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Cheek To Cheek – Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
Carefree Highway – Gordon Lightfoot
Autumn Leaves – Nat King Cole
The Great Pretender – The Platters
God Help The Outcasts – Alan Menken
Crocodile Rock – Elton John
Colours Of The Wind – Alan Menken
Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying – Jerry And The Pacemakers
Little Children – Billy J Kramer
Yo, what’s up!
We have a jam packed show today. The old school tunes will in rotation and new joints, as well! We sit down with rock legends 54-40 and they’ll tell you about their new album, Oktoberfest, etc.
Plus, we’ll take a look at this year’s popular Halloween costumes, the must have Christmas gifts, why one former Full House actor is airing out bullies, learn how Facebook is watching your every move, and more!
So sit back, enjoy the sunshine and turn up the volume, yo!
David Par Radio
We sat down with the legendary band 54•40!
They discussed their new album, Oktoberfest and more. 54•40 will be live at Bingemans Oktoberfest Saturday, October 4th. Don’t miss out on an epic concert experience.
The interview will air this Sunday on The All Out Show!
CKMS News -2025-10-02- Panel on genocide in Gaza goes forward despite WLU’s attempts to delay it.
dan kellar
Waterloo, ON – On Thursday September 18th, retired professor Peter Eglin received word from Wilfrid Laurier University’s Safety, Health, Environment & Risk Management division, that the September 19th event he was helping to organize and speak at, would be postponed because they required more time to “do a proper risk assessment.”
The event was a discussion between Eglin, who released the book Analysing the Israel Effect in Canada: A Critical Auto-Ethnography in 2024, and political activist and author, and NDP leadership hopeful Yves Engler, entitled Canada and the Genocide in Gaza. The event was to be moderated by PhD candidate and peace activist Tamara Lorincz, and was scheduled through the University’s online booking platform on August 27th.
On the 19th, the organizers decided to push forward with the event, and it did take place, without incident, in the common area outside the locked classroom, with 50 people in attendance. Security dropped by the discussion, but did not disrupt the event, and, according to Eglin, did not stick around for too long before leaving.
This show features an interview with Dr. Peter Eglin. CKMS News reached out to WLU and initially received responses which are referenced in the interview. However, the school did not respond to follow-up questions regarding any possible threats the school received, how long an assessment usually takes, or if anyone pressured the school to review the event.
*In the interview, Peter Eglin mentions a disruption to Norman Finkelstein’s speech at the University of Waterloo in 2010. Here is a link to the clip: https://archive.org/details/finklestein-holocaust-card.
Download: https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/RadioNowhere250929Episode130.mp3, 58m00s, 82.0 MBytes
| 1:35 | La Danza De Los Mirlos | LA LOM |
| 4:56 | Bottom of the World | Tom Waits |
| 10:33 | Driver’s Seat | Sniff ‘N’ The Tears |
| 14:28 | Got The Feeling | Jeff Beck Group |
| 19:07 | Carmelita | Warren Zevon |
| 22:38 | Hey Nineteen | Steely Dan |
| 27:33 | Control | Broken Bells |
| 32:51 | I Put a Spell on You | Nina Simone |
| 35:24 | I Put A Spell On You | Jeff Beck Feat. Joss Stone |
| 38:20 | Goin Down Louisiana | The Blues Project |
| 42:21 | Buckaroo | The Flying Burrito Brothers |
| 44:42 | Deeper and Deeper | The Fixx |
| 48:20 | Red Streamliner | Little Feat |
| 52:55 | Lord Mjinga | The T.B. Eagles |
Episode XXII of Reader’s Delight features authors Jinwoo Park, Michael Mirolla, and Emily De Angelis.
Jinwoo Park discusses his new novel Oxford Soju Club (Dundurn Press, 2025) and his writing journey then reads an excerpt from the novel.
Website: https://jinwoo–park.com/
Indigo Buy Link: https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/oxford-soju-club/9781459755109.html
Amazon Buy Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Oxford-Soju-Club-Jinwoo–Park/dp/1459755103
Michael Mirolla talks about writing in a variety of genres, tells our listeners about his upcoming release, the novel How About This (At Bay Press, November 2025) and reads from the book.
https://www.michaelmirolla.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mirolla
Amazon Buy Link: Michael Mirolla
What’s up, y’all? First up, as always, here is what I have added to Libretime since last week:
| Miss Emily | The Medicine (Singles) | Blues | CanCon | |
| Rich Brown | NYAEBA | Jazz | CanCon | |
| Kate Wyatt | Murmurations | Jazz | CanCon | |
| Alan Ward | Mercy Me – Single | Hip Hop | No | |
| Alan Ward | Don’t Need – Single | Hip Hop | No | |
| Alan Ward | Living Roon – Single | Hip Hop | No | |
| Donald Vega | Let’s Pray – Single | Latin | No | |
| Rachel Cousins | What Hasn’t Killed Me | Pop | CanCon | |
| The Darren Holland Project | Cinderella’s Dead – Single | Rock | No | |
| Yukon Blonde | Friendship & Rock ‘n’ Roll | Rock | CanCon | |
| Pansophic | Kingdom Come | Metal | CanCon | |
| kpec3 arrival | tongues of fire – Single | Religious | No | |
| The Sour Patch Men | The Second Best Band in Bowness | Folk | Track 9 is explicit | CanCon |
| OverDreaming | FUKHEAD – Single | Electronic | NSFR | No |
| Carina | Pink Noise | Pop | CanCon | |
| Norine Braun | Cannonball – Single | Folk | CanCon | |
| distorter | Psychobaby – Single | Pop | CanCon | |
| The Whythouse | Last Call – Single | Country | CanCon/KWCon | |
| Ever Sweet | Red Sky | Folk | CanCon | |
| Fuller Hull | The Unsuspected and Unstoppable | Country | CanCon | |
| Nora Joy | I Like You – Single | Folk | CanCon/KWCon | |
| Nora Joy | Shine – Single | Folk | CanCon/KWCon | |
| Nora Joy | Starlight – Single | Folk | CanCon/KWCon | |
| Nora Joy | Wait and See – Single | Folk | CanCon/KWCon | |
| Various Artists | Nublu Dance Selected Tracks | Electronic | No | |
| DJ Halo | Nublu Dance – Quick Mix | Electronic | No | |
| Scott Hardware | Overpass | Alternative | CanCon | |
| Satya | Realness – Single | Pop | CanCon | |
| Dan Pallotta | Moving Day – Single | Folk | No | |
| Ash Molloy | nice to know you – Single | Rock | CanCon | |
| Terra Lightfoot | Already There In My Mind | Folk | CanCon | |
| ARK IDENTITY | I’m Still the Same – Single | Pop | CanCon | |
| Libby Ember | I Kill Spiders – EP | Pop | CanCon | |
| Various Artists | Musique Inuit – Inuit Music | World | No | |
| bloom effect | oscilon | Rock | CanCon | |
| The Phosphenes | Let’s All Go to Mars | Rock | Tracks 4 and 5 are explicit | No |
| Lillian King | Echo – Single | Folk | No | |
| Ashley Woodruff | Again – Single | Pop | CanCon | |
| Meghan Aletha | Your Name – Single | Pop | CanCon | |
| Paper Window | Through the Eye of a Lark | Folk | No | |
| Yarni | Anemoia | World | No | |
| Las Gidi Kingin | Bo$$ | Pop | CanCon | |
| Tyler Salsman | Wrong Things Right – Single | Country | CanCon | |
| The Painters | RPG (16anges Remix) – Single | Pop | CanCon | |
| Maggie Andrew | HOW TO SING FOR MONEY | Pop | CanCon | |
| Boyboy Militia | Crimson – EP | Electronic | No | |
| Saskatones | Venus | Rock | CanCon/KWCon | |
| Doctor Tongue | 3D House of Mayhem | Rock | CanCon | |
| Dahlia Wakefield | Well Dressed Lies – Single | Rock | CanCon | |
| Michael Martinez & Sherry Finzer | New Beginnings | New Age | No | |
| Eddy Ruyter | Waves (Deluxe) | New Age | No | |
Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:
Tracklist:
Siorapaluk, Thulé – Chant par Bertsie
Michael Martinez & Sherry Finzer – Mysterious Currents
Kate Wyatt – Music is Beautiful
Rich Brown – Kalagala Ebwembe
Donald Vega – Let’s Pray
Babon – Tobacco Country (Tropical Desert)
Yarni – Neon Gods
Nublu Orchestra – Sketches of NYC
Debby Grupp – Escaping Samsara
Boyboy Militia – Turn
Carina – Pink Noise
Satya – Realness
Las Gidi Kingin – Ole
Maggie Andrew – How to Sing for Money
The Painters – RPG (16anges Remix)
Nora Joy – Wait and See
The Whythouse – Last Call
Tyler Salsman – Wrong Things Right
Fuller Hull – Yellow Bird
Miss Emily – Solid Ground
Paper Window – The Last Dream of the Old Oak
Libby Ember – Highway Song
The Sour Patch Men – The Day John Prine Died
Johnny Beachit – Never Go Wrong With Buffett
The Saskatones – Days Longer Than Years
Doctor Tongue – Blue Spaceman
The Phosphenes – Mushrooms and Wine
Bloom Effect – surreal
Ash Molloy – nice to know you
Beta Trip – One End to Another
Ancient Thrones – Vacant
Bananahaus – Good Morning Beefheart
See y’all next time!
Helen Biemers-Templeton [Open House Convenor] for Waterloo Potters’ Workshop visited Radio Waterloo Community Connections on September 26th. So much information in this interview! Check their website: waterloopotters.ca for more information. We played the song “Unchained Melody” by the Righteous Brothers.
Every Sunday 4 30 pm To 6 30 pm, we welcome you to The All Out Show! Old school jams, new music, interviews and find out what’s trending!
And, learn about a new comic book entitled GREG is an ongoing saga about a man who is so good-looking that if you see his face your head will explode. The Delivery Room Massacre tells the story of his birth (for mature readers, dark comedy/violence/horror). https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gregcomicofficial/greg-issue-0-the-delivery-room-massacre
Find out what’s next for Facebook And Tim Hortons.
Oktoberfest has kicked off and CKMS Radio will be there Home – Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest
Sit back, turn it up and let’s get it!!!
Download: https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/RadioNowhere250920Episode129.mp3, 58m00s, 82.0 MBytes
| 0:01:56 | Mary of Silence | Mazzy Star |
| 0:07:43 | Come Dancing | The Kinks |
| 0:11:37 | You Better Move On | The Rolling Stones |
| 0:14:14 | My Girl | The Temptations |
| 0:16:52 | Suite Judy Blue Eyes | Crosby, Stills & Nash |
| 0:24:14 | Route thirty 666 | 6sjfj6 |
| 0:28:06 | Sweet Thing | Goddo |
| 0:33:08 | Hells Bells | AC/DC |
| 0:38:08 | Hells Bells | The Dandy Warhols |
| 0:44:54 | Callin’ Home | A.J. Croce |
| 0:47:04 | Heaven is in Your Mind | Traffic |
| 0:51:13 | Girl Trouble | South River Slim |
This long-form documentary will explore how some small-town newspapers are defying the trend of closures by focusing on hyper-local content, community engagement, and innovative business models to thrive.
What’s up, y’all? First up, as always, here is what I have added to Libretime since last week:
| Hilla Peer | Start Over – Single | Pop | No | |
| Beta Trip | Superette | Rock | CanCon | |
| The Realignment Project | Afterthought | Rock | CanCon | |
| The Realignment Project | The Frustration Sessions | Rock | CanCon | |
| Caitlin Robinson | Enough – Single | Pop | CanCon | |
| MABRO | Alexa – Single | Pop | CanCon | |
| MABRO | Breaking the Addiction – Single | Pop | CanCon | |
| Debby Grupp | Escaping Samsara – Single | Electronic | CanCon | |
| Debby Grupp | Five Seasons – Single | Electronic | CanCon | |
| Debby Grupp | Fundamental Bass – Single | Electronic | CanCon | |
| Flash Poetry | All Love Needs – Single | Hip Hop | No | |
| Shugorei | Memories of Magic | World | No | |
| Various Artists | Chilling, Thrilling Hooks And Haunted Harmonies: The Big Stir Records Halloween Grimoire | Rock | No | |
| Caroline Parke | Working All the Time – Single | Folk | CanCon | |
| AV & the Inner City | AV & the Inner City | Soul | CanCon | |
| Canny and Hall | Garlic Bread – Single | Folk | No | |
| MEZZIAH & Mac Million | Hold On – Single | Hip Hop | CanCon | |
| Ancient Thrones | Melancholia | Metal | CanCon | |
| Altered By Mom | Better | Rock | CanCon | |
| Elli Hart | Shotgun Wedding – Single | Country | Clean and Explicit versions available | CanCon |
| Hughes | Hughes | Country | CanCon | |
| Krisj Wannabe | Just Sit Here – Single | Rock | No | |
| Midnight Channel | Alien Love Songs | Jazz | CanCon | |
| Christine Yevkova | Walk Away – Single | Pop | No | |
| Absolute Losers | In the Crowd | Punk | CanCon | |
| Summer Bruises | Out of Body | Rock | CanCon | |
| Dre Dupuis | Drift – Single | Rock | CanCon | |
| da nang | Kids | Rock | CanCon | |
| James Correa | Bonny Park | Folk | CanCon | |
| David Jane | Story of a Night | Pop | CanCon | |
| Ollie | This That – Single | Hip Hop | CanCon | |
| The Penske File | Dead Maps – Single | Punk | CanCon | |
| Boys Night Out | 100% Ghosts – Single | Rock | CanCon | |
| Taegan Domstad | Daisy – Single | Folk | CanCon | |
| Chris Mckhool | Little Leaf | Children’s Music | CanCon | |
| 54.4 | Live at El Mocambo | Rock | CanCon | |
| 54.4 | West Coast Band | Rock | CanCon | |
| Chandrika Tandon | Soul Ectasy | World | No | |
| Meggi Faye | Washed Out – Single | Folk | CanCon | |
| Babon | Tropical Desert | World | No | |
| Various Artists | Gazed & Bemused Hazy Sounds from the Meanjin Underground | Rock | No | |
| The Rawn Side of Town | Captain – Single | Country | NSFR | CanCon |
| The Rawn Side of Town | I See – Single | Country | NSFR | CanCon |
| The Rawn Side of Town | What I’m Looking For – Single | Country | NSFR | CanCon |
| Matt Bachmann | Compost Karoke | Jazz | No | |
| Holly Palmer | Metamorphosis | Jazz | No | |
| Scottie Barnett | The Love Connections & the disconnects | R&B | No | |
| Cheyanne Summer | Today’s Been Hell – Single | Rock | CanCon | |
| Victoria Staff | Love Should Feel – Single | Pop | CanCon | |
| YEUNG | The Flutters and The Feels | Pop | 2 NSFR tracks | CanCon |
| Sam Wilkes | Public Records Performance | Jazz | No | |
| Johnny Beachit | Never Go Wrong With Buffett – Single | Rock | No | |
| Sarah Crow and the Strangers | Summer Songs | Folk | No | |
Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:
Tracklist:
Mike Casey – Iguana Crossing
Midnight Channel – Internet Friends
Holly Palmer – omw!
Gary Smulyan – My Dream, Do You Remember Now?
Chandrika Tandon – Glory Rising: Todi
Shugorei – Michi
RG43 – Rockabye
YEUNG – Thunderbolt
MABRO – ALEXA
Christine Yevkova – Walk Away
Katja T – Oi Tuntematon
David Jane – Story of a Night
Victoria Staff – Love Should Feel
Caitlin Robinson – Enough
Scottie Barnett – Figment of My Heart
James Correa – You’re the Only Luck I’ve Had
Meggi Faye – Washed Out
The Rawn Side of Town – What I’m Lookin’ For
Elli Hart – Shotgun Wedding
Hughes – Day Trippin
Canny and Hall – Garlic Bread
Caroline Parke – Working All the Time
Sarah Crow and the Strangers – Weeping Willow
Cheyanne Summer – Today’s Been Hell
Wasted – You’re Happy
Da nang – Next Year
Absolute Losers – You Never Say That You Love Me
Krisj Wannabe – Just Sit Here
The Realignment Project – Minor Outburst
Kpec3 arrival – The Sacrifice
Super Pyramid – Lonerwave
Summer Bruises – Sang Crème Glacee
See y’all next time!
I hope you had a great week! We have a jam packed show, and make sure you tune in 4 30 pm to 6 30 pm Sunday September 21
We hit up Doors Open Waterloo and had a chance to speak with Hilary Dunn-Ridgeway from Schlegel UW Research Institute For Aging. Also, we sat down with music artist Heather Avalon and discussed her comeback, new single and so forth!
I’ll let you know how you can avoid disappointment this Christmas Season, we’ll discuss the hottest Halloween costumes for 2025 and more!
Not to mention, the best in old school and new school music is coming your way.
Let’s go!!!!!!!
David Par Radio
CKMS News -2025-09-19- The Child Witness Centre is Doors Open during regional event
dan kellar
Kitchener, ON – The Child Witness Centre is a Kitchener based organisation which provides support to young victims or witnesses to crime or abuse. Among their activities, the organisation provides referrals to counseling services, provides education, guidance, and support through police investigations and court processes, and provides strategies for coping and safety planning.
As Robin Heald, the Executive Director of the Child Witness Centre said to CKMS News, these children are “perhaps having the worst day of their lives”.
During this year’s Doors Open Waterloo Region on Saturday September 20th, Child Witness is opening its doors to the public, for the first time in the organization’s decades long history, to spread awareness about the work done to support child victims or witnesses to crime or abuse.
This show features an interview with Robin Heald, the Executive Director of the Child Witness Centre.
Bob Jonkman talks with Tamara Lorincz and Peter Eglin about the role of universities in taking a moral stand on world events. We also announce a few initiatives for Peace Week.
The interview starts at 4m00s.
Download: ckms-community-connections-2025-09-15-episode218-Tamara-Lorincz-and-Peter-Eglin.mp3 (52 MB, 56m34s, episode 218)
| Time | Title | Album | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0m00s | Theme for CKMS Community Connections ccc |
 CKMS Community Connections |
Steve Todd |
| 0m55s | Enclosure |
 Incarceration (single) |
Retrograth |
| 4m00s | Dr. Peter Eglin, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Wilfrid Laurier University explains what Sociology is: It’s the interrogation of social life; what makes it possible for people to live together? The problem of social order, why doesn’t it all fall apart? What makes society work? Peter is concerned with climate breakdown, the political stuff that’s happening in the United States and affecting us in Canada. One of the problems with climate breakdown is that people who are most affected, in the global south, are least responsible for it. | ||
| 6m30s | Peter and Yves Engler have an upcoming lecture, speaking on Canada and the genocide in Gaza. It’s a free event, no registration required. Peter has known Yves for over 15 years; Peter was teaching a course for which he didn’t have a textbook, and Yves had just written one that was exactly what Peter needed. Peter invited Yves to talk to his class, several times, and they became friends. Tamara has known Yves even longer than Peter has. They’ve worked together on several conflicts: Gaza, Haiti, Canada’s role in Iraq and Afghanistan. They’ve worked on getting Canada to have a foreign policy premised on peace, international law, justice, sustainable development. Tamara and Yves came together to prevent Canada from getting a seat on the UN Security Council; Canada’s record on foreign policy has been egregious, and doesn’t deserve a seat. From there they launched the Canadian Foreign Policy Iniative (CFPI) which is sponsoring the event on Friday. | ||
| 12m00s | Peter and Yves will talk about their new books: Yves has written “Canada: Building Apartheid with Israel”; Peter has written “Analyzing the Israeli Effect in Canada”. It’s an account of episodes in Peter’s experience with the media and at Wilfrid Laurier University. It recounts Peter’s own encounters trying to get recognition from the ‘intellectual class’ in Canada. Media and the University both support Israel heavily. Peter tells us of the different reportage for victims from Israel than from victims from Palestine. Peter also tells of the lack of response by WLU on the bombing of Gaza University. Peter had tenure, so his career was not in jeopardy from his outspoken views. But an article he wrote on the Palestinian issue in 2001 in response to an article by his colleague Barry Kay (written from a Zionist position); Peter’s article was removed, but not Barry’s. The target of Peter’s book is fellow intellectuals, what they have failed to do in response to what Israel has done to Palestine. | ||
| 20m00s | Tamara is a student at the Balsilie School of International Affairs, an institution that should be discussion the topic of the situation in Palestine, and how Canada should be helping to end the injustice, ending the genocide, ending the disposession — Canada has a history of committing the same injustices against Indigenous people. But there has been a suppression of dialogue about Palestine. There is no serious talk about Canada’s role in Ukraine, in arming Taiwan against China, how Canada is fuelling and fomenting conflict in the world. Tamara is troubled by the state of universities, not welcoming diversity of opionion, peace, justice, and sustainable development. Neither WLU nor the University of Waterloo has made a statement on the genocide or the starvation of Palestine by Israel. We need to reflect on the role of universities in society. | ||
| 24m30s | Bob asks that since the University has not acknowledged these international affairs, how much can Tamara trust the program she’s in? Tamara is worried that the University is duplicating the dominant narrative, that it is not doing research, engaging in dialogue, or critiqueing Canada’s role in these international conflicts. By not acknowledging the problem the universities are perpetuating the problem. Tamara gives several examples of Canada’s participation in violence, but without any accountability. Tamara wants to see more voices and research calling attention to these issues. But students with divergent opinions are being marginalized, shut out, denied research funding, and not getting positions at the university. Tamara is a long time peace and environmental justice activist. There have been complaints against her, but she relies on solid, evidence-based analysis to give her the confidence to articulate her views. Tamara notes that there is no Canada Research Chair in peace studies. | ||
| 29m00s | Bob points out that it’s not just the Department of International Affairs or the Department of Sociology, this anti-peace, pro-violence view extends to Physics and Engineering. Tamara says that the University of Waterloo is training its students to produce weapons that bomb, kill, injure, maim, and destroy the people in Gaza. Why are there no seminars to respond to the report “Exposing Canadian Military Exports to Israel” that shows that Canada is sending weapons to Israel that are used to kill Palestinians during the genocide. | ||
| 31m00s | Bob brings up the increase in NATO spending, will this be used to enhance university spending on these programs to develop weapons? Tamara says “No doubt”, but we do not yet have the details on Canada’s military spending, which will come out with the federal budget in the fall. In the past 10 years Canadian military spending increased 100%, about half of which went to universities. But there is no funding for peace research. Canada spends $41 billion a year on military spending; in the next decade military spending will increase to $150 billion a year. Prime Minister Mark Carney has said this will mean cuts to social and environmental programs. There will be cuts to pensions, housing, health care, and education. | ||
| 33m30s | Bob thinks that a Department of Sociology is the closest thing a univerity would have to a Department of Peace. Peter has been taken with the question of what is appropriate for a university to do in response to events. Universities are supposed to be above party politics. Peter has written about two kinds of politics, one to do with human rights, like the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which Peter calls Politics One. The party politics is Politics Two. Politics One is something the parties themselves are subjected to, and so supersedes Politics Two. Peter says that the University’s mission statements are full of humane statements, but when it comes to the injustice of Israel and Palestine one cannot justify not commenting when a university in Gaza is attacked. The corporate media is beholden to the corporate sector, and journalists know where their bread is buttered. | ||
| 37m00s | Tamara says a university is a different institution from journalism. A university is supposed to welcome and encourage evidence-based analysis, have dialogue and debate on the issues that are taking place in the world, encourage diversity of opinion, and then using the principles and values the university articulates to come to a greater understanding of what’s going on, and then helping our governement and society take good and appropriate action. But Tamara doesn’t see that happening. There is so much destruction in Gaza, and the universities’ failure to speak out is troubling. The double standards that we see in the universities’ and government is responding to what is happening in Palestine and how it’s treating Israel, then comparing that to what is happening in Ukraine and how it’s treating Russia. Tamara gives the example of the Russian drones flying over Poland’s airspace, how the government reacted, calling in diplomats, treating this as a huge diplomatic incident with a lot of condemnation, censure, and media attention; compared to what has happened in Gaza: more bombing of civilians, Palestinians are starving to death, but there has been no comment from our government. | ||
| 41m00s | Coming up on 21 September is the International Day of Peace, followed by the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on 30 September, and the International Day of Nonviolence on 2 October. This is Peace Week or IDOPAN, the International Days of Peace and Nonviolence, as WR Nonviolence used to call it. | ||
| 41m30s | Peter takes a moment to quote Niko Block: “We have seen far more of this genocide than any other while it was ongoing, and I believe the combination of its visibility and longevity marks it as one of the greatest moral failures in the history of humanity. Never before have we seen this level of international complicity in manifest war crimes.” Peter is moved by the scale of this genocide, the enormity of getting away with it, that it has gone on for two years. | ||
| 42m30s | Tamara says we need to act more on this, and they are having these two events in recognition of Peace Week. The first, “What Rules-Based Order? Canada and the Genocide in Gaza” lecture on 19 September 2025 at WLU, then an action at the Waterloo Public Square, “Draw The Line”, in solidarity with a number of other organizations. There are five demands: 1) Put people over corporate profits, fund our families and communities; 2) Refuse ongoing colonialism, uphold Indigeneous sovereignty; 3) Stop blaming migrants, demand full immigration status for all now; 4) End the war machine, stand for justice and peace, cut military spending; and 5) End the era of fossil fuels, protect Mother Earth. | ||
| 45m00s | On the Draw The Line announcement Bob sees the logos for Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom. Tamara is a member of both organizations, and gives some of their history. Their intent is to prevent another global war. Tamara gives examples of the importance of peace efforts. | ||
| 48m00s | Bob comments that we need better political leadership to advocate for peace. Peter points out that Yves Engler would be a good leader for the federal NDP, his platform aligns with all these values. He also advances degrowth; to effective handle climate breakdown we need to stop the economic growth we seem to think must be driven along at any cost. Peter says it will be inspiring to be on stage with Yves. His speaking engagements are partially a leadership campaign tour. Tamara says we do need better leadership to ensure a good future for our children. Peter comments on the youth unemployment rate; Tamara gives examples of the poverty in Canada. This is the reason for ending military spending, that funding needs to be invested in young people, green jobs, community resilience, health care, education. | ||
| 53m00s | Tamara gives a quick review of her upcoming activities, including a speech she’s giving at Peace Toronto, “A Peace of the Pie: People’s Hearing on Military Spending” on 21 September 2025. Peter will be a delegate for the Kitchener NDP riding association in Niagara Falls this weekend. Peter gives a quick plug for Debbie Chapman’s definition for affordable housing. | ||
| 55m00s | Bob gives the end credits. | ||
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Thank you MJ!
CKMSNews -2025-09-17- Grand River Water Walk 2025
dan kellar
Waterloo Region, ON – Most people that have walked with us say they have been transformed in how they appreciate the water and appreciate the land”. Those are the worlds of Mary Anne Caibaiosai, an Anishnaabe woman who has since 2018 been organising the Grand River Water Walk. Caibaiosai spoke to CKMS News earlier this week.
Now in its 3rd year of its second 4 year cycle, Caibaiosai also reminds folks that the walk is not a “social event or political statement, but a ceremony. This year’s walk, which begins on September 21st at the mouth of the river near Dundalk “is for the water behind the dams”. The walk, down to the river’s mouth at Lake Erie, is for people of all nations and it follows the protocols of Josephine-baa Mandamin, who led water walks around the Great Lakes prior to her passing in 2019.
This show features an interview with Mary Anne Caibaiosai
House Of The Rising Sun – The Animals
Johnny Angel – The Carpenters
Hooked On A Feeling – B.J. Thomas
I Fall To Pieces – Patsy Cline
Peaceful Easy Feeling – The Eagles
Music Box Dancer – Frank Mills
Harvest Moon – Neil Young
There’s A Kind Of A Hush – Herman’s Hermits
I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Frank Sinatra
God On The Mountain – Lynda Randle
Dancing Queen – ABBA
Take Me Home Country Roads – John Denver
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes – The Platters
Heart Of The Matter – Don Henley
Can’t Help Falling In Love – Elvis Presley
Nobody Does Better – Carly Simon
Glory Of Love – Peter Cetera
Download: https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/RadioNowhere250913Episode128.mp3, 58m00s, 82.0 MBytes
| 1:19 | Death Letter | Cassandra Wilson |
| 5:23 | Shine | Django Reinhardt |
| 8:19 | Rock And Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution | AC/DC |
| 12:32 | Fixing a Hole | The Beatles |
| 15:06 | Out Of The Game | Rufus Wainwright |
| 19:08 | Your Gonna Miss Me | 13th Floor Elevators |
| 21:31 | Sure ‘Nuff ‘n’ Yes, I Do | Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band |
| 23:42 | The Death Of Me | City And Colour |
| 26:43 | Root Beer Rag | Billy Joel |
| 31:22 | The Bourgeois Blues | Ry Cooder |
| 34:41 | Bourgeois Blues | Taj Mahal |
| 37:20 | TVC15 (2016 Remastered Version) | David Bowie |
| 42:46 | Wrap It Up | Sam & Dave |
| 45:13 | After the Gold Rush | Neil Young |
| 48:57 | Got Me Good | Lele Danger |
| 51:38 | Here Comes Your Man | The Pixies |
What’s up, y’all? First up, as always, here is what I have added to Libretime since last week:
| The Mendozaz | Late Stage 12 Gauge – Single | Punk | CanCon | |
| By a Thread | Mirrored Life | Rock | CanCon | |
| RG43 | ROCKABYE – Single | Pop | CanCon | |
| Mike Casey | The Complete Public Access: WPAA TV Session | Jazz | CanCon | |
| Keezee | Your Love – Single | Pop | CanCon | |
| Till Bronner | Italia! | World | No | |
| Ciara Lawless | Je Suis – Single | Pop | CanCon | |
| Motivation | Take It To The Sky | Jazz | CanCon | |
| Super Pyramid | Comment If This Is Paradise! | Rock | CanCon | |
| Desiree Dorion | Let Them – Single | Folk | CanCon | |
| Brian Gallagher | Manitoba Love – Single | Folk | CanCon | |
| Stray Dawg and the Wolves | Blues on the Inside | Blues | No | |
| J Anders | Take Over – Single | Pop | CanCon | |
| J Anders | Used To – Single | Pop | CanCon | |
| TicTacTec | HouseWave | Electronic | No | |
| Rhynos | 1982 – Single | Rock | CanCon | |
| Carina | Experience – Single | Pop | CanCon | |
| Erster Sohn | Age of New Intelligence | Pop | No | |
| kpec3 arrival | The Sacrifice – Single | Religious | No | |
| Econline Crush | New Gold Magic – Single | Rock | CanCon | |
| Softlung | Glass House – Single | Rock | CanCon | |
| Impolite Society | New Orleans – Single | Rock | No | |
| Long Prairie | Humble Love | Folk | No | |
| Katja T | Oi Tuntematon – Single | Pop | No | |
| Forester | Young Guns | Rock | CanCon | |
| Neil Haverty | Some Days – Single | Soul | CanCon | |
| Duke & Goldie | West End Queen (Abattoir) – Single | Folk | CanCon | |
| Chore | Oswego Park | Rock | CanCon | |
| Raphaela | Bittersweet – Single | Pop | CanCon | |
| Jean Caffeine | Generation Jean | Rock | No | |
| Big Wreck | Around – Single | Rock | CanCon | |
| Kai Korven | Bug on Head – Single | Folk | CanCon | |
| Brodie Christ | Born Middle End – Single | Rock | CanCon | |
| Across Waves | Landmark – Single | Rock | CanCon | |
| Emilie Thorsby | Amazing as Hell – Single | Pop | No | |
| Jacob Moon | Under a Setting Sun | Folk | CanCon | |
| Paris Pick | Third Time’s a Charm | Pop | CanCon | |
| TRIBZ | TRIBZ | Rock | CanCon | |
| The Holy Ghost | Out of the Hands of the Wicked – Single | Folk | CanCon | |
| Clout gAMe | Royal Classic | Hip Hop | CanCon | |
| GreenWing | All Hard Feelings – Single | Rock | CanCon | |
| Paulina Morgan | Closure – Single | Pop | CanCon | |
| ebi soda | frank dean and andrew | Jazz | No | |
| Von Freeman | Never Let Me Go | Jazz | No | |
| Jason Palmer | Shorter Songs | Jazz | No | |
| Chris Byars | The Dark Forest | Jazz | No | |
| Andy Laverne | Crystal Night | Jazz | No | |
| Mandatory Overtime | L.A.M.B.O – Single | Punk | CanCon | |
| Gao Hong & Baluji Shrivastav | NEELAM | World | No | |
| Justin Karas | Flowers Wild Abound | Folk | CanCon | |
| Camilla Sparksss | ICU Run | Electronic | Clean and Explicit versions available | CanCon |
Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:
Tracklist:
Motivation – You Can’t Even Walk In The Park
Paul Bollenback – Jittery Bugs
Ebi Soda – bamboo
Dan Rosenboom – Josephine’s Dream
Till Bronner – Parole Parole (feat. Chiara Civello)
Clout Game – Ray Romano
TicTacTec – Forget Yesterday
Camilla Sparksss – I Like the Noise
Erster Sohn – Answer the Phone
J Anders – Used To
Raphaela – Bittersweet
Emilie Thorsby – Amazing as Hell
With Violet – Dancing Where You Left Me Alone
Paulina Morgan – Closure
Neil Haverty – Some Days
Justin Karas – Ode
Kai Korven – Bug on Head
Long Prairie – Memories of You Run Through My Mind
Brian Gallagher – Manitoba Love
Glenn A. Johnson – Back to Nova Scotia
Duke & Goldie – West End Queen
Jacob Moon – Song That Won’t Leave You Alone
GreenWing – All Hard Feelings
Across Waves – Landmark
Chore – Meth Grad
Softlung – Glass House
Rhynos – 1982
Impolite Society – New Orleans
Mandatory Overtime – L.A.M.B.O
The Mendozaz – Late Stage 12 Gauge
Stray Dawg and the Wolves – Tell Her That You Love Her
See y’all next time!
dan kellar
Woolwich, ON – The Region of Waterloo’s four rural townships are hosting their 5th annual Taste The Countryside initiative, launching on September 15th with the Countryside Harvest Meal. Along with the fundraising dinner, the other main event is a 10-day “Dining Trail”, which begins on September 25th, has been organised to highlight restaurants throughout the townships.
While the overall initiative seeks to support farm-to-table dining in the region, this year’s organizers are also putting a focus on local food security with a portion of the Harvest Meal’s ticket sales going to support local food banks. Taste the Countryside’s support for local food banks is very timely; according to the The Food Bank of Waterloo Region, 1 in 8 households across the region access food from support organizations.
This show features an interview with Kurtis Wells, the Economic Development and Tourism Officer for the Township of Woolwich.
Background restaurant noise was pulled from WikiCommons and is public domain.
Download: https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RadioNowhere240803Episode74Summer.mp3, 57m39s, 80.0 MBytes
| Jessica | The Allman Brothers Band |
| Living in the USA | Steve Miller Band |
| Hot Summer Days | It’s a Beautiful Day |
| Time of the Season | The Zombies |
| Are You Ready | Grand Funk Railroad |
| White Bird | It’s a Beautiful Day |
| Feelin’ Alright | Joe Cocker |
| All Right Now | Free |
| The Wasp (Texas Radio And The Big Beat) | The Doors |
| Girls In Their Summer Clothes | Bruce Springsteen |
| Saturday in the Park | Chicago |
| Windows Are Rolled Down | Amos Lee |
| Sunny Days | Lighthouse |
| Surfin’ USA | Beach Boys |
Abby Cooper of Hearts Open For Everyone comes into the studio to talk about H.O.P.E. and the Multicultural Festival of Elmira.
The interview starts at 6m35s.
https://heartsopenforeveryone.ca/multicultural-festival-of-elmira/
Download: ckms-community-connections-2025-09-08-episode216-abby-cooper-of-hearts-open-for-everyone.mp3 (52 MB, 57m00s, episode 216)
| Time | Title | Album | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0m00s | Theme for CKMS Community Connections ccc |
CKMS Community Connections |
Steve Todd |
| 0m46s | Old Ghosts |
 (YouTube) |
Awake & Dreaming |
| 6m35s | Abby Cooper talks about the origins of Hearts Open For Everyone. | ||
| 7m47s | Abby tells us about the Multicultural Festival of Elmira and why it’s not the “Elmira Multicultural Festival” — it’s to avoid acronym confustion with the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival, which has provided support to MFE. | ||
| 9m19s | Abby tells us about the needs for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, and the reasons for H.O.P.E. It is more than just the MFE, and focuses on the rural townships. There has been a lot of acceptance, with more and more people attending their events. Abby, who is a person of colour herself, hasn’t experience racism or exclusion in Elmira, but the Region of Waterloo is rated one of the worst communities for hate crimes. H.O.P.E.‘s approach is to educate about culture. The MFE is the showcase event to make that happen. | ||
| 17m02s | Kaleidoscope |
 Rodeo Heart |
Codename Justine |
| 21m00s | Abby runs down the entertainment and food at the Multicultural Festival of Elmira. | ||
| 29m41s | Redeye |
 (single) |
The Whythouse |
| 33m01s | Abby tells us of the other activities that are happening at the MFE. There are eight cultures represented in the Cultural Tent. There’s an art project, the mural produced will be exhibited at the Breslau branch of the Region of Waterloo Library. There is Indigenous hair braiding, and a presentation on lacrosse. There are also Mennonite exhibits. And there’s free henna art and face painting. | ||
| 39m45s | Abby tells us of some of the logistics of planning, which started in January. Telling us how the organization grew. Abby gives contact info on how to get involved. E-mail Abby at acooper@heartsopenforeveryone.ca | ||
| 42m26s | Things Aren’t Like They Used To Be |
 LoFi Mind II |
LoFi Mind |
| 46m46s | Talking about other volunteer opportunities throughout the year, including placement opportunities from Conestoga College. Abby gives a bit more of the support and sponsors for the festival. There are two streams of funding, one for H.O.P.E., the other for MFE. | ||
| 51m33s | Abby tells us of her plans after the MFE is over: A birthday celebration for her nephew! And there will be other programs, like a Muslim workshop in October/November, talking about hate crimes. In December there is “Holidays With H.O.P.E.“, how different cultures celebrate their holidays. Check the H.O.P.E. website for more upcoming events. | ||
| 55m30s | 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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Video: CKMS Community Connections for Monday 8 September 2025 (Radio Waterloo Video, 288 MB)
Show notes and podcast interview content is Copyright © 2025 by the participants, and released under a Creative Commons Attribution Only license. Copy, re-use, and derivative works are allowed with attribution to Radio Waterloo and a link to this page. Music selections are copyright by the respective rights holders. The theme music is written and performed by Steven Todd.
