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Meet The Candidate – 2025 Federal Election Campaign Analysis

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Bob Jonkman in the CKMS-FM studio
Bob Jonkman analyzes the campaigns of the parties running in the 2025 Federal Election, and gives some commentary on electoral reform and proportional representation.

This program aired on Monday 28 April 2025.


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YouTube: Meet The Candidate: 2025 Federal Election Summary

The views expressed in this program are not necessarily those of the Radio Waterloo Board of Directors, volunteers, sponsors, or advertisers.

All candidates in Waterloo Region were invited by e-mail, the party’s online contact form, or on social media. Some have declined to participate, others have not responded.

The candidate’s presentation, the podcast, and the show notes are Copyright © 2025 by the participants, and released under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. You are free to use this material, as long as you provide credit and a link back to this page.

The theme music used in Meet The Candidate is Falling Sky by Jason Shaw of AudionautiX.com and used under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #76

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

Wasabi Samba Animo Latin No
Wasabi Samba Alv! – Single Latin No
Wasabi Samba Chido – Single Latin No
Wasabi Samba Ontas? – Single Latin No
Cactus for Breakfast Strangers for Tonight Rock No
Mira Choquette Hier Encore Jazz CanCon
Raina Krangle Big Yellow Taxi Folk CanCon
Ryan Wayne Functioning Dysfunctionals Folk CanCon
Light Blending In, Plains Apparition, & Haunted Ghost Cold Flame Ambient CanCon
Carolyn Wonderland Truth Is Blues No
Naomi Skye Ghost – Single Folk CanCon
kpec3 arrival No Other Saves – Single Electronic / Christian No
Penny & the Pits Liquid Compactor Rock CanCon
Ou de Fait Ou de Fait Alternative CanCon/KWCon
Eric Tingstad Compassion – Single New Age No
Matt McBane Buoy Ambient No
Tobacco City Horses Folk Track 5 is explicit No
Nico Paulo interval_o Folk No
Eyed Jay Strangeland Folk No
prchr. exhausted – Single Rock Instrumental is also available No
The Commoners Live in the UK Rock No
8know8 SHE Electronic CanCon
FRANKIE FLOWERS HEX – Single Alternative CanCon/KWCon
Strange Plants Horseshoe Smile – Single Rock CanCon
Dirty Nil Gallop of the Hounds – Single Punk CanCon
Alexander Gallant Me and My Oldest Friend Folk CanCon
Drew Smith Leaf by Leaf Rock CanCon
The Gold Needles Supernature – Single Rock No
Jose Barranquero Exosfera World No
Devin Grey Antikleptocracy – Single Jazz No
Devin Grey Virtue Signaling – Single Jazz No
HuDost Broken Down in America – Single Folk Acoustic version available as well No
Steph Cameron Blood Moon Folk CanCon
Baby Volcano SUPERVIVENEXIA Pop No
The Dan Kirouac Band But Still I Pray – Single Rock No
Dan Kirouac & Nichole Devitro Many Years Later – Single Pop No
Suns Out You Think You Matter To Me – Single Hip Hop NSFR No
Antoine Corriveau Oiseau de Nuit Folk CanCon
Kat Krys Not Your Friend – Single Country CanCon
Moone Rockstar Mum – Single Rock No
Keybone feat. Dr. Jazz I Only Have Eyes For You – Single Hip Hop No
Bells Larsen Blurring Time Folk CanCon

Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:

Tracklist:

Takuya Kuroda – Car 16 15 A
Sheldon Agwu – This Infinite Dream I Call You
Dream Brigade – Reverse Palindrome
Katherine Kyu Hyeon Lim & Joey Chang – Crackling Rice
Mira Choquette – Just Friends
Jose Barranquero – Totoro (feat. Melisa Bertossi)
Wasabi Samba – Animo
Devin Grey – Virtue Signaling
Ou de Fait – So We Formed a Committee to Discuss the Problem
FRANKIE FLOWERS – HEX
The Dirty Nil – Gallop of the Hounds
Cactus for Breakfast – Strangers for Tonight
Prchr. – Exhausted
Vampire Slumber Party – Behold, the Ogre
Matthew James – Solace in the Silence
Armoire – je sais que tu sais
The Dan Kirouac Band – But Still I Pray
Bells Larsen – 514-415
Drew Smith – Don’t Lose Yourself
Alexander Gallant – Me and My Oldest Friend
Ryan Wayne – Love’s Lost Languages
Naomi Skye – Ghost
Roy Head – Slow Down, But Don’t Stop
Sohayla Smith – Teenage Dirtbag
Raina Krangle – Big Yellow Taxi
Keybone & Dr. Jazz – I Only Have Eyes For You
The Bapti$$ – Mister 808
Aidan Skira – Control (She’s So)
Baby Volcano – Delish
Katja T – Lucky Me
8know8 – Stargazer
Kpec3 arrival – No Other Saves
Jay Williams – ABISHAG (Ancient Mix)
The Nathaniel Hardy Project – Ahhhh Yeah!!! (feat. Faith R. Hardy-Molina) 2025 Remaster

See y’all next time!

CKMS News -2025-04-25- More Strong Mayor Powers Granted In Waterloo Region

CKMS News -2025-04-25- More Strong Mayor Powers Granted In Waterloo Region

dan kellar
Waterloo Region, ON –
On May 1st, mayors of 169 small and medium sized municipalities will be granted Strong Mayor Powers by the provincial government, giving them new abilities to direct hirings, enact by-laws, and set their budgets with less democratic participation by city councillors or the public. Since 2023, 47 other mayors have been granted the new status.

The conservative government says that the powers will help municipalities deliver on provincial priorities like building homes and infrastructure.  However, data from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation  shows that housing starts were down 33% in January and February compared to the same months in 2024, leading critics, including the Green Party to question the effectiveness of the Strong Mayor strategy.

This show starts with an interview with MPP Clancy and moves onto interviews with the Mayor of Wilmot Township Natasha Salonen, and Mayor Sandy Shantz of Woolwich Township, who are both about to be granted the Strong Mayor Powers.  Also included is a statement CKMS News received from Waterloo Mayor Dorothy McCabe.

CKMS Community Connections for 21 April 2025 with Breanna MacLeod of ActOUT! KW

Show Notes

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Breanna MacLeod

Breanna MacLeod of ActOUT! KW talks to co-hosts Suzanne Craig-Whytock and Bob Jonkman.

The interview starts at 2m48s.

ActOUT! KW Online:

Upcoming Events

'Act out' (Illustration of a crown)

Podcast

Download: ckms-community-connections-2025-04-21-episode193-breanna-macleod-of-actout-kw.mp3 (54 MB, 58m30s, episode 193)

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
0m53s Calm News Audio Boffins IV (white letters on a gradient brown backgrouns)
IV
Audio Boffins
2m48s Breanna MacLeod introduces “ActOUT Kitchener Waterloo Children’s Drama Workshop”, but they tend to go by ActOUT! They do theatre by kids, for kids, and giving them experiences with live theatre that are hard to come by in a modern age. They stage full productions with kids as actors and participants. They partner with other community organizations, like KW Little Theatre, The Registry Theater, and Cambridge Arts Theatre. And they’re doing a play in Waterloo Park.
4m27s And they’ll be doing some radio theatre, live in the CKMS-FM studio this Friday, 25 April 2025 at 5:00pm. The script is based on an old Oscar Wilde story called The Canterville Ghost. The kids have added some of their own material as well.
9m25s Kids not only learn acting, but also script writing, blocking, stage management, lights and sound. Many of the people helping with assistant directing, assistant stage management are volunteers. Some are former participants in the program! And some have gone on to Stratford or Drayton. But most don’t, they leave with a better appreciation of theatre arts. In the program they’ve done musicals, plays, stage combat, drama, comedy. They’re always looking for new opportunities.
19m06s She Gone Do The Whythouse
She Gone Do
(AI illustration of a woman with long pink hair in a bikini top and jeans running away from flames)
(single)
The Whythouse
22m24s Suzanne and Breanna talk about scriptwriting, and finding appropriate and engaging material for performances. Breanna tells us about last year’s play in the park, Marian. Local scriptwriters can contact ActOUT! at info@actoutkw.com.
27m58s Getting help from the community: Breanna met Jeff Stager from Radio Waterloo at the Community Picnic. They have a lot of contacts through different theatres, like Nadia at KWLT, and also Drayton Entertainment.
30m23s Having a safe space to express yourself is important. There are participants with neurodivergence, or anxiety, kids experimenting with gender or part of the LGBTQ+ population. Theatre is a very supportive environment.
32m23s Breanna takes us through the process of setting up a new production: Finding the script, one suitable for a bigger cast (particularly the musicals!) The actors are double-cast, one as more of a major role, and a second as a background player. Then looking for staff, such as director, choreographer, musical director. These are paid positions! Some programs a Laurier University have provided directors and other people from their theatre program. A musical may start rehearsing in September to prepare for a performance in December. Kids may put in six hours a week of rehearsal for a musical! This would be three hours on a weekday, and three more hours on a weekend. Then there might be eight shows over two weeks.
43m09 Model Railroad Town Allison Brown | Stitches and Incisions (illustration of a woman sitting on grass with a guitar)
Stiches and Incisions
Allison Brown
45m24s ActOUT! KW has been around for 30 years, Breanna has been involved for about 10 years, in various roles from Board member to General Manager. Breanna reviews a number of the upcoming programs and performances. And they’ll be announcing new programs and performances in June. The Board decides what performances are mounted. Always looking for volunteers: volunteer@actoutkw.com. People working with the children will have to undergo a vulnerable sector check. You can sign up your kids through the website.
56m18s Breanna reviews all the contact information, and reviews the upcoming Radio Theatre production. 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.

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

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Bonus Video

Video: CKMS Community Connections for Monday 21 April 2025 (YouTube)

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

Meet The Candidate: Douglas Ross, PPC candidate for Waterloo

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Dougal Ross
Douglas Ross, People’s Party of Canada candidate for Waterloo came into the CKMS-FM studios for Meet The Candidate to talk to the voters on Thursday 24 April 2025.


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YouTube: Meet The Candidate: Douglas Ross, PPC candidate for Waterloo

The views expressed in this program are not necessarily those of the Radio Waterloo Board of Directors, volunteers, sponsors, or advertisers.

All candidates in Waterloo Region were invited by e-mail, the party’s online contact form, or on social media. Some have declined to participate, others have not responded.

The candidate’s presentation, the podcast, and the show notes are Copyright © 2025 by the participants, and released under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. You are free to use this material, as long as you provide credit and a link back to this page.

The theme music used in Meet The Candidate is Falling Sky by Jason Shaw of AudionautiX.com and used under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Through the Static Episode 59 – 23/04/25

Songs to brush the gloomy days away as spring springs into action, or maybe just to fall asleep to, whatever suits your vibe!

  • Cloudbusting – Kate Bush
  • In the Night – Silver Pools
  • 4am – Our Lady Peace
  • Beware of the Dogs – Stella Donnelly
  • Lungs – Stella Donnelly
  • Hey Joe – Jimi Hendrix
  • Full Control – Snail Mail
  • Peaceful Easy Feeling – Eagles

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Meet The Candidate: Wasai Rahimi, PPC candidate for Kitchener Centre

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Wasai Rahimi
Wasai Rahimi, PPC candidate for Kitchener Centre came into the CKMS-FM studio for “Meet The Candidate” on Wednesday 23 April 2025.


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YouTube: Meet The Candidate: Wasai Rahimi, PPC candidate for Kitchener Centre

The views expressed in this program are not necessarily those of the Radio Waterloo Board of Directors, volunteers, sponsors, or advertisers.

All candidates in Waterloo Region were invited by e-mail, the party’s online contact form, or on social media. Some have declined to participate, others have not responded.

The candidate’s presentation, the podcast, and the show notes are Copyright © 2025 by the participants, and released under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. You are free to use this material, as long as you provide credit and a link back to this page.

The theme music used in Meet The Candidate is Falling Sky by Jason Shaw of AudionautiX.com and used under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Meet The Candidate: Kathleen Dueck, United Party candidate for Kitchener South — Hespeler

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Kathleen Dueck and Margaretha Dyck
Kathleen Dueck, United Party of Canada candidate for Kitchener South — Hespeler came into the CKMS-FM studio for “Meet The Candidate” on Wednesday 23 April 2025. She was accompanied by Margaretha Dyck, United Party candidate for Kitchener Centre.


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YouTube: Meet The Candidate: Kathleen Dueck, United Party candidate for Kitchener South — Hespeler

The views expressed in this program are not necessarily those of the Radio Waterloo Board of Directors, volunteers, sponsors, or advertisers.

All candidates in Waterloo Region were invited by e-mail, the party’s online contact form, or on social media. Some have declined to participate, others have not responded.

The candidate’s presentation, the podcast, and the show notes are Copyright © 2025 by the participants, and released under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. You are free to use this material, as long as you provide credit and a link back to this page.

The theme music used in Meet The Candidate is Falling Sky by Jason Shaw of AudionautiX.com and used under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Meet The Candidate: Ethan Russell, Green Party candidate for Kitchener South — Hespeler

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Ethan Russell

Ethan Russell, Green Party candidate for Kitchener South — Hespeler came into the CKMS-FM studio for “Meet The Candidate” on Tuesday 22 April 2025.

 


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YouTube: Meet The Candidate: Ethan Russell, Green Party candidate for Kitchener South — Hespeler

The views expressed in this program are not necessarily those of the Radio Waterloo Board of Directors, volunteers, sponsors, or advertisers.

All candidates in Waterloo Region were invited by e-mail, the party’s online contact form, or on social media. Some have declined to participate, others have not responded.

The candidate’s presentation, the podcast, and the show notes are Copyright © 2025 by the participants, and released under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. You are free to use this material, as long as you provide credit and a link back to this page.

The theme music used in Meet The Candidate is Falling Sky by Jason Shaw of AudionautiX.com and used under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Radio Nowhere Episode 111, 4/19/25

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Like a Stone Audioslave
Liar Liar The Castaways
The Place I Left Behind The Deep Dark Woods
Sit Down I Think I Love You Buffalo Springfield
Let My Love Open the Door Peter Townshend
Carter and Cash Richard Laviolette
One Headlight The Wallflowers
High Flying Bird Jefferson Airplane
The Locomotion Little Eva
The Locomotion Grand Funk Railroad
Dead Leaves and Dirty Ground White Stripes
Love Ain’t For Keeping The Who
49 Bye-Byes Crosby, Stills & Nash
Rainy Day, Dream Away The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Heart of Glass Blondie

Meet The Candidate: Kevin Dupuis, PPC candidate for Kitchener — Conestoga

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Kevin Dupuis

Kevin Dupuis, People’s Party of Canada candidate for Kitchener — Conestoga came into the CKMS-FM studio for “Meet The Candidate” on Monday 21 April 2025.

 


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YouTube: Meet The Candidate: Kevin Dupuis, PPC candidate for Kitchener — Conestoga

The views expressed in this program are not necessarily those of the Radio Waterloo Board of Directors, volunteers, sponsors, or advertisers.

All candidates in Waterloo Region were invited by e-mail, the party’s online contact form, or on social media. Some have declined to participate, others have not responded.

The candidate’s presentation, the podcast, and the show notes are Copyright © 2025 by the participants, and released under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. You are free to use this material, as long as you provide credit and a link back to this page.

The theme music used in Meet The Candidate is Falling Sky by Jason Shaw of AudionautiX.com and used under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #75

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

Cheyanne Summer We’ve Got Time Pop CanCon
Ostara Project Roots Jazz CanCon
Simon & Paul Vowels Punk CanCon
Alan Pasqua New Hope Jazz No
kpec3 arrival Greater is HE – Single Rock / Christian No
TeethOut Brittle but Elite Punk CanCon
Trivan Dark Malicious Desire – Single Metal No
Ana Marija Sr ‘Moj tajni lutkar’ – Single Electronic No
Morten Haxholm Magnolia – Single Jazz No
DEREV TROUBLED MIND Rock CanCon
The Tennessee Cree Hellbound Train – Single Folk CanCon
Brian Sumner I Used To Love You – Single Folk No
NO HAY BANDA & Steven Takasugi Il Teatro Rosso Classical CanCon
Dean Young Blue Tequila Nights – Single Country CanCon
Heather Feather Happy for You – Single Pop / Children’s Music CanCon
Jack Judd Birdie – Single Folk Instrumental also available No
Vampire Slumber Party HOLES Rock No
Aidan Skira Control (She’s So) – Single Hip Hop NSFR CanCon
Dear Rouge Black to Gold (Stripped) – Single Rock CanCon
The Bapti$$ Mister 808 – Single Hip Hop NSFR CanCon
Joe Lapinski Hurt a Bird – Single Folk CanCon
Jont Fingers Crossed – Single Folk No
TR3NT 5150 – Single Alternative CanCon
TR3NT Composure – Single Alternative CanCon
TR3NT Different Cities – Single Alternative CanCon
TR3NT Dreams or Nightmares – Single Alternative CanCon
TR3NT Falling From The Sky – Single Alternative CanCon
TR3NT Notice Me – Single Alternative CanCon
TR3NT Pride – Single Alternative CanCon
Sam Dickinson Gemini Duets Jazz CanCon
Crossword Smiles Consequences & Detours Rock No
Oliver Lutz Calamari Fantasy Jazz No
Web Web Plexus Plexus Jazz No
Chick Boyd F*** Don’t Fight Make Love Not War Pop NSFR CanCon
Dual Dialect Wild Plants Cover the Abandoned Nuclear Site Electronic No
Museums IN WAVES – Single Rock CanCon
Museums Sink Your Teeth – EP Rock CanCon
Lost Planet Airmen Forgotten Son – Single Punk CanCon
Patche Boulet – Single Electronic No
Bad Bad Joel Another Day With You – Single Electronic CanCon
Armoire Genre, Emo! Rock CanCon
Roy Head Last Time Around Blues No
Takuya Karoda EVERYDAY Jazz No
Sheldon Agwu Kintsugi Jazz No
Katherine Kyu Hyeon Lim & Joey Chang Muzosynth Orchestra Vol. 1 Jazz No
Dream Brigade Dream Brigade Jazz No
Sohayla Smith Teenage Dirtbag (Cover) – Single Country CanCon
Jay Williams ABISHAG (Ancient Mix) – Single Electronic No
The Legendary Ten Seconds Ricardian Argosy Folk No
Gwynn Davies Only a Boy When You Needed a Man Folk CanCon
Katja T Lucky Me – Single Pop No
REDDSTAR F33L G00D – Single Rock No

Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:

Tracklist:

Ostara Project – Dreams and Olive Trees
Sam Dickinson – My Shepherd Collie Baby
Oliver Lutz – SWOOSH
Web Web – Bird’s Lament
Marie Morck – Look for the Silver Lining
Morten Haxholm – Magnolia
Alan Pasqua – I Don’t Know Why (I Just Do)
Dual Dialect – Rise like Emerald Serpents
Patche – Boulet
Bad Bad Joel – Another Day Without You
Ana Marija Sir – Moj Tanji Lutkar (feat. N I K O L I N A)
Olivier Loridan – Valentine Theme
Kerrier Collective x wolf peaches – Fake Silence
Alexander Flood – Don’t Wait 4 Me (feat. Kara Manning)
Cheyanne Summer – Do You Love Me?
Sugar Soap – Time to Come Alive
Gardener – Spinning Out
Ribbon Skirt – Wrong Planet
Simon & Paul – Wee Oo
TeethOut – Lifeline II (feat. Madison Regan from Last Good Thing)
Lost Planet Airmen – Forgotten Son
Crossword Smiles – Night Train
TR3NT – Notice Me
Kpec3 arrival – Greater is HE
Kasador – I Don’t Hate You (But I’m Trying)
Sister Ray – Andrew Alexander
Joe Lapinski – Hurt a Bird
Brian Sumner – I Used To Love You
The Legendary Ten Seconds – King in the Car Park
Jont – Fingers Crossed
The Tennessee Cree – Hellbound Train
Dean Young – Blue Tequila Nights
Rachel Kane – Holler at the Wind

See y’all next time!

Meet The Candidate: Simon Guthrie, Green Party candidate for Waterloo

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Simon Guthrie and Eric
Simon Guthrie, the Green Party of Canada candidate for Waterloo came into the CKMS-FM studios on Friday 18 April 2025 to speak to the voters.


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YouTube: Meet The Candidate: Simon Guthrie, Green Party candidate for Waterloo

The views expressed in this program are not necessarily those of the Radio Waterloo Board of Directors, volunteers, sponsors, or advertisers.

All candidates in Waterloo Region were invited by e-mail, the party’s online contact form, or on social media. Some have declined to participate, others have not responded.

The candidate’s presentation, the podcast, and the show notes are Copyright © 2025 by the participants, and released under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. You are free to use this material, as long as you provide credit and a link back to this page.

The theme music used in Meet The Candidate is Falling Sky by Jason Shaw of AudionautiX.com and used under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

CKMS News -2025-04-17- Local cycling route finder app rolls in with big update

CKMS News -2025-04-17- Local cycling route finder app rolls in with big update.

dan kellar
Waterloo, ON –
With the launch of “version 2” of the Cycling Guide, Mark Connolly told CKMS News that the app will find “the best available, low stress, cycling friendly routes available” to get a cyclist to a destination.  Connolly, who is the executive director of the not-for-profit Cycling Guide Foundation, and a programmer on the project spoke with CKMS News earlier this week.

Cycling Guide is a free app that uses data from the open-source Open Street Maps to create routes to a set destination that favours safe cycling infrastructure. The app will show a cyclist where they may encounter more stressful riding situations through a colour coded system, and allow a user to select the route that best fits their comfort levels.

Version 2 of the app still only provides routes in Waterloo Region and Guelph, but Connolly told CKMS News that it is beta testing in Ottawa, Sarnia-Lambton, and Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Meet The Candidate: Hans Roach, Independent candidate for Waterloo

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Hans Roach
Hans Roach, an Independent candidate for Waterloo came into the CKMS-FM studio to talk to the voters on Thursday, 17 April 2025.


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YouTube: Meet The Candidate: Hans Roach, Independent candidate for Waterloo

The views expressed in this program are not necessarily those of the Radio Waterloo Board of Directors, volunteers, sponsors, or advertisers.

All candidates in Waterloo Region were invited by e-mail, the party’s online contact form, or on social media. Some have declined to participate, others have not responded.

The candidate’s presentation, the podcast, and the show notes are Copyright © 2025 by the participants, and released under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. You are free to use this material, as long as you provide credit and a link back to this page.

The theme music used in Meet The Candidate is Falling Sky by Jason Shaw of AudionautiX.com and used under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Meet The Candidate: Jamie Hari, Independent candidate for Waterloo

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Jami Hari and Kaden Hari
Jamie Hari, an Independent candidate for Waterloo came into the CKMS-FM studio to talk to the voters on Thursday 17 2025. He was accompanied by Kaden Hari.


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YouTube: Meet The Candidate: Jamie Hari, Independent candidate for Waterloo

The views expressed in this program are not necessarily those of the Radio Waterloo Board of Directors, volunteers, sponsors, or advertisers.

All candidates in Waterloo Region were invited by e-mail, the party’s online contact form, or on social media. Some have declined to participate, others have not responded.

The candidate’s presentation, the podcast, and the show notes are Copyright © 2025 by the participants, and released under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. You are free to use this material, as long as you provide credit and a link back to this page.

The theme music used in Meet The Candidate is Falling Sky by Jason Shaw of AudionautiX.com and used under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Through the Static Episode 58 – 16/04/2025

Taking you around the country tonight to bring you some fun Canadian tunes, and a couple non-Canadian ones that just make me feel happy 🙂 Sit back and enjoy!

  • Smile Like You Mean It – The Killers
  • Plants – Crumb
  • It – Rheostatics
  • Saskatchewan – Rheostatics
  • Wheat Kings – The Tragically Hip
  • Shaking All Over – The Guess Who
  • Sunflower – Dizzy
  • The Magician – Dizzy

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CKMS News – 2025-04-16- “Elbows Up For Climate” action and economic sovereignty in Waterloo

CKMS News – 2025-04-16- “Elbows Up For Climate” action and economic sovereignty in Waterloo.

dan kellar
Waterloo, ON – Waterloo mayor Dorothy McCabe has joined more than 160 other civic leaders across the country to demand that Canada’s federal and provincial leaders respond to the ” dual threats of tariffs and climate change” by taking bold action on climate initiatives and supporting the national economy.

The demands are presented in a letter released by the Elbows Up for Climate Campaign, a group of elected municipal officials, and argues that the status-quo approaches to climate action is not working. The letter proposes “five bold and achievable ideas the next federal government can implement as soon as it is elected, to tariff-proof our economy and create a jobs boom in every community”

To bring the letter’s demands into a local context, CKMS News spoke with Mayor McCabe, who discussed climate risks in Waterloo Region, actions the city is taking to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, and what economic sovereignty looks like in the region.

Meet The Candidate: Bardish Chagger, Liberal candidate for Waterloo

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Bardish Chagger and Mike Schmidt
Bardish Chagger, Liberal Party of Canada candidate for Waterloo came into the CKMS-FM studio to speak to the voters on Wednesday, 16 April 2025. She was accompanied by her campaign manager, Mike Schmidt.


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All candidates in Waterloo Region were invited by e-mail, the party’s online contact form, or on social media. Some have declined to participate, others have not responded.

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The theme music used in Meet The Candidate is Falling Sky by Jason Shaw of AudionautiX.com and used under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

#AltElxn2025: Who Do You Trust? Bias, Perception and the Media

This episode of #AltElxn2025 Radio for the Canadian Election National Campus and Community Radio Association Association nationale des radios étudiantes and communautaires (NCRA microphone logo, maple leaf logo, and a background of a hand inserting a ballot into a ballot box)#AltElxn 2025 takes a closer look at bias in the media—what it is, how it shows up in election coverage, and how it affects the way people make decisions. The program explores personal reflections, systemic regulation, training and trust in journalism, ownership and audience perception, and Indigenous perspectives on media and democracy.

This is Episode Two of #AltElxn2025, airing on CKMS-FM at 9:30am on Tuesday, 15 April 2025. #AltElxn2025 is a four episode series syndicated from the NCRA/ANREC and airs on CKMS-FM as part of Meet The Candidate: 2025 Federal Election, weekdays from 9:02am to 10:00am from 7 to 29 April 2025.

Host/Producer: Barry Rooke


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Time Segment Content Summary
00:00 – 00:30 Intro & Welcome Barry introduces himself, the theme of the episode, and acknowledges the support from the Covering Canada Election 2025 Fund.
00:30 – 02:24 Personal Bias Reflection Barry reflects on his own explicit and implicit biases and shares how his identity and background shape his media lens.
02:24 – 03:21 Overview of C-11 & the CRTC Context on Canadian media regulation, introduction to Bill C-11 and the role of the CRTC.
03:21 – 04:48 Interview: Bram Abramson (CRTC) Bram explains the three pillars of Canadian broadcasting and how the CRTC focuses on structural rather than content regulation.
04:48 – 07:50 Interview: Andrew Mrozowski (CUP) Andrew discusses why he became a journalist, the importance of training and editorial safeguards, and the role of journalism in balancing different truths.
07:50 – 09:07 Commentary: Journalism Schools Closing Barry reflects on the closing of journalism programs across Ontario and its impact on ethical storytelling.
09:07 – 10:27 Interview: Connie Thiessen (Broadcast Dialogue) Connie emphasizes the importance of fact-checking, avoiding noise, and resisting influence from advertisers and ownership.
10:27 – 11:58 Commentary: Ownership & Media Trust Barry introduces the issue of media ownership and how it shapes public trust.
11:58 – 12:30 Continuation: Connie Thiessen Connie shares personal experience with editorial pressure and stresses journalistic integrity as the foundation for trust.
12:30 – 15:28 Interview: Aya Alshahwany (PIAC) Aya explores ownership, public media bias perception, and headlines as subtle influencers of narrative framing.
15:28 – 18:45 Interview: Kristin Kozar & Harry Lock (Public Media Alliance) Kristin and Harry discuss trust in public media, due impartiality, and how selective content consumption distorts perceptions of bias.
18:45 – 25:11 Voice Note: Eden FineDay (IndigiNews) Eden reflects on colonial systems, Indigenous values, trust in community, and voting skepticism. Powerful closing reflections on who she trusts.
25:11 – 26:19 Final Commentary: Aya (clip) A final reflection from Aya on the need for healthy skepticism and cross-source reading when facing unfamiliar or challenging narratives.
26:19 – 27:05 Closing Thoughts by Barry Summary of episode themes: training, trust, media literacy, and the unseen influence of headlines and algorithms.
27:05 – 28:00 Sign-Off Barry reminds listeners to tune into the live broadcast on April 28 and thanks funders: Public Policy Forum, Rideau Hall Foundation, and Michener Awards Foundation.

Transcript available on request.

Meet The Candidate: Val Neekman, Independent candidate for Waterloo

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Val Neekman, Independent candidate for Waterloo came into the CKMS-FM studio to talk to the voters on Monday 14 April 2025. He was accompanied by Zack.


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The views expressed in this program are not necessarily those of the Radio Waterloo Board of Directors, volunteers, sponsors, or advertisers.

All candidates in Waterloo Region were invited by e-mail, the party’s online contact form, or on social media. Some have declined to participate, others have not responded.

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Radio Nowhere Episode 110, 4/12/25

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Johnny Got a Boom Boom Imelda May
Souldance Number Three Wilson Picket
Hear Me Calling Ten Years After
Cry Baby Janis Joplin
La Venganza de los Pelados Café Tacuba/Los Lobos
Nickel and a Spoon Alejandro Escovedo
Mama Cam Cole
Into Your Arms Lemonheads
I Heard it Through the Grapevine Marvin Gaye
I Heard It Through the Grapevine Creedence Clearwater Revival
I’m Speeding Up LIV
Bad Love Eric Clapton
32-20 Blues Eric Clapton
How Far I Would Go The Lowest Pair

 

New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #74

What’s up, y’all? Here is what I have added to Libretime since last week:

Meggi Faye Messed Up Place – Single Folk CanCon/KWCon
Psychedlic Dirt Most Frantic Rock Owen Sound CanCon
Typical TENNIS CHAINS – Single Hip Hop CanCon
BODY MINUS HEAD AN EXERCISE IN SELF SUFFICIENCY Punk CanCon/KWCon
Mike Hargreaves Smiling – Single Pop CanCon
Jazzanova Jazzanova Live: Revisited Jazz No
Icarus Phoenix Love – Single Rock No
Frogg Eclipse Metal Tracks 2, 4, and 7 are explicit No
Siri Neel I’m a Maze – Single Pop No
Olivier Loridan Valentine Theme – Single Electronic No
Kerrier Collective x Wolf Peaches Rotten Fingers Electronic No
Alexander Flood Artifactual Rhythm Electronic No
Rosalie Moscoe Kids Power Pop / Children’s Music CanCon
Yurgen Ilaender You Can’t Take Our Country, You Can’t Take Our Game – Single Rock CanCon
Nic Ferron Trio Multiverse Jazz CanCon
borza Toujours – Single Pop CanCon
Mikayla Menzies Misery – Single Alternative CanCon
Kasador Kasador I – EP Rock CanCon
Bernadette Connors White Magnolia – Single Folk CanCon
Danko Jones What You Need – Single Rock CanCon
Lights WHITE PAPER PALM TREES / SURFACE TENSION – Single Pop CanCon
Cinephonic Refuge Jazz CanCon
Sugar Soap Time to Come Alive – Single Rock No
Anthony Braxton Trillium X Classical 8-Disc Collection No
Bitterjuice Punch – Single Hip Hop Instrumentals are available CanCon
Cam Pierce a Thousand Loney Horses Folk No
Olivia Hahn Lust Over Love – Single Pop CanCon
Yan Zed Thrown Into Life Country CanCon
Matthew James Solace in the Silence – Single Rock CanCon
Robert Thomas and the Sessionmen The Way We Roll Folk CanCon
Brian Fechino A Safe Place Ambient No
Trivan Blackened Heart’s Pledge – Single Metal No
Big Joe Shelton The Older I Get The Better I Was – Single Blues No
Tom Dunphy Everything Was New Country CanCon
Ribbon Skirt Bite Down Alternative CanCon
Gardener Spinning Out – Single Pop CanCon
Kele Fleming and Art Bergman The Nite The Stars Fell – Single Folk CanCon
Sister Ray Believer Rock CanCon
Ross Christopher & Eddy Ruyter Neue Ambient No
Marie Mørck Look for the Silver Lining – Single Jazz No
ART OF ATTRITION Subserviate & Decay – Single Metal CanCon
ART OF ATTRITION … And It Will All End Forever Metal CanCon

Here is what Alexis — the music committee’s newest member! — has added to Libretime in the past week; leave a warm welcome for her in the comments:

Harvest – It’s Alright – Single CanCon
Bad Bad Joel – Forever Goodbye – Single CanCon
Smoke Damage – I Wasn’t Always Blind – Single CanCon
Dylan Perkons – Edge Of The World – Single CanCon
Phil Cook & The Fall Dogs – Never 51 – Single CanCon
Jessie Alexandra – Mountains – Single CanCon
Brass Camel – Borrowed Time – Single CanCon
The Real Deal – Rockin’ With The Band – Single CanCon
Melody McArthur -Revelations – Album CanCon
NADUH – Redlight – Single CanCon
Graeme Gomez – Nebraska – Single CanCon
Freightliner – Love In Labrador – Single CanCon
Amanda Rheaume – The Truth We Hold – Album CanCon
Martin Dexter Moore – Even Me – Single Non-CanCon
Echo Riders – The Sun Is Shining – Single Non-CanCon
The Orphaned Bee – Sanctuary – Single Non-CanCon
Ava Cherry – Love Is Good News – Single Non-CanCon
Shahav Sen – You Know Why – Single Non-CanCon
Autumn Paige – Baggage – Single Non-CanCon
Pillek – Two Souls Apart – Single Non-CanCon
Jonny Boston – Silver Moon – Single Non-CanCon
St. Catherine’s Child – Negative Space – Single Non-CanCon
Velour – Blooming Strings – Single Non-CanCon
Nettaiya – Rising Sunset – Single Non-CanCon
Sofia Gale – Playing The Game – Single Non-CanCon
Elenore – Crazy For You – Single Non-CanCon
The Counterfictionals – Nord Gundersons 3-cent Stamp – Single Non-CanCon
The Pleasure Merchants – Runaways With You – Single Non-CanCon
Ghosts Of Sunset – She’s Been Comin’ Around – Single Non-CanCon
Various Artists – Songs From the Gang – Compilation CanCon

Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:

Tracklist:

Anthony Braxton – Excerpt from Trillium X
Brian Fechino – This Empty Room
Ross Christopher & Eddy Ruyter – Theory of Circular Dynamics (Piano Version)
Nic Ferron Trio – Shiitake
Cinephonic – Taxis jaunes
Jazzanova – That Night (feat. Wayne Snow)
BODY MINUS HEAD – There’s Nothing That Replaces a Slit Wrist
ART OF ATTRITION – Subserviate & Decay
Trivan – Blackened Heart’s Pledge
Frogg – Sun Stealer
Dead Hazards – Took a Loan
Psychedelic Dirt – God Found the Internet
Yurgen Ilaender – You Can’t Take Our Country, You Can’t Take Our Game
Meggi Faye – Messed Up Place
Robert Thomas and the sessionmen – Lake Louise
Cam Pierce – Dogs and Hyenas
Kele Fleming and Art Bergman – The Nite the Stars Fell
Bernadette Connors – White Magnolia
Mikayla Menzies – Misery
Quote the Raven – Tell Me, Tell Me
Siri Neel – I’m a Maze
Olivia Hahn – Lust Over Love
Mike Hargreaves – Smiling
Virginia to Vegas – heaven tonight
Tonight Only – High Score
J Scope – Welcome Home
BitterJuice – Just Me
Typical – Tennis Chains
Heru the First Son – Intergalactic Supervillain Freestyle

See y’all next time!

 

CKMS News -2025-04-11- Kitchener’s April Pools initiative launches to promote water safety

CKMS News -2025-04-11- Kitchener’s April Pools is in full stroke for water safety

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Kitchener, ON –
April Pools month is in full stroke in Kitchener as the city’s Aquatics team is raising funds to directly support the Water Smart safety programs and offset the costs of participation in swimming programs.

A press release from the city reads “Water safety is no joke.  In Canada, drowning is the number one cause of unintentional injury death among children 1-4 years of age, and the second leading cause of preventable death for children under 10 years of age”.

Throughout April, the admissions on Saturdays and Sundays at three of the city’s pools, Forest Heights, Breithaupt Centre Pool, and the Grand River Rec Complex will go towards the safety programs.  There will also be free water safety resources available at all indoor pools across the city.

This show features an interview with Alex Geisel, Supervisor of Aquatics and Programs for the city of Kitchener.