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

Meet The Candidate: Marjorie Knight, NDP candidate in Cambridge

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Marjorie Knight

Marjorie Knight, NDP candidate for Cambridge, came into the CKMS-FM studio to talk to voters on Wednesday 19 February 2025.

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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.

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Meet The Candidate: Jeff Donkersgoed, candidate for Kitchener South — Hespeler

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Jeff Donkersgoed
Jeff Donkersgoed, NDP candidate for Kitchener South — Hespeler, came into the CKMS-FM studio on Tuesday 18 February 2025 to talk to the voters.

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YouTube: Meet The Candidate: Jeff Donkersgoed, NDP 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.

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Meet The Candidate: Jodi Szimanski, NDP candidate for Kitchener — Conestoga

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Jodi Szimanski
Jodi Szimanski, NDP candidate for Kitchener — Conestoga, came into the CKMS-FM studio on Tuesday 18 February 2025 to speak to the voters.

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YouTube: Meet The Candidate: Jodi Szimanski, NDP Candidate for Kitchener — Conestoga

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.

Radio Nowhere, Shows

Radio Nowhere Episode 102, 2/15/25

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Bargain The Who
Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes
The Walker Fitz & The Tantrums
Beautiful Stranger Madonna
Harmony Elton John
Eclipse Pink Floyd
Shake Your Boogie Snooky Pryor
It’s All I Can Do The Cars
Cold Wind Spirit
Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning) Vertical Horizon
What Can I Say Boz Scaggs
The Driving of the Year Nail Leo Kottke
Here I am Al Green
For Your Love The Yardbirds
Ain’t Too Proud to Beg The Temptations
Ain’t Too Proud To Beg The Rolling Stones

 

Classical Coffee Break

Classical Coffee Break Episode 1, 03.06.25

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  • Johann Sebastian Bach, Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air (Arr. Yang for Guitar) – Xuefei Yang, guitar
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams, Suite for Viola & Small Orchestra: II. Carol – Helen Callus, viola, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Marc Taddei, conductor
  • Valentin Silvestrov, Two Pieces – Hilary Hahn, violin, Cory Smythe, piano
  • Archangelo Corelli, Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 6, no. 8, “Fatto per la Notte di Natale”: III. Adagio – Allegro – Adagio – The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, conductor
  • Thomas Tallis, If Ye Love Me – Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore, conductor
  • Antonin Dvorak, 4 Romantic Pieces, Op. 75 – Kian Soltani, cello, Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim, conductor
  • Renaldo Hahn, A Chloris (arr. for Cello & Orchestra) – Sol Gabetta, cello, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Olivieri- Munroe, conductor
  • Ottorino Respighi, Ancient Airs And Dances, Suite no. 3, P. 172: 1. Italiana – I Musici
  • Edward Elgar, Nimrod (Lux Aeterna) – VOCES8
  • Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings & Continuo in E-Flat Major, RV 515: I. Allegro – La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler, conductor
  • Carl Orff, Carmina Burana: In trutina – Hera Hyesang Park, soprano, Orchestra Del Teatro Carlo Felice, Jochen Rieder, conductor
  • Olivia Belli, Prelude (Arr. Lewin for 2 Guitars) – Alexandra Whittingham, Plinio Fernandes, guitars
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Classical Coffee Break

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show logoEnjoy a mid-afternoon refresh/recharge as Classical Coffee Break explores some of the main thoroughfares and less-travelled byways of the world of classical music.

Classical Coffee Break was hosted by Dwayne Jennings and airs from the CKMS-FM archives on Thursdays from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.

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Recent Episodes

Classical Coffee Break Episode 40 – 01.01.26 My final Classical Coffee Break show. Thanks all, who gave it a listen, and thanks to the volunteer team here at CKMS for your support. All the very best for a great 2026! Or download file:  https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Classical-Coffee-Break-Ep-40-01.01.26.mp3 Start Time Composer Title Performer 00:52 Max Richter Mercy Hilary Hahn, violin, Cory Smythe, piano 06:12 Giovanni Battista … Continue reading Classical Coffee Break Episode 40 – 01.01.26 →
Classical Coffee Break Episode 39 – 12.25.25 Two versions for Episode 39, a one-off version with a special piece at the end for Christmas Day, and a version with a different ending for repeats during other times of the year (see further down the page). Version 1 with Christmas ending: Or download file:  https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Classical-Coffee-Break-Ep-39-Christmas-Edition-12.25.25.mp3 01:04 Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 1 in E … Continue reading Classical Coffee Break Episode 39 – 12.25.25 →
Classical Coffee Break Episode 38 – 12.18.25 Or download file: https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Classical-Coffee-Break-Ep-38-12.18.25.mp3 Start Time Composer Title Performer 00:52 Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for 2 Oboes and 2 Clarinets in C Major, RV 560: II. Largo The King’s Consort, Robert King, conductor 03:13 Gaetano Donizetti L’elisir d’amore ? Act II: Una furtiva lagrima (Adapt. for Cello and Orchestra) Camille Thomas, cello, Brussels Philharmonic, Mathieu Herzog, … Continue reading Classical Coffee Break Episode 38 – 12.18.25 →
Classical Coffee Break Episode 37 – 12.11.25 Or download file:    https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Classical-Coffee-Break-Ep-37-12.11.25.mp3 Start Time Composer Title Performer 01:25 Franz Schubert Piano Trio in B-Flat Major, Op. 99, D. 898: II. Andante un poco mosso Augustin Dumay, violin, Frederic Lodeon, cello, Jean-Philippe Collard, piano 11:27 Jacques Arcadelt Il bianco e dolce cigno (The White and Sweet Swan) The King’s Singers 13:26 Roman Hoffstetter … Continue reading Classical Coffee Break Episode 37 – 12.11.25 →
Classical Coffee Break Episode 36 – 12.04.25 Or download file:  https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Classical-Coffee-Break-Ep-36-12.04.25.mp3 Start Time Composer Title Performer 01:17 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K.550: I. Molto allegro Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, conductor 08:58 Frederic Chopin Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65: III. Largo Jacqueline du Pre, cello, Daniel Barenboim, piano 12:59 Anonymous … Continue reading Classical Coffee Break Episode 36 – 12.04.25 →
Classical Coffee Break Episode 35 – 11.27.25 Or download file:  https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Classical-Coffee-Break-Ep-35-11.27.25.mp3 Start Time Composer Title Performer 01:27 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Horn Concerto No. 1 in D Major, K. 412: I. Allegro Milos Stevove, French Horn, Capella Istropolitana, Josef Kopelman, conductor 06:05 Bernat Vivancos Vocal Ice: II. Calme, tendre Hera Hyesang Park, soprano, Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice, Jochen Rieder, conductor 11:56 Franz … Continue reading Classical Coffee Break Episode 35 – 11.27.25 →
Classical Coffee Break Episode 34 – 11.20.25 Or download file:  https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Classical-Coffee-Break-Ep-34-11.20.25.mp3 Start Time Composer Title Performer 00:57 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K385 “Haffner”: 3. Menuetto Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor 04:50 Johann Sebastian Bach Gloria in excelsis Deo, BWV 191: No. 1 Gloria in excelsis Deo Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir, Ivars Taurins, conductor 10:59 … Continue reading Classical Coffee Break Episode 34 – 11.20.25 →
Classical Coffee Break Episode 33 – 11.13.25 Or download file:  https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Classical-Coffee-Break-Ep-33-11.13.25.mp3 Start Time Composer Title Performer 03:20 Johannes Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Adagio Hilary Hahn, violin, Academy of St. Martins in the Fields, Sir Neville Mariner, conductor 12:54 Claude Debussy Nuit d’etoiles, CD2, L. 4 Natalie Dessay, soprano, Philippe Cassard, piano 16:02 Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Two … Continue reading Classical Coffee Break Episode 33 – 11.13.25 →
Classical Coffee Break Episode 32 – 11.06.25 Download file:  https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Classical-Coffee-Break-Ep-32-11.06.25.mp3 Start Time Composer Title Performer 04:18 Johann Wilhelm Hertel Trumpet Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major: III. Vivace Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet, The King’s Consort, Robert King, conductor 08:43 Louis Spohr Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 57: II. Adagio Jon Manasse, clarinet, Seattle Symphony 15:34 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Osculeter Me … Continue reading Classical Coffee Break Episode 32 – 11.06.25 →
Classical Coffee Break Episode 31 – 10.30.25 Download file:  https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/V2-Classical-Coffee-Break-Ep-31-10.30.25.mp3 Start Time Composer Title Performer 02:01 Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 3 (A Pastoral Symphony) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Margaret Price, soprano, Sir Adrian Bolt, conductor 12:06 Johannes Brahms 16 Waltzes, Op. 39: No. 15 in A-Flat Major Stephen Kovacevich, piano 14:16 Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV … Continue reading Classical Coffee Break Episode 31 – 10.30.25 →

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New Music, The Horizon Broadening Hour

New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #66

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

prchr. train – Single Rock No
Made-Up World Making Alternative CanCon
Theremin Man Live From Planet Earth Alternative CanCon
DayEyez Insecurities – Single Rock No
Pink Moth Dark Oxygen Pop CanCon
Charlie PS Mouthpiece – Single Rock CanCon
Jaimè Club Nights Pop CanCon
Jaimè Feel the Love Pop CanCon
Jaimè Forgiveness Pop CanCon
Jaimè Holding You Again Pop CanCon
Jaimè Jaimè Pop CanCon
Jaimè Spinning Like a Vinyl Pop CanCon
Jaimè Stars Align Pop CanCon
Jaimè Where I Stand Pop CanCon
Jaimè Covers Pop CanCon
Lost Property Inner Child Folk CanCon
Heather Christine C’est Magnifique – Single Jazz CanCon
HuDost Fire of Eden – Single Folk CanCon
Corinne Caza Wanted Sign – Single Pop CanCon
Rita Satch Meet Me In The Garden R&B No
Yufu Heal Me Food – Single Funk No
Real Sickies Triage – Single Rock CanCon
Henry Taylor I Don’t Have a Name – Single Country CanCon/KWCon
Emanuel Casablanca Hollywood Forever Blues No
Boutique Feelings Boutique Feelings Hip Hop NSFR CanCon
Desiree Dorion Dry – Single Folk CanCon
Lights Alive Again – Single Pop CanCon
Current Swell 10 Feet Tall – Single Rock CanCon
Ian North Antarctica – Single Folk CanCon
The Lightning Struck Wrong Tree – Single Rock CanCon
A Short Walk to Pluto Out of Range Rock CanCon
Zanski Canines – Single Alternative CanCon
Riley Michaels Story Of My Life – Single Pop CanCon
Monstrosa 778 – Single Metal CanCon
We Found a Lovebird With Friends Like These Rock CanCon
Strange Plants Tell Me All Your Secrets, Pt. 2 – Single Rock CanCon
Robert Thomas and the Sessionmen Beside You – Single Blues CanCon
Circle the Wolves Mirror Mirror Metal CanCon
Cooper Bloom One for Life – Single Pop CanCon
Whine Problem Sleem Rock CanCon
Leah Barley Awkward & Heartbroken Pop CanCon
Tristan Armstrong The Lonely Avenue Rock CanCon
Change of Heart In the Wreckage Rock CanCon
Allegra Levy Looking at the Moon Jazz No
John Hart Love Is Jazz No
Andrew Rathbun Lost in the Shadows Jazz No
Nate Radley Say It’s So Jazz No
Chet Baker When Sunny Gets Blue Jazz No
Steve Johns Mythology Jazz No
Kirk Knuffke Super Blonde Jazz No
David Janeway Forward Motion Jazz No
Monotronic Light in the Dark – Single Electronic No
Fatal Vision Three Times Lucky Rock CanCon
Falling Below Answers – Single Rock No
Christine Yevkova Fight for Life – Single Pop Available in both English and Ukrainian No
Christine Yevkova Hometown Sweetest Faces – Single Pop No
Christine Yevkova Like a Rose – Single Pop No
Peter Dreams Peter Dreams and MOONRIIVR Alternative CanCon

Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour (which is mainly jazz and rock tonight — folk and pop will be next week’s focus, then we’ll get back to the usual routine!):

Tracklist:

Shugorei – Three Pathways (feat. Mindy Meng Wang)
Heather Christine – C’est Magnifique!
Allegra Levy – It’s Only a Paper Moon
John Hart – Pee Wee
Andrew Rathbun – I Love Music
Nate Radley – Hardy Har Har
Chet Baker – Long ago and far away
Steve Johns – Bluesday the 13th
Kirk Knuffke – Willie the Weeper
David Janeway – Fully Vaxxed
Yufu – Heal Me Good
Rita Satch – Meet Me In The Garden
Henry Taylor – I DON’T HAVE A NAME
Whine Problem – Portrait of Moments Wasted
Charlie PS – Mouthpiece
Never Any Ordinary – The Best Of You
Theremin Man – 2000 Light Years From Home
Circle the Wolves – I’m So Done
Monstrosa – 778
Valley of Salt – The Love of God is All Around Us
Arlene & the People – Straight Jacket
Nick Faye – Undone
We Found a Lovebird – It Ain’t Stickin
Real Sickies – Triage
A Short Walk to Pluto – Mary’s Paper Boat
Emanuel Casablanca – Roulette
Made-Up – 1986

See y’all next time!

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Meet The Candidate: Shefaza Esmail, Green Party candidate for Waterloo

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Shefaza Esmail and Jessica Riley
Shefaza Esmail, the Green Party candidate for Waterloo, came into the CKMS-FM studio on Friday 14 February 2025 to speak to the voters. She was joined by Jessica Riley, Green Party candidate for Kitchener South — Hespeler.

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Radio Waterloo Video: Meet The Candidate: Shefaza Esmail, Green Party Candidate for Waterloo (122 MBytes)

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 have been invited by e-mail. Some have declined to participate, others have not responded. If you’re a candidate and have missed the e-mail, please contact Bob Jonkman at bob@radiowaterloo.ca with your preferred timeslot from the online calendar (and an alternate).

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.

Readers Delight

Reader’s Delight, Episode 15

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Join us at 2PM as host, Richard H. Stephens, interviews authors Adrienne Stevenson, Sruthi Amalan, and Daryl J. Ball. During their discussion, the authors will be invited to read an excerpt from their works for your enjoyment.

You can find out more about Adrienne Stevenson by clicking here.

You can find out more about Sruthi Amalan by clicking here.

You can find out more about Daryl J. Ball by clicking here.

CKMS Community News, Newsroom

Meet Shefaza Esmail, Green Party of Ontario candidate for Waterloo’s provincial riding

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Host: Leah Gerber

Radio Waterloo spoke with the candidates for the Waterloo riding as the 2025 Ontario provincial election, scheduled for February 27 draws closer. 

We’ll be releasing a series of four pieces, each highlighting our interview with one of the candidates. We’ve included the Ontario Liberal, NDP, Green and New Blue parties. The Ontario Progressive Conservative party did not respond to repeated requests for an interview. 

Today’s piece features the Green Party of Ontario candidate for the Waterloo riding, Shefaza Esmail.

Esmail shared her thoughts on the top issues in Waterloo, how she and her party plan to address them, what the tariff threats coming from the United States could mean for this community and her party’s stance on addressing the tariffs.

Other posts in the series:

Suja Biber, New Blue Party of Ontario candidate for Waterloo Riding says she’s ready to deal with the root causes of Ontario’s problems, rather than scratching the surface

 

A chat with Catherine Fife, NDP candidate and current seat holder for Waterloo’s riding

Clayton Moore, Ontario Liberal Party Candidate for Waterloo Region wants less talk and more results for average Ontarians

CKMS Community News, Newsroom, Shows

CKMS News -2025-02-13- Delegates warn of increased precarity and homelessness due to continued inaction on renoviction bylaw

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CKMS News -2025-02-13- Delegates warn of increased precarity and homelessness due to continued inaction on renoviction bylaw.

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Kitchener, ON – With hundreds of tenants in the city of Kitchener currently facing renoviction, local residents and housing advocates were pleading to city council on Monday night to fast-track by-laws to protect renters from “bad actor” landlords who use renovations as an excuse to evict tenants and increase rental prices. 

While Kitchener council has previously asked city staff to report back in June on the feasibility and jurisdictional issues of a renoviction by-law, 11 delegates, all in favour of stronger protections, argued that the city already has enough information to create new rules. Toronto, London, and Hamilton have all approved renoviction by-laws with Hamilton’s being enacted at the start of this year.

Several delegates at the meeting are members of the grassroots advocacy group Waterloo Region ACORN, who has been organizing renters facing renoviction at several buildings including 250 Frederick St and 141 Borden Ave. 

In the end, councillors voted for the status quo, and staff will still have until June to gather more information.

This show features audio from the February 10th council meeting, including delegates, city staff, and councillors.  

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Meet The Candidate: Clayton Moore, Liberal Party candidate for Waterloo

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Clayton Moore, the Liberal Party candidate for Waterloo, came into the CKMS-FM studio on Wednesday 12 February 2025 to speak to the voters.

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YouTube: Meet The Candidate: Clayton Moore, Liberal Party Candidate for Waterloo

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 have been invited by e-mail. Some have declined to participate, others have not responded. If you’re a candidate and have missed the e-mail, please contact Bob Jonkman at bob@radiowaterloo.ca with your preferred timeslot from the online calendar (and an alternate).

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.

CKMS Community News, Newsroom

Cricket is so popular now in Waterloo Region, the cities are making a strategy to accommodate all the new players

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Host: Leah Gerber

Cricket has exploded in popularity in Waterloo Region in the last few years. So much so, staff with the cities of Cambridge, Waterloo and Kitchener are working together to create a regional cricket strategy so they can accommodate the needs of the booming cricket community. 

Cricket community members have responded saying they need more space to play, indoor facilities and lighting so they can get as many players playing as possible in the area. 

Radio Waterloo spoke with Giridhar Bannaravuri, the president of the Southern Ontario Cricket Association, an organization which facilitates cricket in Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Stratford and Guelph, as well as Lisa Collins, the manager of sport development and golf for the city of Kitchener to hear more about the upcoming strategy and the needs of the cricket community. 

Excerpt from “SOCA 2024 Season _ KWC Cricket _ SOCA Gala 2024” used with permission from SOCA.

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Meet The Candidate: Rob Deutschmann, Liberal Party candidate for Cambridge

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Rob Deutschmann, the Liberal Party candidate for Cambridge, came into the CKMS-FM studio on Tuesday 11 February 2025 to speak to the voters.

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YouTube: Meet The Candidate: Rob Deutschmann, Liberal Party Candidate for Cambridge

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 have been invited by e-mail. Some have declined to participate, others have not responded. If you’re a candidate and have missed the e-mail, please contact Bob Jonkman at bob@radiowaterloo.ca with your preferred timeslot from the online calendar (and an alternate).

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.

The Clean Up Hour

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 305

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What’s up, y’all? A bit early this week due to some work demands, here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — the show’s final ode to Trugoy the Dove of De La Soul who, along with his brothers in rhyme, gave us one of the best Hip Hop groups of all time. RIP.

Freedom of Speak (We Got Three Minutes)
The Corner
Freestyle (Dat S**t) 2006
Ghetto Thang (Ghetto Ximer)
Buddy (Native Tongue Decision) [feat. Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest, Queen Latifah, & Monie Love)
Property of Spitkicker.com (feat. Roc Marciano)
The Bizness (feat. Common)
Stiz & Stonz (feat. Tito of The Fearless Four, Grandmaster Caz, Whipper Whip, LA Sunshine, & Superstar)
My Writes
3 Days Later
Church
Who Do U Worship
Must B The Music
The Sauce (feat. Philly Black)
Down Syndrome
Do As De La Des
Me Myself And I
Itz Soweezee (Hot) [De La Remix]
No Over Till the Fat Lady Plays the Demo
I Can Do Anything (Delacratic)
Pass the Plugs
Trouble in the Water (DJ Honda & De La Soul
Stay Away (Pete Rock, Rob-O, & De La Soul)
Leave Your Cares Behind
In the Woods
Just Havin a Ball
Plug Tunin (Last Chance to Comprehend)
Stakes Is High (DJ Spinna Remix)
Freedom Train
Keepin’ The Faith
Freedom of Speak (We Got More Than Three)
Bigger (feat. Choklate)

See y’all next time!

Radio Nowhere

Radio Nowhere Episode 101, 2/8/25

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Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand The Beatles
The Slider T Rex
Bourée Jethro Tull
Rock And Soul Music Country Joe
Shake Your Moneymaker Fleetwood Mac
1992 Beliefs
Avalon Roxy Music
Back To The Start Hollerado
Another Midnight The Tragically Hip
Save it for Later The English Beat
Mirror In The Bathroom The English Beat
Bright Stars Burning Hey Marseilles
Right Down The Line Gerry Rafferty
Tomorrow Never Knows The Beatles
Tomorrow Never Knows Electric Moon

 

No Crap Radio, Shows

NO CRAP RADIO VER. 1.27 TUE. FEB 11/25 REBLAST 9PM

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I am shedding the skin I’m in.  Becoming someone new.  I can’t control it.  Being human.

A man of Faith.  Or Zany Zealotry, I don’t know which.  Don’t care…

You become smarter if you listen to music.  Especially if you’ve never heard it before.  A 5 minute song by Coltrane can contain as much genius as a book by Dylan Thomas or a picture from Picasso.

Tonight some jazz from the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, a twisted Dylan cover and the immortal Nina Simone!  A one hit wonder, a struggle for pleasure and the skasters stop by.

This weeks site.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBQ-IoHfimQ.  It could be your child.

If you want normal go somewhere else.

Movie recommendation  Book of Eli with Denzel Washington.  The power of a man of hope

The vandals are at the gates!  (Look ‘em up)

Contact me at   nocrapradio@yahoo.com

Still looking for some poets brave enough to give voice to their genius here on the show.  Give me insight in a minute and a half you could hear it here.

Coming soon. ROBOT NEWS!  

specials-little bitch

urge-dark age

bunch of believers- it’s a ska world

beat-twist and crawl

riffs-peter gunn

king crimson-discipline

bowie-secret life of arabia

creatures-weathercade

dirty dozen brass band-inner city blues

nat adderly-hummin

eddie harris-listen here

c nuts-cars.  

champs-my spirit is broken 

felt-mexican bandits

bunnymen-lips like sugar

smiths-what difference does it make. 

cream-born under a bad sign

hendrix-hey joe

frigid pink-house of the rising sun

xtc-all along the watchtower. 

nina simone-seems i’m never tired of loving you

style council-paris match

weather report-a remark you made. 

soft verdict-struggle for pleasure

Game of thrones soundtrack

linda shumas-the ruins

Bruce Cockburn-roll on silver wheels

BENDER RULES!

Here’s my dropbox for all the shows.

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

“It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles.”

Buddha

catch my regular shows Friday nights at midnight.

New Music, The Horizon Broadening Hour

New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #65

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

Shugorei Three Pathways – Single World No
Jessie and the Gents On a Mountain Top – Single Folk No
Bandana Sons This Minute – Single Rock CanCon
Bandana Sons Waking Up – Single Rock CanCon
Bandana Sons While We’re Here – Single Rock CanCon
Bandana Sons Wish It Back – Single Rock CanCon
Foxtrot Sugar Toast Rock CanCon
Alexa Lace Need You (Gone) – Single Pop No
Alexa Lace Blame On Me – Single Pop No
Alexa Lace Every Girl Needs a Hero – Single Country No
Alexa Lace Alive – Single Pop No
Alexa Lace Never Gonna Make me Cry – Single Country No
Alexa Lace Don’t Blame My Heart – Single Country No
The Nathaniel Hardy Project Crazy! – Single Hip Hop No
The Nathaniel Hardy Project Ahhhh Yeah!!! (2023 Remix) – Single Hip Hop No
KC Armstrong Someone Else Tonight – Single Country CanCon
DJ Quinzy This Is Who I Am – Single Pop No
The Kildeers That One – Single Folk CanCon
davada Chain-Link Electronic No
Justin Orok Debt – EP Folk CanCon
Arlene & the People Straight Jacket – Single Alternative CanCon
Valley of Salt Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness – The Story of John the Baptist Rock No
Sam Aleums Reality Machine Electronic CanCon
The Good Brothers Now That You’re Gone – Single Folk CanCon
Various Artists The Original Sound of Mali 2 World No
Derek Day I Can’t Imagine – Single Rock No
Angela Wrigley Trio Messy Jazz CanCon
Rogue Rising CRUSH – Single Punk CanCon
Ynana Rose Simplify – Single Folk No
Edgar Breau Cornpone the King of Jive – Single Blues CanCon
Total Fu***** Darkness Desolation Boys – Single Electronic CanCon
Chorus of Courage Take Care – Single Alternative CanCon
Nick Faye Undone – Single Rock CanCon
Blue Pilot Anyu – Single Pop No
Laura Sea Six Feet Under – Single Punk CanCon
Holly Cole Dark Moon Jazz CanCon
bfmtrl I’ve Said Too Much – Single Rock CanCon
bfmtrl Melodrama – Single Rock CanCon
bfmtrl So Blind – Single Rock CanCon
bfmtrl Strobe Light – Single Rock CanCon
bfmtrl William Henry Rock CanCon
Private Name Private Number Feel Hip Hop Features Choclair; Explicit, Clean, and Instrumental versions available CanCon
within Reservoir Folk CanCon
sherzaman Eyes Like Umbrella – Single Pop / World No
Buzz Hummer Capture Your Eye – Single Rock CanCon
David Mauk Piano With a View New Age No
Close Counters LOVERS DANCE ACADEMY’ Electronic No
Chick Boyd Bank Account Pop NSFR CanCon
Menno Versteeg Why We Run Alternative Tracks 3 and 7 are Explicit CanCon
Icarus Phoenix Shallow Water – Single Folk No
Tonia Evans Cianciulli Bravery – Single Pop CanCon
Stucco LP1 Punk CanCon
Ashot Danielyan Awakening New Age No
Marvin Caleb SIWO – Single Pop CanCon
Never Any Ordinary The Best of You – Single Rock No
Canny and Hall That’s Not A Lot! – Single Folk No

Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:

Tracklist:

Ashot Danielyan – Awakening
David Mauk – Beyond the Horizon
Angela Wrigley Trio – Something Simple
Holly Cole – Where Flamingoes Fly
Sam Aleums – Trio
Davada – Need U 2
Close Counters – DUSK
Private Name Private Number – Feel (feat. Choclair)
Ricky Bascom – If Its Eazy Then It Ain’t Come From God
Marvin Caleb – SIWO
DJ Quinzy – This Is Who I Am
Tjiwara Band de Kati – Kogola
The Nathaniel Hardy Project – Ahhh Yeah!!! (2023 Remix)
Total F****** Darkness – Desolation Boys
Blue Pilot – Anyu
The Fods – The Ineffectuals
Rogue Rising – Crush
Laura Sea – Six Feet Under
Stucco – Megaphone Mouth
Derek Day – I Can’t Imagine
Bandana Sons – This Minute
Foxtrot – Sugar Toast
Bfmtrl – I’ve Said Too Much
Justin Orok – Frog Prince
Jade Turner – You’re Only Nice When I’m Leaving
Jessie and the Gents – On a Mountain Top
The Kildeers – That One
Within – Country Music
Menno Versteeg – Why We Run
The Cooper Brothers – That’s What Makes Us Great
Newbridge – Howler

See y’all next time!

Rethink Your Retirement Show, Shows

Rethink Your Retirement – Episode#2 – 8 Feb. 2025

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On the February 8th, 2025 episode of “Rethink Your Retirement,” host Sunny Kochar discussed the foundational aspects of retirement planning, including taxes and mortgage payments.

The episode explored how conventional wisdom about these expenses might hinder retirement and emphasized the importance of tax planning.

It also covered the three ways money is taxed in Canada, the reasons for retirement failures, and the three universal rules of money.

The episode concluded with an introduction to the “6 Sequential Steps to Financial Freedom.”

    CKMS Community News, Newsroom

    A commercial meat cannery is opening in New Hamburg to ship tens of thousands of pounds of meat around the world

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    Host: Leah Gerber

    Food insecurity is a major issue around the world, and made worse by conflicts and natural disasters. The Mennonite Central Committee is an organization that provides relief for people impacted by these disasters. Part of that work is to send canned meat. To this end, the organization has opted to open a commercial grade meat cannery in New Hamburg with the aim to produce 50,000 cans, or about 90,000 pounds of meat in its first year. 

    Radio Waterloo spoke with Michelle Brenneman, the Executive Director of MCC Ontario as well as volunteer Doug Wagner to hear more about the new cannery and what will be involved with its operation. 

    Shows, Through The Static

    Through the Static Episode 53 – 05/02/25

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    A bit of a Grammy’s highlights edition today (but also just some random stuff I enjoy); here’s to all the amazing artists of today, yesterday, and tomorrow!!

    (some light profanity in some of the selections tonight 🙂

    • BODYGUARD – Beyonce
    • Red Wine Supernova – Chappell Roan
    • Pink Pony Club – Chappell Roan
    • reincarnated – Kendrick Lamar
    • T-Shirt – The Beaches
    • Fascination – The Beaches
    • kisses – Slowdive
    • Here She Comes – Slowdive

    Check out the podcast!

    The Clean Up Hour

    The Clean Up Hour, Mix 304

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    What’s up, y’all? Here is this week’s Clean Up Hour — the show’s fifth ode to People Under the Stairs. Salute to Thes One, RIP Double K, Forever the P!

    Tracklist:

    Swan Fever
    Step Bacc
    Drumbox
    Redeemer
    My Boy D
    Stoned Youth Truth
    Bobby in the Hood
    Yehaw Partystyles
    You Lied
    Stars in the House
    Death Of A Salesman
    Lord Radio & Hale Bop
    Double K – Livin’ A Mean One (The New Gangsta Gangsta)
    O.S.T (Remix) [feat. Odel]
    Listen
    Hardcore
    Bloquera – Fiesta
    Too Much Birthday
    The Love
    Kaos & Thes
    Jamboree pt. 1
    Jamboree pt. 2
    LA Song (Sensitive Mix)
    Roundabouts
    After These Messages
    Umbrellas (God Forgive Me)
    The Aesthetics Crew & L.A. Mike – Timmay!
    Sonic Riders
    The L.A. Song
    The Breakdown
    Thes One – Survivor Syndrome (We did it for Mikey)
    Thes One – Sparrow
    Thes One – Italian Balconies

    See y’all next time!

    CKMS Community News, Newsroom, Shows

    CKMS News -2025-02-05- Waterloo council endorses “sobering” homelessness report

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    CKMS News -2025-02-05- Waterloo council endorses “sobering” homelessness report

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    Waterloo, ON –     Waterloo city council voted unanimously to endorse the recent report from the     Association of Municipalities of Ontario which found that more than 80,000 people were homes in Ontario in 2024, a rise of more than 25% since 2022.  

    The report, titled “Municipalities Under Pressure: The Growing Human and Financial Cost of Ontario’s Homelessness Crisis” was released on January 9th of this year.

    Beyond the numbers, the report offers ideas to address homelessness by focusing on long-term housing instead of the go-to actions of creating temporary emergency shelters and promoting police backed enforcement of property laws. 

    This show features audio from the January 27th meeting where councillor Vasic and mayor McCabe spoke about the findings in the report, and heard from staff member Sandy Little who created a summary of the report for council.  Little notes that the conclusions and recommendations from the report are being investigated at the city and region.

    No Crap Radio, Shows

    NO CRAP RADIO VER. 1.03 Reblast TUE. 9PM

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    Hiya.  Welcome to the reblast!

    I’m back.

    More scars but earned with honour.

    Still standing.

    Meaner than yesterday.

    no crap radio survives in new versions.  i’ve spent the last dozen years collecting music.

    you’re going to hear lots of it.  the amazing legacy that brilliant people have given us astounds me.  

    i’ve been playing music for 45 years and still find new genius in sometimes the simplest melody.

    An unbroken language that has defined our humanness.  The brilliance of a trumpet player in the 1930’s can be as inspired as a folk singer from the 60s or a dub artist of the 2000s.

    I’m running everyday as I have heard Buddha is just over the next hill and I want to walk in his shadow.  I earned the karma.

    Not yet an ex hippie.

    This weeks recommended site.  http://www.wisdomofchopra.com

    “The fear of death is more to be feared than death itself.”  Publius Syrus   a roman slave

    Every week I promise you music you’ve never heard before along with lots of good stuff from 100 years of recorded sound.   To me thelonious monk is the same as moby who’s the same as dylan who’s the same as prince.  So… jazz, dub, folk, ambient, ska, punk, reggae and more styles than you’ve ever heard. music that mirrors it’s time.

    Stuff like this:

    dinahwashingtonfredneilhiphuntersandcollectorscoltraneyardbirdsannielennoxgracejonesagustuspabloanthineybheptoneshendrixkinksnewyorkdollsquicksilveranimalsdonovanhipgreatfuldeadbenwebsterjohnnywinterjturnermaraineymainlinextccanspkbeefheartsigurrusjoydivisionmorphinejohnhammondnicoenofripplennonetc…

    Irma Thomas. –  soul of a man

    Jackson Delta  –  my mistake (Can)

    Chris Whitley  –  Dust radio (Can)

    Brian Eno  –  by this river 

    Japan  –  width of a room

    King Crimson  –  two hands

    Single Gun Theory  –  wild blue seas (Can)

    Muslimgauze  –  bhutto

    Matt Good  –  Alabama Motel Room (Can)

    Hunters and Collectors  –  scream who

    Nine inch Nails  –  dead souls (Can)

    Wild Wax Combo  –  hot rod from hell

    Rockabilly Aces  –  wild wild moman

    Blazing Haley  –  Train to nowhere

    Killer Brew  –  I fell in love

    Go getters  –  blitzkrieg bop

    Offspring  –  the kids aren’t alright

    Demics  – 400 blows (Can)

    Eddie and the hotrods  – quit this town

    Angelikc Upstarts  – I’m an upstart

    Alberto los trios paranoias  – kill (Can)

    Burning spear – Marcus Garvey

    Heptons – suffering so

    Melodians – river of Babylon

    Johnny Clarke – move on to Babylon 

    Wailing souls – jah give his life

    Ike & tina – 3 o’clock in the morning

    T bone walker – stormy Monday 

    Willy Dixon – seventh son

    Albert king – Born under a bad sign

    Nostalgia 11  –  7 nation army

    Said baba talibah  –  revolution (Can)

    Merry Clayton  – gimme shelter

    “Do  not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”    Buddha

    CKMS Community News, Newsroom, Shows

    Airbnbs and Vrbo rentals are now limited in Waterloo

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    Host: Leah Gerber

    Short term rentals such as Airbnb or Vrbo rentals will now be limited to an owner’s principal residence in Waterloo. Waterloo city council voted unanimously earlier this month to this change as a response to complaints from neighbours about the rental units as well as to the ongoing housing crisis.

    Radio Waterloo spoke with Waterloo mayor Dorothy McCabe for the reasoning for this change, as well as City of Kitchener Manager of Licensing Kristin VanDerGeld to ask if Kitchener staff and council are planning a similar move. 

    Mayor McCabe said that city staff and council understand that people use short term rentals to supplement their income. She said that she still supports people doing this, but they need to do it in their primary residence, and that this move is an effort to find a balance so that other residents are not negatively impacted by someone’s rental property.