Cambridge MP leads the right-to-repair revolution

On October 18 of this year, the House of Commons unanimously passed the right to repair amendment under the Copyright Act (Bill C-244). The bill, originally tabled by Cambridge MP Bryan May, will allow the circumvention of a technological protection measure (TMP) so long as it is for diagnosis, maintenance, or repair purposes.

TPMs are meant to protect proprietary information or software, but they also inhibit an individual’s right and ability to repair any device that they own, and so often devices end up in landfills. Waste diversion concerns are among the key reasons for this amendment, as is the expense that repair places on people.

Murray Zink is the founder of 4RepairKW and the UW Repair Hub and has been promoting repair for many years. CKMS News talked to both Bryan May and Murray Zink.

 

 

FROM THE VOID #77 DECEMBER 19th

Welcome to Episode #77 of From the Void

Tonight is all about Woman!!!

My new podcast with Co – Host Peri Urban is on YouTube, it’s called The Listening Eyebrow and its about deep listening to good music.

ALSO!!! I released  a new album. Everything, Vol. 3 Spotify, You Tube23 and Bandcamp or where ever you stream your music!

Subscribe to the Podcast

See you in the Void!

 

New Waterloo Region hospital site to be announced in springtime

Waterloo Region residents will know the site of their new hospital by spring, according to the presidents of local hospitals.

The presidents, Ron Gagnon, Hospital President and CEO, Grand River Hospital, and Mark Fam, President, St. Mary’s Hospital, updated Kitchener City Council on the plans for a new hospital and new hospital system in Waterloo Region.

They are waiting for site selection to be finalized and for approval from the Ministry of Health before proceeding to the next phase of planning in spring 2024. The next phase will consist of functional programming, which determines what programs and services will be accommodated in the new facilities, and what resources are required to make that happen.

The main priorities currently are to identify the preferred site for the new hospital and to create a vision for working together in shared facilities.

Waterloo Region all-councils meeting ends a difficult year on a note of hope

This year has been another year full of frustration, if not outright despair, for housing in Waterloo Region. But at the all-councils meeting on December 15, Build Now Waterloo Region offered some hope.

Build Now Waterloo Region is a new local collaboration of for-profit and not-for profit groups which was announced back in July.  The objective of the coalition is to build 10,000 non-market and perpetually non-profit homes by 2030.

Philip Mills, the chief executive officer of Habitat for Humanity Waterloo Region, one of the central players in this initiative, updated the all-council’s meeting on this ground-breaking project.

Of these 10,000 homes, 7,000 will be available for purchase and 3,000 will be available for rent.  A one bedroom home is set to sell for $280,000, a two bedroom for $330,000 and a three bedroom for $400,000. This project will specifically prevent ‘flipping,’ investment property acquisition, or other profit-seeking schemes.

Increased number of firework-related complaints sparks concern and action on Kitchener City Council

Of the three firework celebrations allowed in Kitchener in 2023, Diwali fireworks drew the most complaints, leaving Mayor Berry Vrbanovic to speculate if this reflects less tolerance in the community towards the Hindu festival.

Other councillors believed it was more of a lack of education by both those setting off the fireworks and those calling the bylaw office to complain.  To counter this, new fireworks regulations include a comprehensive education campaign to educate residents and an increase in the number of bylaw enforcement officers on duty from two to eight for firework days.

Councillor Ayo Owodunni announced that 184 complaints were made to the bylaw office regarding fireworks in 2023, with Diwali accounting for 63 of these, Victoria Day, 54 and Canada Day, 32. Complaints are likely underreported as email/phone complaints after the fact are not included in these totals.

The motion introducing these new regulations about non-compliance with city’s fireworks regulations was carried.

CKMS-FM New Year’s Eve Special

Happy New Year (with animated fireworks)Join the CKMS programmers, show hosts, DJs, and other volunteers as they kick out the Old Year, play a few tunes, dance up a storm, and ring in the New Year.

The fun starts at 8:30pm on Saturday 31 December 2023 and goes to 1:00am on 1 January 2024. Listen on the radio at CKMS-FM at 102.7 Radio Waterloo, or the online stream at https://radiowaterloo.ca/listen, where you can send your New Year’s greetings in the chatbox!

The Horizon Broadening Hour #10

What’s up, y’all? Another week coming to an end, another Horizon Broadening Hour. I am changing these posts a bit: I will be posting a stream link as well as the soundcloud, if you cannot wait until 10:00 PM.

Tracklist:

Vintage Lapointe – Travels from Winnipeg
Robert Ross – Jack Daniels
Frantically Atlantic – Carleton County Girl
Zachary Lucky – Raining in December
Doug Smith – Pub with No Beer
Jessica Rhaye & the Ramshackle Parade – One More Cup of Coffee
Billy Oxkidd – Hot Pants (You Got It)
Billy Oxkidd – Slipping Away
Chron Goblin – Giving In To Fun
Adrian Chalfour – The Collapse
The Golden Seals – Idiot Kid
Danny Blueberry – One Bedroom Apartment Blues
Matt Zaddy – Little River
Foreign Diplomats – How Cool is That?
Jason Doel – …Long to Reign Over Us…
Nathan Shubert – A Thought, Persisted
Kathryn Ladano – Masked
Justin Wright and Kate Maloney – Flutes
Hellrazer – Necropolis
Greber – Backhanded Interest
Pyramids on Mars – F-22 Raptor
Ooluu – Tickbait
BornBroken – No Stranger to Failure

See y’all next week!

Radio Nowhere Episode 41, 12/16/23

Download: https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RadioNowhere231216Episode41ChristmasShow1.mp3, 57m58s, 80.0 MBytes

Put a Little Love in Your Heart Annie Lennox, Al Green
Please Come Home For Christmas The Eagles
Song for a Winter’s Night Gordon Lightfoot
Christmas in Prison John Prine
Give Hope (Bonus Track) Jon Anderson
River Joni Mitchell
Blue Christmas Mary Margaret O’Hara
Christmas Vacation Mavis Staples
Getting Ready For Christmas Day Paul Simon
Go Tell It On The Mountain The Blind Boys Of Alabama (featuring Tom Waits)
Christmas Canon Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Christmas On TV Chris Isaak
Christmas Wrapping The Waitresses
Oh du fröhliche Fischer-Chöre
I Believe in Father Christmas Greg Lake

LISTEN for Smooth and Contemporary QUINTE JAZZ Saturday December 16, 2023 at 9AM Replay Sunday December 17, 2023 at 4PM

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Hiromi Polaris SONICWONDERLAND 2023 www.hiromiuehara.com
🍁Caroline Nadeau Swinging Shepherd Blues FOREVER LASTING CANADIAN SONGS 2023 www.carolinenadeau.com
🍁Adam Smale Jazzenco OUT OF THE BLUE 2023 www.adamsmale-jazz.com
Stee Wee Bee Yo Soy Cubano SINGLE 2023 thedjstevieb.com
Jeff Ryan ft. Paul Brown Where There’s Hope SINGLE 2023 jeffryansax.com
Tyler Butler Figueroa No Sleep SINGLE 2023 tylerbfmusic.com
Hiromi TrialAndError SONICWONDERLAND 2023 (http://www.hiromiuehara.com/)
🍁Ernesto Cervini’s Turboprop Christmas Time Is Here A VERY TURBOROP CHRISTMAS 2022 ernestocervini.com/product/turboprop
Russ Lorenson Jingles The Christmas Cat IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT 2023(http://www.russlorenson.com/about)
🍁Nicky Shrire Yuletide SINGLE 2023 (http://www.nickyschrire.com/)
Kim Scott Glorious INNERVISION RECORDS HOLIDAY COLLECTION VOL2 2021 kimscott music.com

CKMS News -2023-12-15- First stage of approvals for housing development on former Kraus Flooring factory site

CKMS News – 2023-12-15 – First stage of approvals for housing development on former Kraus Flooring factory site

by: dan kellar

Waterloo – On December 11th, following discussion, presentations, and legal clarifications, the first stages of a 12-tower development on the former Kraus Flooring factory lands in North Waterloo were approved through a unanimous vote from city councilors. With support for the project and the necessary changes to the site’s zoning and by-laws, the developer can move further into project planning.  

This show features clips from the council meeting, focusing on updates to the original 2021 site plan, the status of a pedestrian bridge over the adjacent highway, and questions about promises for affordable and attainable housing in this purpose built rental development which features a proposed total of 5,452 bedrooms in 3,353 residential units.

Delegates included site owner Richard Boyer of 65 Northfield Drive Inc, consultant Chris Pidgeon of GSP Group, and Waterloo resident Ashwin Annamalai. Councilors Hanmer, Bodaly, Roe, Freeman, and Vasic also spoke, as did Mayor McCabe.

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 244

What’s up, y’all? Tonight’s mix is the show’s final ode (of the year) to 2003 — like a completely different world at this point (for the most part). Here’s the mix if you can’t wait until midnight or want to check out Part 2 of the mix:

Tracklist:

G-Unit – G-Unit
Jay-Z – 99 Problems
Westside Connection & Nate Dogg – Gangsta Nation
Memphis Bleek, Trick Daddy, & T.I. – Round Here
Fabolous, Joe Budden, & Paul Cain – N***az
Jaylib & Guilty Simpson – Strapped
G-Unit – Eye for an Eye
Eminem – Bully
Ja Rule – DJ Kay Slay (Skit)
Ja Rule, Black Child, Young Merc, & D.O. Cannons – Things Gon Change/2 Punk A** Quarters (Skit)
The Notorious B.I.G & 2Pac – Runnin (Dying to Live)
Dead Prez – Scared to Die
Black Eyed Peas – Let’s Get it Started (Spike Mix)
Missy Elliott – Let Me Fix My Weave
Jaylib & Quasimoto – Sex Freaks
Ludacris & Snoop Dogg – H*es in my Room
Termanology – Rollin in My Whip
RZA, Allah Real, & Masta Killa – Grits
Buck 65 – Wicked and Weird
Doseone – Windows and Women…
Hieroglyphics – 100,000 Indi
Biz Markie & Lil Kal – Like a Dream
Sole – Salt on Everything
Immortal Technique & Jean Grae – You Never Know
Alicia Keys – You Don’t Know My Name
Skillz – 2003 Wrap Up
Jaylib – Make ‘Em NV (Madlib Remix) [Bonus]
Jaylib – Louder (Blast Your Radio Theme) [Bonus]
Swollen Members & Son Doobie – Ambush/Sensational Breed [Bonus]

I also, like the other two prior to this, included songs downloaded from 2003 mixtapes available from michaelsmixtapehut blogspot, go check it out!

Part 2:

Fam-Lay, Lil Flip, & Kelis – Rock N Roll (Remix)
Fabolous & Paul Cain – Hate Me Now (Freestyle)
Bonecrusher, Cam’Ron, Jadakiss, & Busta Rhymes – Never Scared (Remix)
Lupe Fiasco – Freestyle
Kardinal Offishal – Runaways
MIMS – Freestyle
Bathgate – F**k That
Charli Baltimore & Eve – Philly’s Finest
Cadillac Tah – Freestyle
Jinx da Juvy – Get It Get It
Joe Budden, A-Team, Stack Bundles, Paul Cain, & Maino – Freestyle
DJ Whoo Kid, 50 Cent, & 2Pac – Killers
Skillz – Freestyle
Fat Chops – Take the Pain
Rosco P. Coldchain & Pharrell – Delinquent
Fam-Lay – Freestyle
50 Cent & Sean Paul – Get Deaded
Eminem – Quitter (Everlast Diss)
Baby & Clipse – What Happened to That Boy (Blend)
Lil Kim & Bee Hive – Freestyle
V.A. Slim & AC3 – Freestyle
Stack Bundles – Freestyle
Guru – Freestyle
Gravy – Freestyle
Jae Millz & Cam’Ron – No, No, No (Remix)
Denim – Freestyle
Alicia Keys, Busta Rhymes, & Rampage – Fallin (Remix)
Jennifer Lopez, Jadakiss, & Styles P – Jenny From the Block (Blend)
Mariah Carey, Cam’Ron, Juelz Santana, Freeway, & Jim Jones – Boy (I Need You) (Remix)
Rah Digga, Eve, & Missy Elliott – Party & Bulls**t (Remix)
Tweet & Damani – Call Me (Remix)
DJ Kay Slay, Nas, Baby, Foxy Brown, & Amerie – Too Much For Me
Amerie, Joe Budden, & Foxy Brown – Talkin to Me (Remix)
Beyonce – Naughty Girl (Blend)
Cassidy & R. Kelly – Hotel (Blend)
Clinton Sparks – Shake To This
DJ Aristocat – Grindin/On the Road Again
Victoria Beckham & M.O.P – It’s That Simple
Oschino & Sparks – Call Me
Hocus Pocus – Summer in the City
Cam’Ron & Freaky Zeeky – Hey Lady
Prinz, Sosh, & Grafh – Blackhand Theme
Survival Unit – No Love
Gravy & Fat Joe – BK to BX
Freeway – Freestyle
Memphis Bleek – Can I Live?
N.E.R.D – Locked Away
Alicia Keys, Nas, & Rakim – Streets of NY
Grafh, E-40, & Bun B – Bang Out (Remix)
Dame Dash, Beanie Sigel, Cam’Ron, Kanye, Twista, & Young Chris – The Champions
Brucie B – Old School Set

I couldn’t list all of the mixtapes I pulled from, due to soundcloud’s character limit, so shoutout Clinton Sparks, DJ Kay Slay (RIP), DJ Clue, DJ Envy, DJ Absolut, Dame Dash, Cipha Sounds, Big Mike, Kid Capri, Brucie B, & DJ Aristocat for the tapes that made this second part possible!

 

For #throwbackthursday, let’s throw it back to this time last year:

Tracklist:

Ab-Soul – A Day in the Life
Ry & Lute – Rest in Peace
Ab-Soul & Schoolboy Q – Beat the Case//Straight Crooked
Blu – The 50Z
Curren$y – Drive This Car
Kamaiyah – Versace Robe
Black Hippy – I Do It For Hip Hop
Mac Miller – Mad Flava, Heavy Flow (Interlude)
1995 – Paris Sud Minute
serengeti – chill relax
Stalley – DILLA BAP
Bun B, Statik Selektah, Big K.R.I.T, & Cal Walker – In My Hand
Mount Westmore – Have a Nice Day
Mr. Muthaf**kin Exquire – The Weight of Water, Pt. 2
Westside Boogie – PRIDEFUL II
The Alchemist, Wiki, & MIKE – One More
Ab-Soul – Top Dawg Under Dawg
Ab-Soul – Nothing’s Something
Brockhampton – 37th
Ab-Soul & Zacari – Do Better
Little Simz – Broken
Brockhampton – CRUCIFY ME
Ab-Soul – Just Have Fun
Gift of Gab, Vursatyl, & Lateef the Truthspeaker – You Gon Make It In the End
Kota the Friend – GOOD TO BE HOME II
Nas – Don’t Shoot
SZA – Good Days
Ab-Soul – Drift Away

See y’all Sunday for the Horizon Broadening Hour!

Through the Static Episode 22 – 13/12/23

The last episode of 2023, and it’s a tear-jerker! Playing tunes that have a particularly special place in my heart, songs that speak to me about the nature of life, love, and relationships. Hope you enjoy and see you in the New Year!

  • Change – Big Thief
  • illicit affairs – Taylor Swift
  • Graceland Too – Phoebe Bridgers
  • Tonight Tonight – The Smashing Pumpkins
  • The Place Where He Inserted the Blade – Black Country, New Road
  • Burning Pile – Mother Mother
  • Elf’s Lament – Barenaked Ladies
  • Unknown/Nth – Hozier

https://radiowaterloo.ca/category/through-the-static/feed/?tag=podcast

 

FROM THE VOID #76 DECEMBER 12th

Welcome to Episode #76 of From the Void

Tonight is all about Gary Numan!!!

My new podcast with Co – Host Peri Urban is on YouTube, it’s called The Listening Eyebrow and its about deep listening to good music.

ALSO!!! I released  a new album. Everything, Vol. 3 Spotify, You Tube23 and Bandcamp or where ever you stream your music!

Subscribe to the Podcast

See you in the Void!

CKMS Community Connections for 8 December 2023: Amnesty International’s Write For Rights with Margaret Jackson

Show Notes

Margaret Jackson wearing a bright pink N95 mask and headphones, with a "Write For Rights" button on her blue sweater.
Margaret Jackson

Margaret Jackson from Amnesty International‘s local KW chapter Group Nine talks to Bob Jonkman about this year’s Write For Rights campaign, describes some of the cases that are being written about, the petition to BC premier David Eby about the criminalization of the Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders, and gives some info on joining the Group Nine chapter.

Previous episode on Write For Rights: CKMS Community Connections for 6 December 2019 with Sandee Lovas of Amnesty International Group Nine

Website: https://amnesty.ca/ (Amnesty International Canada)

  • Twitter: Amnesty Canada (@AmnestyNow) | Twitter
  • Facebook: Amnesty International Kitchener Waterloo Chapter, Group 9
  • Instagram: Amnesty Canada (@amnestycanada) | Instagram
  • YouTube: Amnesty International Canada (@amnestyinternationalcanada4524) | YouTube
  • TikTok: Amnesty (@amnesty) | TikTok
  • E-mail: groupnine9@gmail.com
  • Write For Rights | Amnesty International (black letters on a yellow background withthe Amnesty logo (a candle wrapped in barbed wire) at the bottom)

    Upcoming Events

    • Amnesty International KW Chapter (Group Nine) Write For Rights
      • When: 11:00am to 4:00pm on Saturday 9 December 2023
      • Where: Kitchener Public Library, Meeting Room D
      • Location: 85 Queen Street North, Kitchener, Ontario Map 1
      • E-mail: groupnine9@gmail.com
      • Package: Case letters for 2023 (PDF file, 172 kBytes)

    Podcast

    Download: ckms-community-connections-2023-12-08-episode148-Amnesty-Internationals-Write-For-Rights-with-Margaret-Jackson.mp3 (53 MB, 57m50s, episode 148)

    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
    1m12s Joy To The World Joy To The World | Jamie Bonk (white letters on a red background, two lines of text separated by a ribbon of landscape photos).
    (single)
    Jamie Bonk
    4m45s Margaret Jackson tells us about Write For Rights, focusing on ten cases for this campaign, sending a blitz of letter to government and other people involved in human rights abuses. This has been quite effective; half-a-million letters for each case can’t be ignored. Margaret tells us the details of some of this year’s cases. In some cases the letters get sent to the individuals directly, sometimes they go to a local Amnesty office and are forwarded to the recipient. These letters are always appreciated.
    24m38s Margaret reads her letter to David Eby, premier of British Columbia and former KW resident, to express her concern over the criminalization of the Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders.
    32m03 Christmas Comes By Rail Onion Honey | A Merry Little While (photo of a cottage nestled in snow-covered trees, with line drawings of snowmen in the foreground)
    A Merry Little While
    Onion Honey
    35m08s Margaret tells us how the Write For Rights works. It’s at the Kitchener Public Library, downstairs in meeting room D. People can sign pre-printed letters, add an illustration or other artwork on a postcard. The Group Nine chapter will take care of mailing them out.
    39m05s This year Margaret wrote the standard letters, based on ideas of what should go in the letters from the Amnesty International campaign. Margaret adds that these letters come from Kitchener-Waterloo, and adds some information about each case to help the people who come in. The last in-person Write For Rights was in 2019, the past two years it was held as a ten-day e-mail blitz. The letters were printed, signed, and dropped off in a mailbox at a member’s house. This year there’s an e-mail letter sent to the government of Tunisia. Letters don’t have return addresses, but people are encouraged to sign their name, city, country, and postal code.
    43m53s For people who can’t come to the library there are online petitions at https://writeathon.ca, all of the information is available there. You can contact local chapter Group Nine at groupnine9@gmail.com and they can send you a package of case letters. The mailbox is still available at the member”s house until 15 December 2023.
    47m32s Margaret tells us that the letters are generally received well, because Amnesty International has a good reputation world-wide; people trust the information they get from Amnesty. There is nothing Amnesty can do in the way of applying economic pressure or sanctions; but perhaps local chapters can apply pressure to their local governments to act.
    50m08s Group Nine meets regularly on the first Tuesday of the month at Conrad Grebel college. There are speakers, either from Group Nine or from other agencies. Group Nine also participates in local events, like the Multicultural Festival and the Waterloo Pow Wow. Group Nine consists of about twelve core people, another 20 who help out at events, and a large number of people who are signed up for their e-mail list. People can get involved by sending an e-mail to groupnine9@gmail.com to come to the meeting. There is no cost, but people who make a donation become Amnesty International members and get to vote at their annual general meeting. Group Nine was the ninth group in Canada, now there are hundreds of groups. Margaret gives a bit of history of Amnesty International.
    56m45s Margaret recaps the info for Write For Rights and Bob gives the end 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.

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    Bonus Video

    Download: CKMS Community Connections for Friday 8 December 2023, 204.6 MB

    Show notes and podcast interview content is Copyright © 2023 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.

    Radio Nowhere Episode 40, 12/09/23

    Download: https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RadioNowhere231209Episode40.mp3, 58m00s, 80.0 MBytes

    Rebel Rebel David Bowie
    Borderline MC5
    Lola The Kinks
    Natures Way Spirit
    Piggies The Beatles
    One Way Out Sonny Boy Williamson
    Compared to What Les McCann & Eddie Harris
    Afrique Victime Mdou Moctar
    City of Refuge Abigail Washburn
    Pulling On A Line Great Lake Swimmers
    It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry Al Kooper & Stephen Stills
    Let’s Live for Today The Grass Roots
    Pretzel Logic Steely Dan

     

    Waterloo resident battles the perfectly manicured lawn

    Waterloo City is moving closer to loosening restrictions on front lawn grass, making way for increased naturalization.

    After three years of responding to neighbours’ complaints about the length of her grass to bylaw, Waterloo resident Masha Kuznetsova asked Waterloo City Council on Monday night  for changes to Bylaw No. 2011-123, the Lot maintenance bylaw.

    She asked the city to increase grass height of up to 40 cm (15.7 inches) and to reduce the requirement for a buffer strip around a naturalized area. Currently in the city of Waterloo, the maximum allowed grass height is 20 cm (8 inches). While the current buffer strip regulation is 1 metre, proposed changes to the by-law would reduce the buffer strip to 30 cm (11.8 inches).

    Staff explained they receive about 400-800 long grass complaints per season.

    Also in the meeting the city’s transportation services presented new boulevard garden guidelines which will allow for increased naturalization in lawns and on boulevards throughout the City of Waterloo. In addition, the city parks department kicked off the park’s urban forest management strategy by examining rules regarding trees on private property.

    Listen to the story above:

    New Music Added to LibreTime + Horizon Broadening Hour #9

    What’s up, y’all? You know what time it is. First, new music added to LibreTime since last week:

    Jeremie Albino Hard Time Indie Rock CanCon
    Bernice Puff: in the Air Without a Shape Electronica CanCon
    Single Mothers Through a Wall Punk CanCon
    Anba Tonel Bellegarde Other CanCon
    Tampa Belated Love Rock CanCon
    Real Ponchos Sunshine Other CanCon
    Atlas: Empire The Stratosphere Beneath Our Feet Rock No
    The Weight Band World Gone Mad Rock No
    Billy Oxkidd Slipping Away Country CanCon
    Fabrizio Cammarata Lights Indie Rock CanCon
    Yukon Blonde Critical Hit Indie Rock CanCon
    Yamantaka // Sonic Titan Dirt Indie Rock CanCon
    Bears in Hazenmoore Atlas Indie Rock CanCon
    Foxhart Fishman Watch it Grow Indie Groove Pop CanCon
    Jesse and the Dandelions Give Up the Gold Indie Rock CanCon
    Noah Zacharin a STARTLE of WINGS Folk CanCon
    Dana Sipos Trick of the Light Country/Folk CanCon
    Roots Noir Elevate Reggae CanCon
    Ben Kunder Better Human Classical CanCon
    Brother Leeds Brother Leeds Rock CanCon
    Cal in Red On the Dance Floor Synth-Pop No
    Waves that Stray Waves that Stray Alternative Unknown
    Murray Little & Friends Lines of Time Country/Folk CanCon
    Urkmisher Urkmisher Rock CanCon
    Body Lens Body Lens Rock (presumed) Unknown
    The Forks Round the Bend Indie Rock CanCon
    High Parade The Ocean Indie Pop/Shoegaze CanCon
    Farewell Stanleys New Love Pop Unknown
    Jason Doell … Amid the Cannon’s Roar Other CanCon
    Ensign Broderick Ranger Indie Rock Unknown
    Road Waves Red Sun Rising R&B CanCon
    Fitness Dash-ing Punk Unknown
    Daedbeat & Camara Trinity Thirty Indie Rock CanCon
    Lucid Diversity Lucid Diversity Folk/Country/Celtic/Bluegrass/Gospel/Blues CanCon
    Matt Steele & The Corvette Sunset Half Girl Half Ghost Rock CanCon
    George McMullen Trio Boomerang Other No
    Calpurnia Scout (EP) Indie Rock CanCon
    Haley Blais Let Yourself Go (EP) Indie Rock CanCon
    Quinn Pickering Baby Blue Rock CanCon
    Pretty Archie Hanging On Country/Folk CanCon
    Coma Cinema Loss Memory Indie Rock No

    And here’s this week’s Horizon Broadening Hour:

    Tracklist:

    Mallsex – Thousand Yard Stare
    Twink & Moths and Locusts – Year of the Muskox
    Atsuko Chiba – Captain Colair
    Pink Noise – Goodbye Charlie Brown
    Fly Pan Am – Grid/Wall
    Gone Cosmic – Misfit Wasted
    Emile Bilodeau – J’ai Vu La France
    Safia Nolin – J’ai Demande a la Lune
    Andrew Vivona – Sunrainday
    The Ennis Sisters – Sunken Garden
    Gentlemen of the Woods – Beat-up Shack
    Amy Nelson – How Do You Paint an Old Fence?
    Heather Bambrick – Pat Murphy’s Meadow
    Chocolat – Jazz Engage
    JV’s Boogaloo Squad – Market Research
    Chandelle Rimmer & Tom Van Seters – Moody Hues
    The Romance of Improvisation in Canada – Club Café Tango
    John Macmurchy’s Art of Breath – WTF
    Hard Rubber Orchestra – Movement III (feat. Norma Winstone)
    Steve Haines and the Third Floor Orchestra – Harvest Moon (feat. Becca Stevens, Chad Eby and Joey Calderazzo)
    Peach Pyramid – Wear Sunscreen
    Family Video – Forever Changes Overnight
    The Small Glories – You Can’t Be High
    The Shang – Whatever Happened to Carol Wayne?

    See y’all next week!

    The people versus a developer: Kitchener City Council defers tough decision

    The rental housing crisis was on full display in front of Kitchener City Council on Monday night.

    A proposed 13-storey mixed-use building at 93-99 Benton Street and 39-43 St. George Street, within the Cedar Hill neighbourhood in Kitchener, would offer 96 new units but would also demolish the 13 current affordable units, evicting the current tenants.

    Eric Schneider, Senior Planner at the City of Kitchener laid out what the developer is asking for and the arrangements with the current residents.

    The applicant, Ideal Capital Limited from Mississauga, a self-proclaimed ‘premium’ real estate developer, answered Council’s questions and, after their request, indicated he would meet with residents.

    Thirteen delegates asked Council to reject this proposal. Delegates included three representatives from a local tenants’ rights group (ACORN WR), several current residents of the townhouses, and neighbours from the Cedar Hill community.

    Against several of the delegates’ wishes, City Council chose to defer their decision until the January 22, 2024 meeting.

     

    Listen to the show above:

    The Clean Up Hour, Mix 243 (December 8, 2023)

    What’s up, y’all? It’s ya boy mophead, back with this week’s Clean Up Hour. Tonight is the year’s final ode to 2008 — if you can’t wait until midnight, check it:

    Tracklist:

    Q-Tip – Johnny is Dead
    Kanye West & Kid Cudi – Welcome to Heartbreak
    Ace Hood, T-Pain, & Rick Ross – Cash Flow
    T.I., Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, & Kanye West – Swagga Like Us
    Nipsey Hussle – Hussle in the House
    Charles Hamilton – Where’s My Fcking Genesis
    Ludacris – MVP
    Nipsey Hussle – Burner on my Lap
    Lil Wayne & Drake – Stuntin
    E-40 & Shawty Lo – Break Ya Ankles
    Soulja Boy & Sammie – Kiss Me Thru the Phone
    Nelly, Ashanti, & Akon – Body on Me
    Charles Hamilton – Body Telepathy
    T-Pain & Lil Wayne – Can’t Believe It
    Common & Chester French – What a World
    Fashawn, Evidence, Big Pooh, Aloe Blacc, Mickey Factz, Theo, & Kes Kaos – Beautiful Day (Remix)
    The Ill Spoken (Beedie & Mac Miller) – Gotcha Opin
    Charles Hamilton – Nah Dead A*s
    Joe Budden – Better Me
    Charles Hamilton – 11:59 PM (Pretty Memories)
    Karate J & Yung Nate – Get It Right
    Charles Hamilton – Sunday Morning Testimonial (feat. ItsTheReal)
    Charles Hamilton – I’ll Be Around (Outro)

    Part 2
    Clipse – Big Dreams
    Termanology & Prodigy – Hood Sh*t
    Tyler, the Creator, Casey Veggies, & Hodgy Beats – Bubble Gum
    Sheek Louch – It’s Your World
    Jedi Mind Tricks – Deadly Melody
    EPMD & Skyzoo – Left 4 Dead
    Elucid – Many Moons
    Oddisee & J-Live – Once Upon a Mic
    Murs – Can It Be (Half a Million Dollars and 18 Months Later)
    Madlib & Frezna – Yo Yo Affair Pt. 1 & 2
    Devin the Dude – In My Draws

    Also, for #throwbackthursday, let’s kick it back to October 9, 2020, because the subject matter of my discussion is, unfortunately, quite relevant still!

    Tracklist:

    Jay Electronica – Exhibit A
    21 Savage & Metro Boomin – Runnin
    Conway, Westside Gunn, & Benny – Spurs 3
    Westside Gunn, Busta Rhymes, & Slick Rick – Ocean Prime
    Vince Staples & Kendrick Lamar – Yeah Right
    Steve G. Lover III & Childish Gambino – No Hookahs
    Flatbush Zombies & A$AP Twelvyy – Half-Time
    A-F-R-O – Alonzo Bell
    Jay Electronica – Fruits of the Spirit
    Roc Marciano – Kill You
    Action Bronson – C12H16N2
    Smoke DZA – 143
    Spillage Village & Hollywood JB – Ea’alah (Family)
    Smoke DZA, Wiz Khalifa, Curren$y, & Big KRIT – Santos House Party
    Goldlink, Tyler the Creator, & Jay Prince – U Say
    SZA – Julia
    Nas, The Firm, & Dr. Dre – Full Circle
    Tory Lanez – Just Got it Done
    Lupe Fiasco – SLEDOM
    Yo Gotti & J. Cole – Cold Blood
    Westside Gunn, Stove God Cooks, Flee Lord, El Camino, Estee Nack, & Smoke DZA – Frank Murphy
    Dom Kennedy – Saint Erimas
    YG – Bomptown’s Finest
    Jay Electronica – Exhibit C

    See y’all Sunday for the Horizon Broadening Hour!

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    City of Kitchener must decide how to fill vacant council seat

    The election of Aislinn Clancy to provincial politics leaves the Ward 10 seat empty.

    At City Council on December 4, Mayor Barry Vrbanovic congratulated out-going councillor and MPP-elect Aislinn Clancy on her byelection win on November 30 and put forward the City’s options.

    Once Clancy resigns and the Ward 10 seat is officially declared vacant, Kitchener city council will have 60 days to decide whether by appointment or a by-election to fill the seat.

    While the cost of a by-election is a important consideration, with roughly three years still left in the mandate, some residents believe the Ward 10 seat should be decided by the electorate.

    The last regular municipal election was on October 24, 2022, and the next election is scheduled for Monday, October 26, 2026, which is just under three years away.

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