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KW Vegfest Is Going Virtual! Saturday and Sunday, 4 and 5 July 2020

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Join the 3rd annual KW Vegfest!

This will be an Online Event, taking place on on Saturday July 4, 2020 and Sunday, July 5, 2020.

We will be sharing Sanctuary tours, cooking + zero-waste demos, speakers, a health panel and holding giveaways!

Stay tuned to the event page for more details!

The event is sponsored by Kitchener Waterloo Climate Save and the City of Kitchener, and powered by a group of hard-working volunteers. 🌎❤️🌏.

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CKMS Community News, Newsroom, Shows

CKMS News – 2020-06-25 – Bootstraps and Basic Income – An Interview with Hugh Segal

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Host: Ivan Angelovski

With the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) program introduced to help people who lost their jobs due to COVID-19, a lot of people started to talk about whether Canada would need such a program if there was already a Universal Basic Income in place for people getting exactly into that situation.

Radio Waterloo recently published a story on Kitchener council’s initiative to urge the provincial and federal government to start talking about universal basic income (https://radiowaterloo.ca/ckms-news-2020-06-04/). In that story we aired a short excerpt from the interview with Hugh Segal, former senator who designed the Ontario Basic Income Pilot Project and who recently published a book called Bootstraps Need Boots, One Tory’s Lonely Fight to End Poverty in Canada.

Now we’re airing the entire interview with Mr. Segal explaining the thought process behind the Pilot, the benefits of universal basic income, and why he feels lonely in his fight to end poverty in this country.

Download audio: https://storage.radiowaterloo.ca/2020-06-25-CKMSNews-UBIAndBootstraps-AnInterviewWithHughSegal.mp3
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This program is a part of the “Local Journalism Initiative” grant program and is funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada, the Government of Canada, and the CKMS Newsroom.

So Old It's New

So Old It’s New set list for Monday, June 29, 2020

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1. The Rolling Stones, Flip The Switch
2. The Monkees, Daily Nightly
3. Funkadelic, Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow
4. Love, August
5. Queen, Ride The Wild Wind
6. Rod Stewart, You’re Insane
7. George Harrison, Tired Of Midnight Blue
8. Black Sabbath, Falling Off The Edge Of The World
9. Van Halen, Take Your Whiskey Home
10. Rory Gallagher, Tattoo’d Lady (live)
11. Flash And The Pan, Midnight Man
12. Blackmore’s Night, Fires At Midnight
13. Bill Wyman, What A Blow
14. Robert Plant, Network News
15. Boz Scaggs, Runnin’ Blue
16. Blue Oyster Cult, She’s As Beautiful As A Foot
17. Traffic, Cryin’ To Be Heard
18. Supertramp, Child Of Vision
19. Neil Young, Pardon My Heart
20. Rush, A Passage To Bangkok
21. Led Zeppelin, Ten Years Gone

CKMS Community Connections, Newsroom, Shows

CKMS Community Connections for 29 June 2020 with Mo Markham of #KWVegfest

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Show Notes

Mo Markham in the studio
Mo Markham on CKMS Community Connections 1 July 2019
Mo Markham is back, but not in the studio. Because of Covid the studio is still closed to guests, so Mo joins us online.

The same is true for KW Vegfest. After the huge turnout in Carl Zehr Square at Kitchener City Hall the last two years, this year KW Vegfest is going virtual. Mo and Bob Jonkman talk about how that will work.

The interview starts at 15m31s.

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Podcast

Download: ckms-community-connections-2020-06-29-episode048.mp3 (52.5 MiBytes, 57m15s, episode 048)

Podcast Index

Time Title Artist Album, EP, or Single
0m00s Theme for CKMS Community Connections ccc Steve Todd (CKMS sunflower logo on teal background with rounded corners)
CKMS Community Connections
0m26s Softly Kiana Shadowy images of KianaSoftly
3m27s Late Hour Bibo Bibo - Late Night | Parental Advisory Explicit Content
6m08s Spirit of the Street Tye Dempsey Tye Dempsey | Spirit of the Street (Tye Dempsey on a road at night)
9m30s Bob announces the played tracks, and reads artists bios for Tye Dempsey and Kiana Smith, but Bibo remains an enigma. There’s also a phone call, but it’s not Mo Markham.
12m01s It s Not Enough Julian Taylor Julian Taylor | The Ridge (farm scene in the mist)The Ridge
15m31s Mo Markham talks to Bob Jonkman about KW Vegfest
28m05s The Ridge Julian Taylor The Ridge
32m20s Mumma Tye Dempsey Tye Dempsey | Mumma (a young Tye and his mother)
34m52s I Miss Writing Songs Noah Reid Gemini (sculpture casting a shadow of a two face profiles)Gemini
37m30s Bob introduces Noah Reid and Julian Taylor, and prepares for Parallax Error’s new track Dumbocracy
40m37s Human Race Julian Taylor The Ridge
42m06s Dumbocracy test mix Parallax Error Parallax Error (blue concentric semicircles)
44m33s Bury The Bones Savage Deep Mix Melotika M (B&W picture of Melotika looking into the distance)
48m20s We Are Proud Of Canada Korol Music School in Waterloo A song dedicated to all Canadians! We would like to thanks brave front-line workers, essential workers, to people that support our businesses, our families and of course our governments, that support us. (Canadian flag in front of the Parliament building clock tower)
51m03s Bob introduces the Korol Music School, Melotika, and Parallax Error; a bit more information on KW Vegfest, and a promo for Liberation Hour which airs Fridays at 8:00pm on CKMS-FM
53m32s Marching Song of the Last Legion Jan Koekepan (B&W disc with concentric circles)

CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs on Friday from 2:00pm to 3:00pm.

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

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Bonus Footage

YouTube: CKMS Community Connections for 29 June 2020

Show notes and podcast interview content is Copyright © 2020 by the participants, and released under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution Only license. Copy, re-use, and deriviatives works are allowed with attribution to Radio Waterloo and a link to this page. Music selections are copyright by the respective rights holders.

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Rob’s Rewind – Show 18 SONG LIST

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FIRST AIRED JUNE 28TH, 2020

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Song Title Artist
1.    Why Me Kris Kristofferson
2.    Good Times Chic
3.    Shelly Made Me Smile LISLE
4.    You’re No Good The Swinging Blue Jeans
5.    Don’t Go Breaking My Heart Elton John & Kiki Dee
6.    Rock N Roll Terry Jacks
7.    Children of the Sun Mashmakhan
8.    Straight Up Paula Abdul
9.    Step Inside Love Cilla Black
10.           Funky Bayswater The Squires
11.           The Loco-Motion Grand Funk Railroad
12.           Rubber Ball Bobby Vee
13.           Bus Rider The Guess Who
14.           Mony, Mony Billy Idol
So Old It's New

So Old It’s New set list for Monday, June 22, 2020

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1. Canned Heat, So Sad (The World’s In A Tangle)
2. Bob Dylan, Goodbye Jimmy Reed
3. Jimi Hendrix, I Don’t Live Today
4.The Rolling Stones, Stop Breaking Down
5. Beck Bogert Appice, Lady
6. Paul McCartney/Wings, Don’t Let It Bring You Down
7. Hank Williams, Mind Your Own Business
8. Stevie Wonder, Too High
9. Pete Townshend/Ronnie Lane, Street In The City
10. Jethro Tull, My God
11. Bloomfield/Kooper/Stills Super Session, Really (featuring Bloomfield on guitar)
12. Mark Knopfler/Chet Atkins, Poor Boy Blues
13. David Bowie, The Width Of A Circle
14. T Bone Burnett, House Of Mirrors
15. The Moody Blues, Veteran Cosmic Rocker
16. Peter Tosh, No Sympathy
17. John Lennon, Steel And Glass
18. AC/DC, Gone Shootin’
19. Elton John, Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirty Cowboy
20. The Kinks, Yes Sir, No Sir
21. John Mayall, Good Time Boogie

Atardecer Ranchero/Dusk On The Ranch, Radio Waterloo Production, Shows

Atardecer Ranchero/Dusk on the Ranch

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Atardecer Rancher | CKMS 102.7 FM Radio Waterloo | Horario de 04:00pm - 06:00pm | Tiempo del Este | Tel: 519-884-2567Atardecer Ranchero/Dusk on the Ranch airs on Saturdays from 4:00pm to 6:00pm with a replay on Thursdays from 4:00pm to 6:00pm.

DJ Felix Ranchero brings you the hottest tropical Latin American beats as well as Rancheras, Corridos and Banda music. The purpose of this show is to inform our community and to cooperate in the maintenance of our culture and values with much pride. We will be bringing for you ranchera music, a variety of Latin beats, community events announcements, local, national and international news, as well as local and international interviews on subjects of interest to our community.

CKMS Community Connections, Shows

CKMS Community Connections for 22 June 2020

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Although show hosts are back in the studio, we’re still not open for guests. So today I’m catching up on some of the artists I didn’t get to last week, and revisiting the music of some previous guests.

There’ll be podcasts for those episodes with guests in the studio, or on the phone. But today, it’s just the music list.

–Bob.

Time Title Artist Album
00m00s Theme for CKMS Community Connections Steve Todd CKMS Community Connections
00m40s No Headlights Jake Feeney
03m47s Calling Cards Jake Feeney
06m36s Something Digital Ryan Fischer
10m02s Reality Is On Me Ryan Fischer
13m17s Raven’s Song Carla Bonnell Raven’s Song
16m52s Laurence Mort Rose
20m26s Heavy Dust AMC Gremlin Heavy Dust
25m48s Lonesome Sundays AMC Gremlin Heavy Dust
29m18s Star Child Radio Free Universe Love
32m42s She’s High Again Radio Free Universe Love
36m22s Dusty Boots Trevor Sloan Green Reflections
38m56s Green Reflections Trevor Sloan Green Reflections
41m16s You Could Be Mine Nelson Family The Little Boy With the Mandolin
43m44s Forever Young Nelson Family The Little Boy With the Mandolin
47m01s Keep on the Sunny Side of Life Nelson Family The Little Boy With the Mandolin
50m24s Argument JoJo Worthington The Company You Keep
53m55s Company JoJo Worthington The Company You Keep
56m20s Ginger Bread Man (radio edit) El Sancho Money & Art

CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs on Friday from 2:00pm to 3:00pm.

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

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Show notes and podcast interview content is Copyright © 2020 by the participants, and released under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution Only license. Copy, re-use, and deriviatives works are allowed with attribution to Radio Waterloo and a link to this page. Music selections are copyright by the respective rights holders.

Rob's Rewind, Shows

Rob’s Rewind – Show 17 SONG LIST

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FIRST AIRED JUNE 21ST, 2020

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Song Title Artist
1.    Higher Love Steve Winwood
2.    One Fine Morning Lighthouse
3.    Heart of Gold Neil Young
4.    Heart of Glass Blondie
5.    Hey Lawdy Mama Steppenwolf
6.    A Fifth of Beethoven Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band
7.    Right Back Where We Started From Maxine Nightingale
8.    Gimme Your Money Please Bachman Turner Overdrive
9.    Big Time Operator Keith Hampshire
10.           Tired of Being Alone Al Green
11.           Make Me Do Anything You Want A Foot in Coldwater
12.           Jungle Boogie Kool & The Gang
13.           Down Under Men At Work
Diskotéka, Shows

Diskoteka for Sat. June 20, 2020 @ 2200-2300h

01. Octopus [Original Mix] – Art Of Trance

02. Octopus [Man with No Name Remix] – Art Of Trance

03. The Colours – Art Of Trance

04. Control – Traci Lords

05. Fallen Angel – Traci Lords

06. Good-N-Evil – Traci Lords

07. Fly – Traci Lords

08. Distant Land – Traci Lords

09. Outlaw Lover – Traci Lords

10. I Want You – Traci Lords

So Old It's New

So Old It’s New set list for Monday, June 15, 2020

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1. Helen Reddy, I Am Woman
2. Maria Muldaur, I’m A Woman
3. Tracy Chapman, New Beginning
4. Billie Holiday, Swing, Brother, Swing
5. Aretha Franklin, Eleanor Rigby
6. Linda Ronstadt, Rock Me On The Water
7. Marianne Faithfull, Chords Of Fame
8. The Pretenders, Mystery Achievement
9. Blondie, 11:59
10. Pat Benatar, Rated X
11. Bobbie Gentry, Mississippi Delta
12. Cher, Train Of Thought
13. Bonnie Raitt, Under The Falling Sky
14. Martha and The Muffins ( as M + M), By The Waters Of Babylon
15. Janis Joplin, One Good Man
16. Lulu, Dirty Old Man (Duane Allman lead guitar)
17. The Supremes, Up The Ladder To The Roof (Jean Terrel lead vocals, first post-Diana Ross single (pop No. 10, R & B No. 5)
18. Joni Mitchell, Come In From The Cold
19. Carole King, Smackwater Jack
20. Susan Tedeschi, Just Won’t Burn
21. Little Feat, I’d Be Lyin’ (Shaun Murphy lead vocals)
22. Joan Baez, Simple Twist Of Fate
23. Jefferson Airplane, Lather
24. Heart, Soul Of The Sea
25. Carla Olson & Mick Taylor, Winter

CKMS Community Connections, Shows

CKMS Community Connections for 15 June 2020 with Athanase and Sven Gali

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Bob Jonkman and his hot pink mic sock!
Bob Jonkman and his hot pink mic sock!
It’s the first day back in the studio after the Covid shutdown, and show hosts are required to take precautions: The station has provided hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes, and mic socks!

Two great interviews today, but unfortunately we didn’t get to all the new music submitted this week. It’s in our library, though, so stay tuned to CKMS-FM 102.7 and you’ll hear it in our other programs!

Show Notes

Athanase (letters over a picture of the band playing on a rustic stage)
Athanase

Interview with Jason Baronette of Athanase

The interview starts at 7m00s.

Online:


Sven Gali (five members of the band)
Sven Gali

Interview with Dave Wanless of Sven Gali

The interview starts at 42m45s.

Online:

  • Website: https://www.svengali.ca/
  • Facebook: Sven Gali | Facebook
  • Apple Music: Sven Gali | Apple Music
  • YouTube: Sven Gali Official
  • Spotify: Sven Gali | Spotify

    • Podcast

    Download: ckms-community-connections-2020-06-15-episode047.mp3 (54 MiBytes, 59m00s, episode 047)

    Podcast Index

    • 00m49s: Athanase | Wolves Athanase — Times Like These from the album Time Like These
    • 04m58s: Athanase — Lion from the Album yellowbird
    • 07m00s: Interview with Jason Athanase Baronette from Athanase: Origin of the band name, inspiration for Wolves.
    • 12m54s: Athanase — Wolves
    • 16m25s: Creating music with the band, the band lineup, instrumentation, the first album yellowbird
    • 20m38s: Athanase — Ceiling Songs from the Album yellowbird
    • 24m30s: About the new single Too Late To Follow, recorded separately, for Bandcamp’s promotion. Contact info and upcoming events, coming to Maxwell’s in KW.
    • 28m55s: Athanase — Too Late to Follow
    • 32m04s: Athanase — Battlefield from the Album yellowbird
    • 35m19s: Krista Hartman | I'm Your Garden | you can rain down on me if you like, but don't forget to shed some light, I'm your garden (illustration of a woman's head, with stars and flowers) Krista Hartman — I’m Your Garden
    • 39m23s: 3 | Sven Gali (very stylized woodcut illustration of a face, suitable for a tattoo) Sven Gali — Now from the EP 3
    • 42m38s: Interview with Dave Wanless from Sven Gali: Members of the band; playing music across Canada since 1992, releasing a new album, history of the band lineup, re-releasing early material.
    • 49m00s: Sven Gali — Kill The Lies from the EP 3
    • 51m57s: The power of Hard Rock, remembering Saga and Helix, origin of the band name, future gigs.
    • 58m00s: Sven Gali — You Won’t Break Me from the EP 3

    And we didn’t get to…

    CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs on Friday from 2:00pm to 3:00pm.

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

    CKMS logo with wavies coming out the sidesSubscribe to the CKMS Community Connections podcast!

    CKMS | 102.7 FM | Radio Waterloo | Community Connections | Mondays 10 am - 12 NoonSee all CKMS Community Connections shows!

    Show notes and podcast interview content is Copyright © 2020 by the participants, and released under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution Only license. Copy, re-use, and deriviatives works are allowed with attribution to Radio Waterloo and a link to this page. Music selections are copyright by the respective rights holders.

    Rob's Rewind, Shows

    Rob’s Rewind – Show 16 SONG LIST

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    FIRST AIRED JUNE 14TH, 2020

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    Song Title Artist
    1.    Endless Love Diana Ross and Lionel Ritchie
    2.    I’m A Stranger Here Five Man Electrical Band
    3.    Showdown ELO
    4.    Linda Put The Coffee On Ray Materick
    5.    Wild, Wild West The Escape Club
    6.    Cars Gary Numan
    7.    War Carla Whitney
    8.    Growing Up Dan Hill
    9.    Darlin’ Frankie Miller
    10.           Ain’t Got No Sense Teenage Head
    11.           Abracadabra Steve Miller Band
    12.           Anna-Marie Susan Jacks
    13.           Heaven Is A Place On Earth Belinda Carlisle
    Shows, Val Scheer's Eclectic Garage

    Eclectic Garage for June 13

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    1. Desperado – The Eagles
    2. Get You in the Morning – Crash Test Dummies (CanCon)
    3. Your Wildest Dreams – The Moody Blues
    4. You Learn – Alanis Morissette (CanCon)
    5. Get a Haircut – George Thorogood
    6. Into the Fire – Sarah McLachlan (CanCon)
    7. I’m on Fire – Bruce Springsteen
    8. Ahead by a Century – The Tragically Hip (CanCon)
    9. Labyrinth – Oomph
    10. Duck and Cover – Eisenfunk
    11. Black Velvet – Alannah Myles (CanCon)
    12. Surrounded – Chantal Kreviazuk (CanCon)
    13. Walk this Way – Run-DMC ft. Aerosmith
    14. In The Air Tonight – Phil Collins
    CKMS Community Connections, Shows

    CKMS Community Connections for 8 June 2020

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    Here’s hoping this is the last week the Radio Waterloo studios are closed! Programmers and show hosts should be back in the studio soon, and hopefully we’ll be able to have guests later this summer. So here’s another show of old & new Canadian Content music, with a distinct Canadiana Country flavour.

    –Bob.

    Time Title Artist Album
    00m40s Exes and Ohs Jessica Towler
    04m18s Tricks Of The Heart Espanola Espanola
    08m30s Living Room Blues Espanola Espanola
    12m57s Meet me by the Towers I, the Mountain Land & Sea
    16m15s Land I, the Mountain Land & Sea
    21m11s Cigarettes Dylan Lafave
    25m27s Wanted All Along Cory Hotline Cory Hotline
    31m59s One Night Cory Hotline Cory Hotline
    35m44s Treehouse Colour Tongues Almost East
    39m05s Temper Colour Tongues Almost East
    42m09s Shoulder Chris Hauer Hum
    50m47s Toward Chris Hauer Hum
    56m32s Striped Sox Jamie Lee Trio Introspective

    CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs on Friday from 2:00pm to 3:00pm.

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

    CKMS logo with wavies coming out the sidesSubscribe to the CKMS Community Connections podcast!

    CKMS | 102.7 FM | Radio Waterloo | Community Connections | Mondays 10 am - 12 NoonSee all CKMS Community Connections shows!

    Show notes and podcast interview content is Copyright © 2020 by the participants, and released under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution Only license. Copy, re-use, and deriviatives works are allowed with attribution to Radio Waterloo and a link to this page. Music selections are copyright by the respective rights holders.

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    Rob’s Rewind – Show 15 SONG LIST

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    FIRST AIRED JUNE 7TH, 2020

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    Song Title Artist
    1.    A Whiter Shade of Pale Procol Harum
    2.    Dancing in the Dark Bruce Springsteen
    3.    Monster Steppenwolf
    4.    Can’t Fight This Feeling REO Speedwagon
    5.    No Control Rough Trade
    6.    Lovin’ You Minnie Riperton
    7.    West End Girls Pet Shop Boys
    8.    California Girl Chilliwack
    9.    Just A Little Bit Downchild
    10.           Disco Lady Johnnie Taylor
    11.           Heartbeat… It’s A Lovebeat DeFranco Family
    12.           He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother The Hollies
    CKMS Community News, Newsroom, Shows

    CKMS News – 2020-06-06 – Black Lives Matter KW Solidarity March

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    Host: Ivan Angelovski

    On June 3rd 2020, 11,000 people gathered in Kitchener for the KW Solidarity March for Black Lives Matter. Demonstrators demanded justice for for Regis Korchinski-Paquet, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Tony McDade, and so many other Black and Indigenous people killed by police in Canada, the US, and around the world. The demonstrators also demanded a defunding of the regional police force and an end to police officers in schools and “community policing” programs.

    In this episode, you’ll hear the voices of Black people who marched, speaking about being Black in Canada.

    You’ll also hear from, Selam Debs, Funke Oba from African Canadian Association, Fanis Juma, from Black Lives Matter KW, Laura Mae Lindo, MPP for Kitchener Center, Lannois Carrol-Woolery of The Caribbean Canadian Association of Waterloo Region and Ruth Cameron from The AIDS Committee of Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo and Area, who spoke at the rally.

    Download Audio: https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2020-06-05-CKMSNews-BLMDemoJune3-BlackInCanada.mp3

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    This program is a part of the “Local Journalism Initiative” grant program and is funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada, the Government of Canada, and the CKMS Newsroom.

    Into the Void, Shows

    Into the Void – Farewell

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    Tonight is the last Into the Void show. It might come back in the future, but I have no plans of it for now. I would love to say this episode will be special or out of the ordinary, but it simply isn’t. Every episode is special to me.  Just like you are special to me. It’s been a trip and I’m sad to say goodbye.

    I do plan to start a podcast in the near future, called “Everything Forever” Please visit my website for details deafbydesign.ca and past episodes in high fidelity.

    Show archive

    See you in the Void….Forever

    My Music

    CKMS Community News, Newsroom, Shows

    CKMS News – 2020-06-04 -Universal Basic Income: New Support in Kitchener and Past Troubles in Canada

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    Host: Ivan Angelovski

    On May 11 Kitchener city council endorsed a motion, proposed by councillor Bil Ioannidis, urging the provincial and federal government to start talking about universal basic income. The proposal passed with 8 to 3 which means it’s now an official document of the city of Kitchener.

    Universal Basic Income in Canada has been periodically piloted since the 1960’s and the last attempt with it was in 2018, with The Ontario Basic Income Pilot during the provincial government of Kathleen Wynne.

    The goal was to test whether UBI is a better way of providing social assistance to those who need it, and four thousand people from Brantford, Thunder Bay, Lindsay and Hamilton volunteered to participate in the pilot.
    It didn’t end well.

    In this episode, we talk with councillor Bil Ioannidis, who proposed the motion, Jessie Golem and Jodi Dean, UBI pilot participants from Hamilton, and Hugh Segal, a conservative political strategist, former senator, former Chief of Staff to Ontario Premier Bill Davis and later to Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney who designed the pilot.

    Download audio: https://storage.radiowaterloo.ca/CKMSnews-2020-06-04-UBISupportsAndIssues-1.mp3

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    This program is a part of the “Local Journalism Initiative” grant program and is funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada, the Government of Canada, and the CKMS Newsroom.

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