleater-Kinney
  • Vital Signs – Rush
  • The Camera Eye – Rush
  • Boys – Indigo De Souza
  • Take Off Ur Pants – Indigo De Souza
  • Cattails – Big Thief

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The Clean Up Hour

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 311

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What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the show’s seventh dedication mix to the late Nipsey Hussle. RIP Nip — the marathon continues.

Tracklist:

Things Ain’t Been the Same
Karma (Freestyle)
I Be Killen Um
Alert (Hit-Boy & Nipsey Hussle)
Neighborhood Superstars (Slim Thug, Nipsey Hussle, & Yo Gotti)
No Reason (DJ Mustard, Jeezy, Nipsey Hussle, RJ, & YG)
You Broke (YG & Nipsey Hussle)
Same **** (The Game, Ty Dolla $ign, & Nipsey Hussle)
**** a *****(The Game, Nipsey Hussle, Joe Moses, & Elijah Blake)
Chun Li (Wale & Nipsey Hussle)
This Plane (7 Days a Week)
Rimpau’s Finest
THUGGIN (feat. Lil Boosie & Lil Cali)
I’m From (feat. Cuzzy Capone)
Bucketheads
LINE IT UP
Bullets Ain’t Got No Name
A Million Bucks (DJ Kay Slay [RIP], Troy Ave, Vado, Fatman Scoop, Nipsey Hussle, & Rocko)
One Hunnit
Nothern Lights (Blanco, Nipsey Hussle, & Kokane)
Skurr (Nipsey Hussle & Bino Rideaux)
Picture Me Rollin (feat. Kent Jamz)
Keyz 2 the City 2 (feat. Teeflii)
Don’t Take Days Off (feat. Dubb & Tai Phillips)
Tommy Gunz (feat. Young Brodee)
If You Think I’m Bluffing
Girl Scout Cookies (Blanco, Dorrough, & Nipsey Hussle)
We Ride
H-Town (feat. Dom Kennedy, Cobby Supreme, Teeflii, & Skeme)
No ***** Like Me (feat. Trae the Truth)
Tha Mansion

See y’all next week for the show’s sixth anniversary special!

Readers Delight

Reader’s Delight, Episode 16, March 23, 2025 with Sarah Tolmie, Ruth Thompson, and Adrienne Stevenson

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Cohosts Suzanne Craig-Whytock and Richard H. Stephens are delighted to share the 16th episode of Reader’s Delight.

On Sunday, March 23rd, we had the privilege to  not only speak with 3 more talented authors, but also enjoyed listening as they read excerpts from their books.

Our guests listed by order of appearance:

Sarah Tolmie: Sarah is the author of three collections of poetry with McGill-Queen’s University Press: Check (2020), The Art of Dying (2018: finalist for the Griffin Prize) and Trio (2014: finalist for the Pat Lowther Award). She has published eight books of fiction, embracing short story, novella and novel, including The Fourth Island (2020) and All the Horses of Iceland (2022) with Tor.com, and The Stone Boatmen (2014: finalist for IAFA’s Crawford Award) and The Little Animals (2019: Special Citation at the Philip K Dick Awards) with Aqueduct Press. She is also a medievalist trained at the University of Toronto and Cambridge and is a Professor of English at the University of Waterloo.

To find out more about Sarah’s books, please click here.

Ruth Thompson: Ruth is a Holistic Nutritionist in Cambridge with two books about holistic health—sharing insights on how to balance ourselves physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

To find out more about Ruth’s books, please lick here. 

Adrienne Stevenson: Adrienne writes both nonfiction and fiction, poetry, short stories, and novels. A story of one woman’s courage and perseverance to save her family when the United States invades Canada.

To find out more about Adrienne’s books, please click here.

Radio Nowhere, Shows

Radio Nowhere Episode 107, 3/22/25

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Download: https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RadioNowhere250322Episode107.mp3, 57m43s, 82.0 MBytes

After Dark Tito & Tarantula
The Losing Side of Me The Mavericks
Don’t Shoot Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar
Spirit The Blue Stones
I Believe In Love Paula Cole
Trickle Down The Tragically Hip
Psycho Killer Talking Heads
Concrete Israel Nash
Dog House Boogie Seasick Steve
Young Lust Pink Floyd
How Much Tequila (Did I Drink Last Night) Steve Goodman
Here Comes the Night Them
Eleanor Rigby The Beatles
Eleanor Rigby Richie Havens
Eleanor Rigby Ray Charles
Eleanor Rigby Aretha Franklin
Jesus Is Just Alright The Byrds
Pump it Up Elvis Costello & the Attractions
Tales of Brave Ulysses Cream
New Music, The Horizon Broadening Hour

New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #71

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What’s up, y’all? As always, here is what I have added to Libretime this week:

Evan Cooper Out of Love – Single Pop CanCon
Canny and Hall Support Band – Single Folk No
Yellow Magnolia Poorest of the Rich – Single Rock CanCon
Yellow Magnolia What Do You Want Me To Say? – Single Rock CanCon
Max Ayeza Hush No Rush – Single Pop No
Sivell Where is the world going to? – Single Rock CanCon
Peter Matson Hotel PM Electronic No
HemlockHotel America – Single Folk CanCon
Jovino Santos Neto & Martin Kuuskmann Retratos Jazz No
Honey Trap Huntress – EP Rock No
Gloin all of your anger is actually shame (and I bet that makes you angry) Punk CanCon
Carl Weingarten Songs for a Pedigree Moon New Age No
Pandura Rox You Ain’t Puttin Out My Fire – Single Country No
Ash Molloy will I ever learn – Single Alternative CanCon
NERiMA Fifty Years – Single Punk CanCon
Slighest Clue Car Crash Dialect – Single Punk CanCon
Ben Key James Dean – Single Pop CanCon
Peter Landi Turn Back Now – Single Alternative CanCon
Current Swell If You Want My Time – Single Rock CanCon
Blue Pilot Tamagotchi Alternative No
Strange Plants Dance So Real – Single Rock CanCon
ShantiMaya Ubuntu (I Am Because We Are) – Single Folk CanCon/KWCon
Icarus Phoenix The World That We Live In – Single Rock No
Alfie! The Songs of Burt Bacharach Jazz No
Emmalisa Hallander Out of Reach Jazz No
Stina Hellberg Agback The Standard is the Standard Jazz No
Ozan Baysal Tel ve Ten World No
Sean Haefeli Flying Broken Form Jazz No
Naomi Skye Old Habits – Single Folk CanCon
LMNL Rainbow Ambient CanCon
Jamurai Sack Jig Is Up – Single Punk No
Ginny Ranger Jeckyll and Hyde – Single Rock CanCon
Katie James Minutes Out – Single Folk No
Jesse Mac Cormack All I Want To Be – Single Electronic CanCon
Meggi Faye Waiting on a Rainy Day – Single Folk CanCon/KWCon
Arrester Some Kind of Proof Rock Track 12 is Explicit CanCon
Mark Wihlidal Hoping Love Can Come My Way – Single Rock CanCon
The New Standard Project If This Is Goodbye – Single Jazz No

Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour, which I must preface with an apology to Yellow Magnolia, who I included in the mix, but overlooked mentioning during the show itself. That was an error completely on my end; make extra sure to check their music out to make up for my goofing!

Tracklist:

M. Cross Dougherty – Interpretation I
LMNL – Rainbow
Carl Weingarten – Twilight Reminisce (Midnight Mix)
David Mash – Appellation Trail
Alfie! – Do You Know The Way To San Jose?
Sean Haefeli – Ride To The Beat
Emmalisa Hallander – Umbrella Drinks and Peaches
Stina Hellberg Agback – Vinterkylan
Brianna Nita – Might Jinx It
DANGER SPOON – icu <3
Charles Petersohn – Schmetterlinge Im Bauch (feat. Roberto Di Gioia)
Jay Williams – THE PLACE OF STORMS
Max Ayeza – Hush No Rush
Evan Cooper – Out of Love
Abi Mack – I Wanna Get Old
Meggi Faye – Waiting On A Rainy Day
Shantimaya – Ubuntu (I Am Because We Are)
Ozan Baysal – Childhood Memories
Dawn Melanie – Promised Land
Naomi Skye – Old Habits
Mo McMorrow – ROSE of JERICHO: a Brief History of Money
Canny and Hall – Support Band
Shealagh Rose – Radio Silence
Gloin – Sent from my iPhone
Heavy Sweater – I Want You To Kill Me
Quotas – First Right of Refusal
Yellow Magnolia – Poorest of the Rich
Arrester – Super Mega
Ryan Dsouza – You’ve Got That Zing Thing
Kpec3 arrival – like an asp (2023 version)
Duane Regretzky – Lord Tunder

See y’all next time!

CKMS Community News, Newsroom

Dom Vallie, Kitchener native, nominated for the second time at the Juno Awards

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Host: Leah Gerber

Kitchener-raised rap artist, Dom Vallie, whose real name is Dominic Turton, has been nominated for the second time at the Canadian Juno Awards. This year, he’s been nominated for rap album of the year for his album, “See You When I See You.” Radio Waterloo spoke with Turton, who still resides in Kitchener, to hear more about how the city has influenced his music, how he came up with his stage name, what he’d be doing if it wasn’t music, and where he’s going next. Turton spoke about how the Kitchener-Waterloo community has been behind him from the start, and how his childhood experiences have influenced his music. 

Music sampled from single, “Show Me,” courtesy of Dom Vallie/Dominic Turton

CKMS Community News, Newsroom, Shows

CKMS News -2025-03-20- With an election imminent, MP Mike Morrice reflects on what has been accomplished and what lies ahead

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CKMS News -2025-03-20- MP Mike Morrice ready to return to Ottawa as prorogued parliament resumes on Monday

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Kitchener, ON – As the prorogued parliament gets set to resume on March 24th, Kitchener Centre MP Mike Morrice says he remains focused on his work and the needs of his constituents. However, he may not get the chance as reports suggest that an election could be called as early as Sunday.

CKMS News spoke with the Green Party MP ahead of his return to Ottawa. The interview covered the work delayed by the prorogation, the likelihood of an early election, election reform, and the implementation of the Canadian Disability Benefit. Morrice also discussed how the government can support all residents of Waterloo Region through the economic uncertainty created by the unfolding tariff war between Canada and the United States.

MP Morrice also responded to questions about ending Canadian complicity in the genocide of Palestinians and the recent letter signed by 29 MPs calling for Canada to implement a two-way arms Embargo between itself and Israel, adopt a clear definition of anti-Palestinian racism, and to recognize the sovereign and independent state of Palestine.

The Clean Up Hour

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 310

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What’s up, y’all? Here’s tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the 68th All Things Considered, which makes the case for Toronto MC Abdominal. With an incredible discography, it’s time to get familiar if you ain’t already!

Tracklist:

My Name is Abdominal
Abdominal Workout
Behind the Scenes
Fast Food [Fry Antics]
Still Hungry
Urban Hermit
T.Ode (feat. Notes to Self)
Pedal Pusher
Panic Attack
Balance Both (feat. Chali 2na)
Forged From Hardship (Dutty Moonshine Big Band Remix)
Inoutro
Interlude
The Best Posse Cut You Ever Heard (feat. Dan-E-O, D-Sisive, Fatski, Kamau, The Grand I Am Perial, Esoteric, & Arcee)
Abcapella
Train of Thought (feat. Obe One)
While You Sleep
Sock Hop
Courage (feat. my mom)
Elizabeth
Open Relationship
Reflective Meditation Rhymes
Walk Left/Stand Right
Outta Left Field
Broken
These Boots
The Vinyl Frontier

See y’all next time!

CKMS Community News, Newsroom, Shows

CKMS News -2025-03-19- Strike continues as regional workers demand “a fair wage for essential work”.

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CKMS News -2025-03-19- CUPE 1656 strike continues as regional workers demand “a fair wage for essential work”

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Kitchener, ON – Midway through week 3 of their strike, CUPE 1656 workers want the region to return to the table with “a fair deal”. The latest offer from the regional government, which they called “competitive”, was tabled on March 15th but was quickly rejected by the union as inadequate.

A rally is planned for 6:00pm on March 19th at the Region of Waterloo headquarters. The rally is taking place ahead of a regional council meeting. The region has said its “goal is to reach an agreement that continues to support employees and is fair for residents.” 

The union represents full and part-time workers who clean drinking water, provide airport services,  maintain regional roads and emergency vehicles, and provide landfill services to the Region of Waterloo. Additionally the union represents the trade workers including millwrights, HVAC, plumbing and signals who “keep water, traffic, and buildings running”. 

This show features an interview with CUPE 1656 president Phil Dominas.

CKMS Community News, Newsroom, Shows

CKMS News -2025-03-18- Waterloo council delays implementing Inclusionary Zoning rules amid “uncertainty”

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CKMS News -2025-03-18- Waterloo council delays implementing Inclusionary Zoning rules amid “uncertainty”

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Waterloo, ON – On March 3rd, the City of Waterloo voted to delay implementing inclusionary zoning bylaws which would have required developers to include some affordable units in any new condominium projects in areas around major transit stations.  The new by-law, which was approved in June 2024 would have gone into force at the end of March and the decision to delay implementation follows a similar decision in December of last year by Kitchener’s council.

City staff presented a report to council which argued that tariffs from America, the federal government’s restrictions on international students and immigrants, fluctuating interest rates, and the low resale price of condos, are all creating uncertainties in the building market. 

This show features audio from the council meeting and an interview with Lynn Intini, an eviction prevention and tenant organising worker at the Social development Centre of Waterloo Region.  Intini discusses inclusionary zoning, the focus on investment driven developments, housing needs vs housing demand, and non-market solutions to the housing crisis.