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

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

dan kellar
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.

Police confirm human trafficking is on the rise in Waterloo Region

Host: Leah Gerber

Waterloo Region is a hub for human trafficking, confirm police. The number of cases that the Waterloo Region Police Service Human Trafficking Unit investigate is growing each year, as well as the number of victims and people seeking help at the Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region’s Anti-Human Trafficking Program.

Radio Waterloo spoke with Detective Sergeant Jeff Merrigan with the WRPS Human Trafficking Unit and Lyndsey Butcher the director of care at the Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region to talk about the numbers they are seeing and what human trafficking looks like in Waterloo Region. Both say the community needs to come to terms with the reality of human trafficking in the Region, and that the problem needs to be confronted.

Reader’s Delight, Episode 16, featuring Ruth Thompson, Adrienne Stevenson, and Sarah Tolmie

Join us this Sunday at 2PM as we talk with Ruth Thompson and Sarah Tolmie in studio, as well as hear from Adrienne Stevenson who will be joining our show via a recording all the way from Ottawa.

Ruth Thompson is a Holistic Nutritionist in Cambridge with two books about holistic health–sharing insights on how to balance ourselves physically, emotionally, and spiritually. To learn more about Ruth, click here.

Adrienne Stevenson 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 learn more about Adrienne, click here.

To learn more about Sarah Tolmie, click here.

Radio Nowhere Episode 106, 3/15/25

Download: https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RadioNowhere250315Episode106.mp3, 58m15s, 82.0 MBytes

Baila Mi Cha-Cha Abraxas Pool
Nuevo Laredo Doug Sahm
Let It Rock Bob Seger
Constellations Carly Dow
Ol’ 55 Eagles
Throw It All Away Brandi Carlile
No Aloha The Breeders
Kid The Pretenders
40,000 Headmen Traffic
Don’t Let me be Misunderstood The Animals
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood Nina Simone
Kids MGMT
I Didn’t Like You Anyway The Donnas
Only a Northern Song The Beatles
20th Century Boy T Rex
The Oaf Big Wreck

 

New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #70

What’s up, y’all? As always — here is what I’ve added to Libretime in the last week:

The Hollow Truths Guitars Aren’t Meant For Cases – Single Rock No
Dawn Melanie For Africa World No
Duane Regretzky Live From Death Mountain Punk CanCon
Whispering Worlds Cosmic Cliffs Jazz CanCon
Across Waves Cutting Ties – Single Rock CanCon
Erika Kulnys Montreal – Single Folk CanCon
Erika Kulnys The Streets of Montreal – Single Folk CanCon
Sylvia Lily & Calm Canopy Yukon Lost – Single Pop CanCon
David Mash Back to My Roots Jazz No
fferlys apollo among the hyperboreans Rock CanCon
Abi Mack I Wanna Get Old – Single Pop CanCon
Selaine Temperaments – Single Folk CanCon/KWCon
Puma June A Woman That They Want R&B CanCon
The Neighbourhood Watch Mr. Skin and Bones Folk CanCon
Willem James Cowen Jam Jar – Single Rock CanCon
Jesse Roper Danger – Single Pop CanCon
Nelson Sobral três! Blues CanCon
Stonehocker Hello Mr. Hyde Alternative CanCon
Odario The Situation – Single Hip Hop CanCon
Junior Dad Junior Dad Rock CanCon
The Disciple Swiss Humanitarian Tradition – Single Hip Hop No
Four80East Barn Sessions Jazz CanCon
Tobacco & Rose Tobacco & Rose Folk CanCon
Ute Lemper Pirate Jenny Jazz No
John Flanagan Straight Face – Single Rock No
Tyler Salsman Cheyanne – Single Country CanCon
TOUGH DUMPLIN BEATS featuring Private Name Private Number Easy – Single Hip Hop NSFR, Clean, Instrumental are in Libretime; acapella can be made available upon request CanCon
Ryan Stevenson Favourite Dream – Single Pop CanCon
left on the right Garagre Season – Single Rock No
Sodajerk My Vegetraian Friend – Single Rock No
Brianna Nita Notes of Me Pop CanCon
The Whythouse She Gone Do – Single Country CanCon/KWCon
Cam Blake Five Months in Manchester Rock Tracks 4, 5, 7, 8 are Explicit CanCon
M. Cross Dougherty Interpretation Ambient No
kpec3 arrival like an asp (2023 version) – Single Rock No
Jay Williams The Place Of Storms – Single Electronic No
Ryan Dsouza You’ve got that zing thing – Single Rock CanCon
Heavy Sweater SO SAD! Rock CanCon
Quotas Quotas Rock CanCon

Here is tonight’s rock-focused Horizon Broadening Hour:

Tracklist:

Selaine – Temperaments
The Whythouse – She Gone Do
Reverend Genes – Was Will Be
Prhcr. – Train
DayEyez – Insecurities
Delyn Grey – Get On Up
Buzz Hummer – Capture Your Eye
Jeff Vidov – Can You Get The Vibe From Me Baby?
Icarus Phoenix – Poor Sad Indie Everything
Change of Heart – Peggy’s Cove
Strange Plants – Tell Me All Your Secrets Pt. 2
The Lightning Struck – Wrong Tree
Fatal Vision – All Roads Lead To London
Across Waves – Cutting Ties
Jenny Palacios – Took
Brock Geiger – Early August Rain
Never Any Ordinary – I Am Never Getting Closure
Muhnday – Straight Face
left on the right – Garage Season
REDDSTAR – SURV1V3
The Nolas – Live Forever
Real Sickies – Choking On Your Insides
Jordan Venn and the Slizneys – Occam’s Guillotine
Falling Below – Answers
Tristan Armstrong – Would You Take an IOU?
Current Swell – 10 Feet Tall
Artists for Action – Which Side Are You On?
Newbridge – Centuries
Louis Emory & The Reckless Few – Prophet Said
The Hollow Truths – Guitars Aren’t Meant For Cases
Fferlys – hawthorn berry tea
Junior Dad – Fixing a Bird

See y’all next time!

Region of Waterloo Public Health urging people and children to get vaccinated for measles as measles outbreak continues in Ontario

Host: Leah Gerber

While no cases have been reported in Waterloo Region yet, a measles outbreak that started in October continues in Ontario. So far, over 200 cases have been reported in the province, double the number reported between 2013 and 2023 combined. This comes at the same time Waterloo Region Public Health staff released a notice stating that nearly 9,000 children in the region need to get their vaccination records up to date or face suspension in early April. 

Radio Waterloo spoke with David Aoki, the director of infectious disease and chief nursing officer for Region of Waterloo public health as well as Zahid Butt, assistant professor in the school of public health sciences at the university of waterloo and canada research chair in interdisciplinary research for pandemic preparedness to learn more about measles, and why people might be hesitant to vaccinate their children.

Through the Static Episode 55 – 12/03/25

March is here and spring is springing! Playing some indie tunes to reflect the warming weather and longer days (though that cold is still sticking around for now). Check out this episode for the usual mix of genres and moods, whatever best fits your evening!

  • Vehicle – Ides of March
  • Waiting For The Sun – The Jayhawks
  • Second Nature – Clairo
  • Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales – Car Seat Headrest
  • Vroom Vroom – Charli xcx
  • Trophy – Charli xcx
  • Chinese Satellite – Phoebe Bridgers
  • End of the Line – Jordan Kalist

Check out the podcast!

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 309

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour, where I eulogize my truck.

Tracklist:

OG Maco – 5AM in LA
El Snappo & 1900Rugrat – Chicken (Remix)
Nas – Blue Benz
03 Greedo, Kenny Beats, & Freddie Gibbs – Disco S**t
Cousin Stizz & Smino – Nokia
Fat Ray, Danny Brown, & Black Milk – Just Say No
Spice Programmers & Chuck Strangers – EAZY E
Niko B – boarded the plane
6ix & Logic – WMD
Michael Millions, Fly Anakin, & Nickelus F – Blacksugar
Reason, Kota the Friend, & D’anna Stewart – Stuck On Moments
homeless beats – propsei freestyle
Love, Ulysses – Green Line Shawty
Buck 65 – Digger’s Song
Yy & Birdapres – Tape Surgery
Hodgy Beats – D00rs
JPEGMAFIA – either on or off the drugs
Drake, PARTYNEXTDOOR, & Yebba – DIE TRYING
serengeti – vanessa
R.A.P Ferreira – when my eldest daughter asks how old I am
Party City Machine Guns – What’s the Word
Madvillain – One False Move (“Great Day” Demo)
Break Bread – If I Do Say So Myself
Stalley, Curren$y, & MadeinTYO – Count Your Blessings
THEY. – Never Change
Legit – Figure 8
Nas, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, & Stephen Marley – Leaders
JID – 2007
Substanial – Ain’t No Happy Endings
Midicronica – Pillow Jam
Nujabes – World Without Words
Nujabes – The Space Between Two World
Uyama Hiroto – Walk In The Sunset
The Pollyseeds, Terrace Martin, Robert Glapser – Funny How Times Flies

See y’all next time!

Radio Nowhere Episode 105, 3/8/25

Download: https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RadioNowhere250308Episode105.mp3, 58m23s, 82.0 MBytes

Hold On Santana
My Baby Left Me Creedence Clearwater Revival
Burning Down the House Talking Heads
Bad Luck Social Distortion
Short Skirt Long Jacket Cake
Candy Paolo Nutini
Same Thing The Band
Bring It On Home Downchild Blues Band
Bring it on Home Led Zeppelin
From The Point Of Carrie Lee Johanna Pavia
Move On Up Curtis Mayfield
Long Lost Lord Huron
Less Than Zero Elvis Costello
You Could Be Happy Snow Patrol
I Me Mine The Beatles

CKMS Community Connections for 28 February 2025: Irish Real Life Festival with Sue Nally and Michael Darcy

Show Notes

A woman with red hair wearing glasses and headphones sits at a microphone.
Sue Nally
A man wearing a blue shirt and headphones smiles towards the camera.
Michael Darcy

Michael Darcy gives a Live, On-Air, In-Studio performance, and Bob talks with Michael and Sue Nally of the Irish Real Life Festival about the history of the festival, Irish history, how the festival is organized, Irish dancing, Michael’s musical background, and other details of the festival.

The interview starts at 3m15s.

Online:

Irish Real lLife Fest KW
https://www.irishreallifekw.com/

Upcoming Events

For a comprehensive list of events during the Irish Real Life Festival see https://www.irishreallifekw.com/event.

Podcast

Download: ckms-community-connections-2025-02-28-episode185-irish-real-life-festival-with-sue-nally-and-michael-darcy.mp3 (76 MB, 55m27s, episode 185)

Index

Exclusive tracks recorded in the CKMS-FM 102.7 Radio Waterloo Studio are now available! Right-click on a linked track title to download!

Time Title Album Artist
0m00s Theme for CKMS Community Connections ccc CKMS Sunflower logo (yellow petals surrounding a black centre with white wavies all on a teal background)
CKMS Community Connections
Steve Todd
0m49s Wild West Clare Michael Darcy, closeup of a man wearing headphones and a blue shirt.
Live, On-Air, In-Studio
Michael Darcy
3m15s Sue Nally introduces us to the Irish Real Life Festival, giving a bit of the festival’s history, and why an Irish festival is needed in Waterloo Region. There’s literature, music, film, and even Irish cuisine. A festival gives people a chance to learn. Sue runs down some of the delicacies in Irish cuisine. Every year there’s a dinner, with a portion of the proceeds going charity. This year the dinner is at the Boathouse with Matt Weidinger. Sue tells us about the venues, including the Registry Theatre, the Conrad Centre, the KW Art Gallery. It’s difficult to capture a country’s culture in a few days. And it’s necessary to leave things out.
8m20s This year the festival focuses on “Joy”. The world is a challenging place right now; the Irish history has some dark moments. So this year they want to celebrate to show they’ve come through these dark times. They’re trying to build a way for people new to the Region to come out, and for anyone to learn about Irish history. Or just to hang out an have a chat.
10m04s Talking to Michael Darcy about his background. Michael is a full-time musician, has been playing for about 20 years, and lived in Canada for 15. When Sue brought Darcy to the festival she discovered that a cousin was a good friend of Michael’s — Michael says Ireland is a small country, about five million people, but Ontario is bigger. You can get from one side of Ireland to the other in about three or four hours. When Michael arrived in Canada he wasn’t writing many songs, just playing the standards. People always request the same four or five songs, and Michael is tired of playing them. So Michael is now writing his own songs, including the opening number, Wild West Clare.
15m22s The Mickey Dam Michael Darcy, closeup of a man wearing headphones and a blue shirt.
Live, On-Air, In-Studio
Michael Darcy
18m13s Michael tells us about playing The Mickey Dam. Sue tells us how she picks the musical acts. She points out that the original songs written by Michael are Irish music. She balances out the traditional with the co ntemporary, and the fusion of how the music has changed.
20m29s Giving the date and times of the festival: Saturday, March 8th to Monday March 17th. Bob asks about the “Céilí” (or “Cèilidh” in Scottish); Sue explains it’s an Irish folk dance, the origins of square dancing. There are céilithe for the public on the 8th and 15th of March. Sue talks about the music and the mechanics of dancing. Michael doesn’t play many céilithe, but his bandmates do. Michael grew up playing accordion.
27m37s Michael plays a short piece that might be used at a céilí, and explains the tuning he uses. A brief discussion on types of banjos. Talking about different styles of Irish music. There is Irish rap! The festival doesn’t prescribe the playlists, but let the performers choose what they want to play. And there will be music lessons on traditional Irish instruments like the tin whistle and the bodhrán.
33m42s Bob sees the need for an Irish Folk Club. Sue says there’s an Open Mic night at the Registry Theatre on Wednesday 5 March 2025, and it’s hosted by Michael. A great opportunity to play in a listening room rather than a pub. A quick rundown of Michael’s upcoming gigs.
36m46s Michael introduces the next song. It needs some explanations of “Irish-isms”. A “jumper” is a sweater, “jumper goalposts” are sweaters put down on the ground for playing football. And “Lynn Row” was an Irish soap opera on TV on Sunday nights.
38m11s Long Summer Days Michael Darcy, closeup of a man wearing headphones and a blue shirt.
Live, On-Air, In-Studio
Michael Darcy
41m35s Sue tells us how she got involved with the Irish Real Life Festival — when she and friends were looking for something to do they found there was nothing out there. So she said “Let’s put something on!” And also to counteract the bad reputation that March 17th has around the universities. The 17th is not as important date as people think.
44m43s Bob and Sue go over the web site and upcoming events, and have a look at the social media sites. Talking admission and tickets: Culture shouldn’t only be for the well-off, so many events are free or Pay-What-You-Can. There are funds and grants, some from Ireland, to help offset the costs. Planning for next year? After a little break! Finding venues and acts for next year. Not even Toronto has a 10 day Irish festival! Bob encourages Sue and Michael to start an Irish show on CKMS-FM.
54m33s Michael Darcy plays out, while Bob gives the credits.

CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs alternate Fridays from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.

Got music, spoken word, or other interesting stuff? Let us know at ccc@radiowaterloo.ca or leave a comment on our “About” page.

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Bonus Video

Video: CKMS Community Connections for Friday 28 February 2025 (YouTube)

Show notes and podcast interview content is Copyright © 2025 by the participants, and released under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution Only license. Copy, re-use, and derivative works are allowed with attribution to Radio Waterloo and a link to this page. Music selections are copyright by the respective rights holders. The theme music is written and performed by Steven Todd.

New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #69

What’s up, y’all? Here is what I’ve added to Libretime in the past week:

Redd Axis As Above Rock CanCon
Redd Axis Call of the Void Rock CanCon
Redd Axis Death Valley Rock CanCon
Redd Axis Eclipse Rock CanCon
Redd Axis Illusions Rock CanCon
Redd Axis Psychedelia Rock CanCon
Redd Axis Reprieve Rock CanCon
Redd Axis State of Mind Rock CanCon
Chick Boyd Merv Goes to Town Pop NSFR CanCon
Redd Axis Everybody’s Talkin’ – Single Rock CanCon
Redd Axis Planet Caravan – Single Rock CanCon
Lunchmeat End of Man Rock CanCon
Mo McMorrow ROSE of JERICHO: a Brief History of Money – Single Folk CanCon
Autogramm Randy (7″ Single) Rock Title track NSFR CanCon
kpec3 arrival The Police Knock – Single Rock No
CALM TOMBS Shoplifters Folk Track 1 is Explicit CanCon
Danny Marks I’m Ready – Single Blues CanCon
ShantiMaya Illusion – Single Folk CanCon/KWCon
Taquirah The Night – Single R&B No
Taquirah Rush (Acoustic) – Single R&B No
Kari Lyn Fall (I’m Not Ready) – Single Rock CanCon
Philippe Masse Le Vent Jazz CanCon
Artists for Action Which Side Are You On? – Single Rock CanCon
Barry Stagg Shine a Little Light – Single Folk CanCon
Othello Tunnels Tunnel Rock Rock CanCon
DRES_ Part Timer – Single Rock No
Carlos Jimenez Quintet Deja Vu Jazz CanCon
Charles Petersohn Children of Zu Zu – EP Electronic No
Kristine Grealy Mr. Right – Single Pop CanCon
Jont The Next Ramana Maharshi – Single Folk CanCon
Shealagh Rose Safe in Our Silence Pop CanCon
Dan Pallotta School Bus – Single Folk No
Jenny Palacios Took – Single Rock CanCon
Tommy Douglas Keenan Oh Melody – Single Folk CanCon
Banman Ups & Downs – EP Hip Hop NSFR CanCon
Newbridge Centuries – Single Rock CanCon
Nares Levitate – Single Pop CanCon
Aliza Hava Into the Light Folk No
Chris Church Obsolete Path Rock No
Timstar Made in Canada Rock CanCon
The Orphaned Bee Thinking Without Language – EP Rock No
Jeff Vidov Can You Get the Vibe From Me Baby? – Single Pop CanCon
Graham Murray Sears Share Folk CanCon
Frog Eyes The Open Up Rock CanCon
Art d’Ecco Serene Demon Rock CanCon
Marie Mørck I’m in the Mood for Love – Single Jazz No
Louis Emory & The Reckless Few Prophets Said – Single Rock No

Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:

Tracklist:

Philippe Masse – Fall
Carlos Jimenez Quintet – April Fools
Marie Mørck – I’m in the Mood for Love
Booker Newberry III – There Ain’t No Love
Justine Tyrell – PROUD
Taquirah – The Night
Nares – Levitate (feat. 8485)
ShantiMaya – Illusion
CALM TOMBS – My Wildest Dreams
Graham Murray Sears – Snow Machine
Jont – The Next Ramana Maharshi
Barry Stagg – Shine a Little Light
Tommy Douglas Keenan – Oh Melody
Aliza Hava – The Only Way Out Is Through
Terra Lightfoot – Higher and Higher
Kristine Grealy – Mr. Right
The Wild High – I Wanna Get Paid
Othello Tunnels – Tomorrow’s Time
Art d’Ecco – Cooler Than This
Frog Eyes – I’m A Little At A Loss
Timstar – Labyrinth
Chris Church – Life on a Trampoline
Kpec3 arrival – The Police Knock
DRES_ – Part Timer
Rich Chambers – Don’t Go Jo
Redd Axis – Years Go By
Lunchmeat – Groovy Feeling
Autogramm – Randy (Don’t Screw Up)
Vampire Slumber Party – HOLES
G.S. – Winter
100-FOLD – STORIES
Kari Lyn – Fall (I’m Not Ready)

See y’all next time for a full rock Horizon Broadening Hour!

NO CRAP RADIO VER. 6.02 MAR. 8/25 12AM

the secret room…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-DcLaLGT04&t=3s

Some masterful guitar, dubby marley, the forgotten return

“Resistance is futile” the Borg

Scattered leaves of creativity, karma everywhere

Transitional observations, poetry in the air

The killers say it all tonight

This weeks movie. The Day The Earth Stood Still.

The Keanu Reeves remake. Cue Alien Keanu!

Shows how typically stupid the human race is.

A pretty good remake of the original that terrified the world 

when it was released in 1951.

rickie lee jones-flying cowboys

jj cale-sensitive kind

ry cooler-i think it’s going to work out fine

eric tingstad-heaven (New)

bruce cockburn-water into wine (Can)

john fahey-night train of valhalla

bert jansch-blues

bryan ferry-sympathy for the devil

hip-on the verge (Can)

stranglers-something better change

rem-losing my religion

go van go-instant karma (Can)

elefant-please please please let me get what I want 

new pornographers-challengers (Can)

killers-human

chalk circle-20th century boy (Can)

dirty girl social club-oh hell no

change of heart-pave (Can) (New)

coykoi-fins and wings (Can) (New)

terje rypdal-darkness falls

fripp/gabriel-here comes the flood

this mortal coil-drugs

fantan mojah-island

lucky dube-mickey mouse freedom

marley-no more trouble

panda dub-natural mystic

zggy marley-blowin in the wind

jackie mittoo-cut dub

hit the poster at the top of the page for party info. Please join us for a night of great local entertainment on the 15th at 8:30pm.

My dropbox address if you want to download some shows

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/qwqeyu6i980e81efoxtaa/AAgRoQnNRX8RckBoeV_RV0Q?rlkey=41vdpfemwtd4dwyjirjfzao5g&dl=0

You can hear repeats of older shows every tuesday night at 9PM. Even more no crap!

“We are punished by our sins, not for them” Elbert Hubbard 

CKMS news -2025-03-06- New mini-documentary series digs into “secretive” assembly of farmland in Wilmot township by regional government

CKMS news -2025-03-06- New mini-documentary series digs into “secretive” assembly of farmland in Wilmot township by regional government

dan kellar
Wilmot Township, ON – 
A new group of concerned residents has formed to support the farmers in Wilmot township whose lands  are being targeted by the regional government for an undisclosed industrial project. Since the
Wilmot Civic Action Network (WilmotCAN) formed in December 2024, members have been raising awareness about the land grab and demanding accountability from local politicians. 

Beyond delegating to municipal councils, and confronting provincial politicians at public events, the group has also co-ordinated the creation of two mini-documentaries about the issue. A third video in the “Unearthed” series is in production.

This show features an interview with John Jordan, a founding member of WilmotCAN and a direct neighbour of the land targeted for purchase by the regional government. Jordan spoke to CKMS News about the Wilmot Civic Action Network, the mini-documentary series they are producing, and the lack of transparency around the project.

CKMS News reached out to Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Mike Harris Jr and Regional chairperson Karen Redman for comments about claims made in the videos and at council meetings, but did not receive a response.

For more on the land assembly check out this piece from CKMS News: https://www.frequencynews.ca/news/farmers-bring-over-40-tractors-into-downtown-kitchener-to-protest-wilmot-township-land-expropriation/

Many religions practice fasting, and a local Muslim group is hosting an event to talk about it

Host: Leah Gerber

Fasting is the topic up for discussion at an upcoming multi-faith celebration at the Kitchener City Hall Rotunda this coming Sunday, March 9. The InterFaith and Multicultural Flavours of Iftar event includes a panel discussion on the role of fasting in various faiths featuring leaders from Muslim, Hindu, Christian and Jewish traditions. There will also be a discussion about how fasting and Iftar a celebrated during Ramadan around the world, the keynote speaker Imam Aizaz Khan of the Baitul Islam Mosque in Vaughan. The event is capped with a meal featuring local caterers showcasing food from cultures around the world. 

Radio Waterloo spoke with organizer Nabeel Rana and local Imam Fatir Mahmood Ahmad who is speaking on the panel, both of the local Ahmadiyya Muslim community that is hosting the event. They spoke about the importance of fasting for physical, moral and spiritual health, as well as their hopes the event will bring the community together. 

Anyone interested in learning more or attending the event is encouraged to connect with baitul.kareem.mosque@gmail.com

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 308

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — world’s topsy turvy, eh?

Tracklist:

The Koreatown Oddity – HELLLOOO???
Heems, Lapgan, & Cool Calm Pete – Baba Ganoush
YG & Nipsey Hussle – FDT
YG, G-Eazy, & Macklemore – FDT Pt. 2
Busta Rhymes & Killer Mike – I Won’t Lie Down
Flying Lotus x Krayzie Bone – Meditation Medication
Mr. Mutha****in Exquire – Holy Day
Reason & Hit-Boy – Cross the Waters
Blu, Fashawn, & Exile – Smack
Party City Machine Guns – Rap Music From Party City
Heems & Mr. Cheeks – Bourdain
Casual & Mr. Town – Sushi
John Wells – I think God coming
Serengeti – get em
Keor Meteor – Bill Clinton (remix)
Westside Gunn & Stove God Cooks – 055
Boldy James, Chuck Strangers, & Maxo Kream – Whale Fisting
Stalley & Le$ – Spoiler Kits
Nujabes, Pase Rock, & Substantial – City Lights
Terrace Martin – Albion Way
Mount Eerie – I Spoke With a Fish
Wale – The Followers
Nujabes – Beat Laments the World
Nujabes & Pase Rock – Old Light (Voice from 93 Million Miles Away)
Boogie – J#M#SH#
THEY. – Drive-Thru
Drake & PARTYNEXTDOOR – GREEDY
Nujabes – Horizon
MGK – BMXXing

See y’all next time!

CKMS News -2025-03-04- City of Waterloo launches “Get READI” plan to address systemic inequity.

CKMS News – 2025-03-04- City of Waterloo launches “Get READI” plan to address systemic inequity.

dan kellar
Waterloo, ON – As Waterloo works to incorporate reconciliation, equity, accessibility, diversity, and inclusion, the launch of the Get READI plan in mid-February will now guide all city divisions as they plan and provide programs and services for the community. 

While announcing the launch, mayor Dorothy McCabe said that the work the city does must reflect the growing size and diversity of the city’s population. The city has been working towards this goal since 2017 to address historical systemic denial of equity.

This show features an interview with Divya Handa, the director of reconciliation, equity, accessibility, diversity and inclusion at the city of Waterloo.  Handa discusses the Get READI plan including the genesis and origin of the city’s work, the cooperation needed in drafting the plan, how implementation will happen, and addresses some of the critiques of DEI that have been raised.

Radio Nowhere Episode 104, 3/1/25

Download: https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RadioNowhere250301Episode104.mp3, 59m15s, 82.0 MBytes

Birdland Weather Report
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed The Allman Brothers Band
I Am the Walrus The Beatles
Someday Never Comes Creedence Clearwater Revival
My Wife The Who
Slippin’ Into Darkness (long) War
Blue Moon Billie Holiday
Blue Moon Revisited (Song For Elvis) Cowboy Junkies
Problem Child AC/DC
Love Is Blindness Jack White
The Future is X Rated Matthew Good Band
Heavy Music (Part -2) Bob Seger
(One Helluva Performer) Lord Huron

 

New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #68

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

William Thomson Serene New Age No
Charles Szczepanek Sadness Without You – Single New Age No
Charles Szczepanek When Time Stands Still – Single New Age No
Courtney Wolfe Last Call – Single Rock CanCon/KWCon
Mia Kelly To Be Clear Folk CanCon
Aysanabee EDGE OF THE EARTH – Single Folk CanCon
The Fods Gil Barco – Single Rock No
The Fods What Do I Get? – Single Rock No
Maria-Ines Fake It Till You Make It – Single Pop No
Kuf Knotz & Christine Elise Grow Hip Hop No
The West Side Jazz Quartet Dry Martini Jazz Jazz No
Spencer Sanders Almanac Folk No
Delyn Grey Get On Up – Single Rock CanCon
G.S. Winter (Vivaldi Tribute) – Single Rock No
Booker Newberry III There Ain’t No Love – Single Soul No
James Martinez You Taught Me – Single Country No
Terra Lightfoot Higher and Higher – Single Folk CanCon
Brock Geiger Early August Rain – Single Rock CanCon
The Wild High I Wanna Get Paid – Single Country CanCon
DANGER SPOON icu <3 – Single Pop CanCon
Edgar Breau Acadian Drifter Folk CanCon
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Justine Tyrell PROUD – Single R&B CanCon
TeethOut Flicker Out – Single Punk CanCon
Shraddha Pai and the Prismaticks Into the Moonlight Jazz CanCon
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Brad Strang Uniquely Unorthodox Folk CanCon
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Zee Dewmyn Make It Through – Single Rock CanCon
Zee Dewmyn Throw Me a Line – Single Rock CanCon
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Vampire Slumber Party HOLES – Single Rock No
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Dr. Purgatory The Consumption: a Tragic Folktale in Six Parts Jazz CanCon
Vintage Lapointe Tribute to Grandpa – Single Folk CanCon
The Burgers Are You Listening to Music? – Single Punk No

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More affordable housing slated for downtown Kitchener, along with a new fire station

Host: Leah Gerber

A new project is in the beginning stages to build a dual-purpose project in downtown Kitchener. The site at 450 and 470 King Street East is slated to be developed with both an affordable housing site and the city’s eighth fire station. 

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Feels Like Music
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CKMS News -2025-02-26- Speed management initiatives put the brakes on driver speeds in Waterloo.

dan kellar
Waterloo, ON –
The
second progress report on Waterloo’s Speed Management Plan was presented to city council on Monday, and in most cases, drivers are slowing down.  The report looked at the data gathered before and after new speed limits were posted on neighbourhood streets across most wards in the city. Limits were reduced to 40km/h in most places and to 30km/h in school zones and ward 7, the area around uptown.

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Meet The Candidate: Campaign Analysis with Martin de Groot and Bob Jonkman

A man wearing headphones and a gray shirt with a colourful lanyard sits at a microphone.
Martin de Groot
A man wearing glasses and a brown sweater sitting at a microphone
Bob Jonkman

For Meet The Candidate all 31 candidates in Waterloo Region were invited to participate, but only 13 accepted the invitation. Some candidates tactfully declined, but most just ignored our requests. So, for this last episode of Meet The Candidate on Tuesday 25 February 2025, Martin de Groot and Bob Jonkman discuss the Ontario provincial election campaign of 2025.

Martin de Groot is the host and producer of Home Range: Promenade which airs on CKMS-FM every Monday at 6:00pm.

Bob Jonkman is one of the hosts of CKMS Community Connections, every Monday at 11:00am and alternate Fridays at 3:00pm.

Time Topic
1m010s The beginning: Calling an early election. Why? Not for the reasons provided; a provincial premier has no role in international relations. The short campaign time was probably deliberate. Discussing the media coverage of the parties — even though the NDP is the official opposition, the media tends to go to the Liberals for comment, even though they don’t even have enough members in the legislature to form an official party. One of the reasons for calling an early provincial election (in February!) may be the looming federal election.
6m40s Politics has become polarized, started in the Mike Harris years (1990s), maybe as early as the Mulroney/Reagan/Thatcher era (late 1970s). Up until that time it was the Liberals that took Republican ideas from the US; now it’s the Conservatives taking those ideas. Bob runs down the different candidates running in Waterloo Region. The smaller parties are largely invisible; because of the short campaign time and the time of year (and even the mood of the country) they haven’t been able to get in gear. Along with so few candidates, Bob fears there will be low voter turnout. There are people who don’t even know there’s an election on. Voter turnout at the last election was around 40%, it will probably be lower this time. Martin points out that these aren’t provincial campaigns, but local campaigns just in our own constituency; each is a decision in itself.
12m20s Campaign advertising: Bob has seen only mainstream party advertising, none at all for the small parties. Bob and Martin see only online ads, neither watch broadcast TV. There was no election advertising submitted to Radio Waterloo. Martin asks about candidate response to Meet The Candidates. About half the candidates came on the air. There were 24 available timeslots, 13 candidates came out. Bob expresses surprise at some of the candidates that declined. Having candidates on air, unstructured, gives a better idea of what the candidate is like outside their campaign. Martin asks if this turnout was typical, but it was the first time Bob has run Meet The Candidate. All the episodes were recorded, and candidates are free to re-use the material under a CC-BY license.

19m10s Has there been a lot of negative advertising? Martin says yes. The positive advertising has been limited to the leaders saying “I’m your leader, I will save you”, but that’s still somewhat misleading. Martin has met some canvassers at the door, the Liberals twice (and he met the candidate herself). But it takes more than knocking on doors; things like Civic Tech (https://waterlooregionvotes.org). Martin says an election is a collective decision-making process, he want to be aligned with the plurality of his neighbours. He wants more input into this process, so people should join parties. It’s dangerous to pay attention to the little jingles in mass media and then to base your vote on that. But people can get away with being complacent because we have pretty good governance in Canada. We haven’t adjusted our system since the start of our electoral system, so it’s not reflecting the way people vote. Our system is more adaptive than, say, the US voting system, but in practice we still have the adversarial “debates” in parliament and the provincial legislature, and a terrible First-Past-The-Post voting system. As a result, the current Ontario government was elected to a majority of seats with only about 18% of the votes from eligible voters.
27m15s Talking about Cooperate For Canada, who were on CKMS Community Connection on Monday 24 February. Martin says their idea is reactive, because it relies on dubious polling data. Cooperate For Canada looks to be more of a federal system, they didn’t really have time to react for this provincial election. Martin tends to vote with the plurality anyway, so he had no trouble signing their pledge. Martin wishes there was a better way to have a deliberative process, that there were other kinds of political organizations instead of running candidates and being a political party in the traditional sense. Martin cares about the Arts and Heritage, which doesn’t even make it to the political spectrum. If people who cared about climate, housing, health care, education, &c made an effort to come up with a consensus, then we’d get somewhere. Voting against the Conservatives based on polling data is dropping out of the system, you’re not even trying. Bob want to vote for the candidate who will best represent him; if Cooperate For Canada was successful and candidates drop out, it reduces the choice available to voters and so reduces the effectiveness of democracy. Bob also points out that the polling data is unreliable, he doesn’t speak to pollsters and other people are known to lie. And the polling data includes data from people who don’t vote, and aren’t even eligible to vote. The election on 27 February 2025 is the only poll that counts.
37m05s Martin points out a difference between him and Bob: Bob wants voting to be private and secret; Martin wants voting to be a collective, consensus making effort. We’ve lost consensus-making with our adversarial electoral system. It’s as though we’ve ritualized civil war with elections, and that’s not healthy for society. Elections are a way to quiet down the revolutionary impulse. It used to be, that the differences between parties was fairly minor. But today there is a broad gap. Treating the Conservatives as one pole and having all others going against them gives them too much credit and credibility. This is not just campaigning but their actions while in government. Martin saw this when Mike Harris Sr. was premier.
39m52s It is difficult to make a choice, since so many right-wing candidates aren’t coming out to debates, interviews, all-candidate meetings. Yet they’re still leading in the polls. Are people voting for the party leader? The party itself? They certainly can’t be voting for the local candidate, since they haven’t been there. Martin attributes it to the republican idea of “the lying press”, so those candidates just stay away, thinking they’re not going to get a fair shake. That may be true, especially from people who care about the environment, health care, &c. Should there be a rule that candidates have to be available to the voters? You can’t pass that kind of law, but it should be made socially unacceptable. Candidates who don’t want to meet their constituents should not the representative for those constituents. Bob wouldn’t sit down for a beer with a person who’s been hiding during the campaign. Maybe having a beer with a friend is an analogue for elections.
43m47a What happens now? It’s only two days to the election. Advance polls were short, only three days and at remote locations. Precipitation is expected the night before election day. Martin predicts the voter turnout will be lower than in 2022, and thinks the Conservatives will return with a larger majority than ever. Waterloo Region has one Green MPP, one NDP MPP, and three Conservative MPPs, and Martin thinks it will be the same after the election. Martin expected things would change for Wilmot, what with the land assembly issues, but it looks like that won’t change things.
47m30s Martin tells Bob that the Green Party candidate in Kitchener — Conestoga has endorsed the NDP candidate. Bob wonders how that will go over with the Green Party head office; it’s unlikely the Green Party approves of this. Martin would like to see not a Green Party, but a Green Movement. With a movement, you could get consensus, get people to become candidates. There may be something like that, in Green WR. Martin and Bob talk about the Grand River Watershed as a natural boundary and focus point for the community.
50m30s Discussions on the levels of government: Municipal, Regional, Provincial, and Federal. Martin says the relations between those levels of government is a mess, and is the number one issue, more so than electoral reform. But Martin is not an amalgamationist at all. Martin sees the difference between the city cores and the suburbs; Bob adds to that the very different rural areas in Waterloo Region. Bob doesn’t want yet another artificial divide between rural and urban voters. Speaking of geographic boundaries, Martin wonders why we don’t have gerrymandering in Canada. Similar to the Electoral Boundary Commission, Martin would like to see an Electoral Reform Commission based on that model.
55m40s Goodbyes, acknowledgements, and a suggestion for a regular political show on CKMS.

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CKMS Community Connections for 24 February 2025: Cooperate For Canada with Barbara Schumacher and Kae Elgie

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Kae Elgie
Screenshot of a web conference: A woman with short hair wearing glasses and a grey jacket in a room with a bookshelf to the left and a door to the right.
Barbara Schumacher

Show Notes

Barbara Schumacher and Kae Elgie come into the studio to talk about Cooperate For Canada, vote splitting, approaching party leaders, riding associations, and candidates to combine their efforts, and making information available to voters to vote strategically.

The interview starts at 2m34s.

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Podcast

Download: ckms-community-connections-2025-02-24-episode184-cooperate-for-canada-with-barbara-schumacher-and-kae-elgie.mp3 (53 MBytes, 58m09s, episode 184)

Index

Time Title Album Artist
0m00s Theme for CKMS Community Connections ccc CKMS Sunflower logo (yellow petals surrounding a black centre with white wavies all on a teal background)
CKMS Community Connections
Steve Todd
0m48s Seven Bridges Road Eric Jackson & the Willow River Band
Live @ Halo Studio
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Live @ Halo Studio
Eric Jackson & The Willow River Band
2m34s Barbara Schumacher tells us about Cooperate For Canada, she is a co-founder with Isaiah Ritzmann; the concern was the rising prominence of federal right-wing politics. By March of 2024 there was a rumour of an early provincial election, so the group changed focus to that.
4m35s Vote splitting is causing the wave of conservative electoral success with only 30% to 45% voter support, so the majority of voters voted against the conservatives, those being the Liberals, NDP, and Greens. But the centre-left parties are all pretty similar, the differences don’t matter all that much. How do we repesent the values of the centre left? We have to bring together the centre-left parties, to stop them splitting the vote. But having a proportional representation voting system is a better solution, overall. Barbara explains that our values aren’t represented, and the First Past The Post voting system only works in a two-party system, so they want to bring the parties together.
9m15s Kae tells us how they are bringing the votes together. They’re using polling data from Canada 338They’re looking at ridings where the conservative candidate is in the lead, but the second-place party is close, and looking to merge the vote by asking the third and fourth place candidate to drop out. They’ve approached the party leaders, the riding associations, and the candidates.
12m15s All of the Liberal, NDP, and Greens have electoral reform and proportional representation in their platforms. Even though some of these parties have promised an end to FPTP they’ve rescinded their promise once they’re elected. But if the Conservatives get elected we won’t get proportional representation for sure.
14m12s Talking about coalition governments. “Coalition” has been a dirty word among Canadian voters, but Barbara and Kae are both hopeful. They see no way to address issues like the climate crisis any other way. These issues have to be addressed now, next election is too late. The current Conservative government is not looking after the people. Kae and Barbara believe there is enough coherence between the parties that they can form an effective coalition or a confidence agreement. They’ve been pleasantly surprised by the support they’ve received so far.
20m26s I Don’t Have a Name I Don't Have A Name Henry Taylor (illustration of a balance scale with a bag on money on the left pan and a feather on the right pan)
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Henry Taylor
24m30s Cooperate For Canada has not been trying to get all the parties to cooperate; they’ve been accused of being a partisan group for being against the Conservatives. But if the Conservatives had progressive policies Cooperate For Canada wouldn’t be against them. It’s not just climate, but also health, education, safe consumption sites, homelessness, and using the Notwithstanding Clause to get their way.
27m57s They’ve spoken to party leaders, riding associations, and candidates. They’ve not just asked candidates to withdraw, but to cooperate when they’re elected. All candidates they’ve spoken to have agreed. They’ll probably be doing this again in a federal election. But they haven’t targetted all ridings, not doing the “safe seat” ridings for Conservatives. Now their focus has shifted to the voters themselves. Encouraging voters to work with candidates not necessarily in their ridings to get the candidates in precarious ridings elected. They’ve had information tables at all-candidate meetings, they’re active on social media, they’re engaging writers to write Op-Eds in newspapers. Other organizations like Divest Waterloo and the Civic Hub have sent information about Cooperate For Canada. Grand River Watershed is one chapter of Cooperate for Canada.
34m34s Bob remembers similar strategic voting campaigns, but saw no difference in the results in the voting results. Kae and Barbara agree that it’s a difficult process. Bob suggests infiltrating the Progressive Conservative party with progressive-minded people to influence their policies; Barbara sees that as a long-term strategy and there’s no time for that. Campaigning for proportional representation is happening at the same time, by many of the same people. In places with proportional representation politicians don’t attack each other, something that Canadians are really asking for. Barbara sees a need for a Cooperative Movement, not just to change the voting system but to address all the issues like climate, health, education. Parties tend to ratchet their policies to the right, it takes a new party on the left to make a change. Could the Greens be that party? Barb says people don’t vote Green because they think the Greens can’t win; a self-fulfilling prophesy.
43m26s Living With Your Memory Living With Your Memory
Natalia Valencia
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Natalia Valencia
46m53s The results of Cooperate For Canada’s efforts in this provincial election will determine how they approach the upcoming federal election. They want to have a strong leader that can lead Canada through difficult times.
48m52s Reviewing the Cooperate For Canada website, looking at the Ontario page. Reviewing the social media sites. People can join the movement by signing a letter on the website, or make a pledge to vote for the candidate most likely to defeat the Conservatives. Either will get people added to the C4C mailing list. There are no specific meetings or events planned for this election campaign. C4C is partnering with “Not One Seat” in Toronto, some of those volunteers have restarted their campaign in Toronto. “Music Ontario Votes” is having performances in certain ridings; after campaigning for the “unity candidate” they hold a concert.
58m07s Thank yous, Goodbyes, and End Credits.

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