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CKMS Community News, Newsroom

Transit desert shrinks with restored late-nite bus service in Waterloo

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MP Holmes
Kitchener, ON

Waterloo Region Council agreed to restore a late night bus three nights a week, which will help deal with the “transit desert” that has impacted late-night GO bus riders.

The last transit bus of the night leaves the University of Waterloo Station by 12:20 am but still four more GO buses arrive after that time each night without connecting GRT services.

The motion, which passed at the meeting on Wednesday, April 25th, will restore Route 91, the late night bus service between the University of Waterloo, Laurier and Uptown Waterloo.

Grand River Transit will reintroduce Route 91 in early September and the bus will run from 12. 30am until 2am Thursday to Saturday.

In this program, two delegates who were present at the meeting describe their relief and concerns about future late night transit.

CKMS Community News, Newsroom

After a mild winter, get ready for a hot summer in the city

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MP Holmes
Kitchener, ON

 

The weather last winter in Waterloo Region was mild and unstable, just as predicted. This variable weather is expected to continue into a hot, dry summer with potential serious repercussions on our community.

These predictions follow an unusual year of weather, complicated by global weather disturbances, including El Niño. According to the University of Waterloo weather station, the winter snowfall amount as of the end of March was at less than half of the average of the typical season.

Milder winter temperatures are causing other concerns as well. With the U. S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that in 2023 24, the ice cover on the Great Lakes reached a record low of less than 3 percent ice cover basin wide.

Dr. Annabella Bonata, research associate and manager of the Intact Center for Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo explains the dynamics responsible for our changing weather patterns, emphasizing the potential consequences and highlighting the need for adaptation.

Shows, Through The Static

Through the Static Episode 33 – 24/04/24

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Taking a dive into the 90s and beyond today to bring you that upbeat summer vibe. With the warmer weather and longer days you’re gonna need that extra energy so check out these tunes to get you going!

  • Goca Dünya – Altin Gün
  • Cemalin – Altin Gün
  • Jumper – Third Eye Blind
  • Dark Necessities – Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Intergalactic – Beastie Boys
  • Film – The Bad Plus
  • Pretty Pimpin – Kurt Vile
  • Teen Town – Weather Report
  • Born Slippy (Nuxx) – Underworld
  • April 8th – Neutral Milk Hotel

Check out the podcast!

From The Void

FROM THE VOID #95 APRIL 23rd

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Welcome to Episode #95 of From the Void

Tonight is all about Josh Homme…again

My new podcast with Co – Host Peri Urban is on YouTube, it’s called The Listening Eyebrow and its about EVERYTHING!!!

ALSO!!! I released  a new album. Hear the Future.  You Tube,  Bandcamp,  Spotify, Apple Music or where ever you stream your music!

Subscribe to the Podcast

 

CKMS Community News, Newsroom

CKMS News -2024-04-22- Waterloo’s housing accelerator program gets CMHC approval

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CKMS News -2024-04-22- Waterloo’s housing accelerator program gets CMHC approval


by: dan kellar

Waterloo – At the April 15th council meeting of the city of Waterloo, the senior policy planner for growth management, Michelle Lee, presented on the city’s housing accelerator program, including potential add-on effects from the recent federal budget.

While funding for the project was approved “in principle” by the federal government last year, the city had to first send their plan to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.  With the CHMC’s recent approval of all 8 points in the city’s plan, the work can begin.

According to the city’s webpage the project will accelerate new building construction while increasing the supply of housing, streamline the development approvals and building permit process, and “support long lasting systemic changes”.

This show features Lee’s presentation to council and answers to questions posed by councilors Roe, Bodaly, Vasic, Wright, and Mayor McCabe, who asked about the plan, and how the programs would be implemented.

CKMS Community News, Newsroom

Recycling and giving back — celebrating Earth Day in Waterloo Park

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MP Holmes
Kitchener, ON

Amid bursts of hail, rain and snow, Earth Day celebrations in Waterloo Park included collecting e-waste to raise funds for the Tune Up the Playground project. The Earth Day event, organized by Friends of Waterloo Park, also featured sunflower seed planting, a park clean up and community organizations, such as the KW Library of Things, that promote the sharing and repairing of consumer goods.

While the amount raised was still to be determined, the goal of the Tune Up the Playground project is to install interactive musical instruments in Waterloo Park to promote creativity and community engagement.

Radio Nowhere

Radio Nowhere Episode 59, 4/20/24

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Brain Damage and Eclipse Pink Floyd
I Talk to the Wind King Crimson
Mother Goose Jethro Tull
Teacher Jethro Tull
Get Back The Beatles
Johnny Be Good (live) Johnny Winter
Turn on Your Love Light Bob Seger
Cleo’s Back Junior Walker & The All Stars
Budos Rising The Budos Band
Gbeti Madjiro Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou
The Boy In The Bubble Paul Simon
Laydown (Candles in the Rain) Melanie
If I Needed You Townes Van Zandt
New Music, The Horizon Broadening Hour

New Music Added to Libretime

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What’s up, y’all? As a reminder, Bob Jonkman is hosting the Horizon Broadening Hour throughout April, so make sure to tune into his version of the show tonight at 10:00 PM EST!

I have added more music to Libretime during this past week, here is the list:

Spectre Hearts re Alternative CanCon
WORLD5 III Rock Indeterminable
Connor Roff Brighter Than the Night Alternative CanCon
Talia Fay & Rupert Yakelashek Get Off the Road – EP Rock CanCon
Kaunsel Pixel Geometry Ambient CanCon
Brenda Earle Stokes Motherhood Jazz No
Raging Flowers Raging Flowers – EP Pop No
Sarah Jerrom Magpie Jazz CanCon
Garrett Neiles Heaven In My Hands – Single Alternative CanCon
World Patrol Kid Beautiful World – Single Children’s Indeterminable
Midwest Molly Thinking This Way Country No
Mike Casey The Beauty of Everyday Life – EP Jazz Embargo ends April 22nd No
Simonne Draper Accordiana New Age No
John Cindi Muykeni – Single Pop No
Alamodality County Punk Guelph CanCon
Blue Freezie Cold & Blue All Over (Demo) Punk CanCon/KWCon
Chester Neptune Good Little Moon Indie Rock Guelph CanCon
Conner Quinn God’s Eternal Museums Ambient CanCon/KWCon
DJBlare Pre-Postmodern Blues Electronic Guelph CanCon
Madison Galloway Freedom Rock Fergus CanCon
Geres Idle Worship Metal Guelph CanCon
The Tortoise and My Hair he art sha ped plan ha te Folk Guelph CanCon
Wet Heaven In Control at the A-Frame Electronic Guelph CanCon
White Rabbit Zzzz/Just a Little Bit Alternative Milton CanCon
Wounded Dog Midwinter Ambient Guelph CanCon
Bryan Cee Blue Bird – EP Singer-Songwriter Indeterminable
Patrick Giguere & Cheryl Duvall Intimes exuberance Classical CanCon
Luwizzy Burn Inside of Me – Single Dance No
The Speed of Sound A Cornucopia: Minerva Rock No
Buildings and Food Echo the Field Ambient CanCon
Vintage Lapointe Weaken Folk CanCon
Vintage Lapointe Some Men Folk CanCon
Vintage Lapointe The Monster Within Me Part 1 Folk CanCon
Daniel Janke Winter Trio Available Light Jazz No
Ella Raphael All In – Single Blues No
Katja T Ice Cream – Single Pop No
Indigo Red – Single Rock Clean and Explicit versions available No
YATWA Parallel Lines II Rock No
Shawn William Clarke Softer Scissors Folk CanCon
Elliott Brood Country Rock CanCon
Ivy Gardens Goon Metal CanCon
The Instincts Gentle Songs Jazz Indeterminable
King Black Acid Victory for Mad Love Rock Indeterminable
Billy Brown You’re So Fine – Single R&B No
Peter Calandra Spirit New Age Indeterminable
Stephen Stokes A Peace Cry – Single Country Indeterminable
Stephen Stokes The Love Bug – Single Country Indeterminable
The Pierce Kingans Serious Inquiries Only Rock CanCon
Steve Stacks Budaboy – Single Electronic CanCon
Steve Stacks Dream Hittin – Single Electronic CanCon
Steve Stacks Foreigner – Single Electronic CanCon
Steve Stacks I love you – single Electonic CanCon
Steve Stacks Here Til 2099 Electronic CanCon
Steve Stacks Get It – Single Electronic CanCon
Steve Stacks Mental Floss – Single Electronic CanCon
Steve Stacks Game On Electronic CanCon
Steve Stacks Juxtaposition – Single Electronic CanCon
Steve Stacks Thick N Thin – Single Electronic CanCon
Steve Stacks Tiger Blood Electronic CanCon

Edit: last minute addition:

Amanda Braam Paper Cranes Indie Rock CanCon/KWCon

See y’all next time!

Readers Delight, Shows

Episode IV of Readers Delight

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Readers Delight with cup of coffee

 

Download: ReadersDelightEpisodeIV-2024-04-21.mp3 55 MB, 1h00m02s

Episode IV of Readers Delight – features authors: Geoff Martin, Shantell Powell and Richard H. Stephens.

Geoff Martin reads from the Creek Collective’s audio walk essay “Surface Tension.”  Geoff’s work is available on thecreekcollective.com & Geoff-martin.com. The Genre is: Creative Non-fiction.
Shantell Powell read,  “The snow hath no Queen.”  You can find Shantell’s work on Mastodon. The Genre is: Speculative fiction.
Richard H. Stephens read from his brand new book “When Legends Rise” from his Soul Forge Universe.  This book will have its world premiere at the Hespler Legion on April 28 from 11-2. It will be available to purchase on Amazon as well. The Genre is: Epic Fantasy.

CKMS Community News, Newsroom

CKMS News -2024-04-19- Kitchener’s RISE Fund address systemic barriers and underfunding of Black, Indigenous and racialized community organisations

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CKMS News -2024-04-19- Kitchener’s RISE Fund

by: dan kellar
Kitchener – Applications for Kitchener’s Racialized and Indigenous Supports for Equity (RISE) Fund are open until May 2nd and the city has already received more applications than in past funding cycles.

Since 2022, the RISE Fund has awarded nearly 250,000$ to 34 organisations. The grants have funded everything from community garden and swim program projects, to film festivals and community feasts, to gendered based violence prevention programs and a project which works to reunite families displaced by conflict in Syria.

CKMS News spoke with Rea Parchment, the senior equity advisor for the City of Kitchener, about the importance of the grant in helping to address inequities, and support opportunities and well-being for Black, Indigenous and racialized community-led organisations.

To get more information about the RISE fund, visit kitchener.ca/RISEFund.

 

CKMS Community News, Newsroom

CKMS News -2024-04-19- Lawyer contracted by Waterloo Police Services fired as a result of charges in Thunder Bay

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CKMS News -2024-04-19- Police Lawyer Fired After Being Charged With Obstruction And Breach Of Trust

by: dan kellar
Kitchener – On April 9th 2024, an external counsel for the Waterloo Regional police and the former internal legal counsel for the Thunder Bay police, Holly Walbourne was arrested by the OPP and charged for actions which they say took place while she was still working for the police force in the northern Ontario Town. 

Walbourne was retained by the WRPS for her legal services in May 2023, however, police spokesperson Cherri Greeno wrote to CKMS News that “As a result of allegations that are currently before the courts, WRPS has discontinued this contractual agreement.” 

Walbourne has been charged alongside former Thunder Bay police chief Sylvie Hauth. The two are charged with obstructing a public or peace officer, breach of trust, and multiple counts of obstruction of justice. 

This show features an interview with Patrick Watson, an assistant professor of criminology at the University of Toronto, who researches policing and police oversight.  He explains how communication works between police forces, and why the hiring of Walbourne may have happened despite the issues in Thunder Bay.

From The Void

FROM THE VOID #94 APRIL 16th

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Welcome to Episode #94 of From the Void

Tonight is all about the my daughters 1st Birthday!!

My new podcast with Co – Host Peri Urban is on YouTube, it’s called The Listening Eyebrow and its about EVERYTHING!!!

ALSO!!! I released  a new album. Hear the Future.  You Tube,  Bandcamp,  Spotify, Apple Music or where ever you stream your music!

Subscribe to the Podcast

 

Radio Nowhere

Radio Nowhere Episode 58, 4/13/24

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Looking For Somebody Fleetwood Mac
This Wheels On Fire (Concert Version) The Band
The House Is Rockin’ Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Drag Me Down Weaves
Out Come the Freaks Was (Not Was)
Down Harry Nilsson
Danny’s All-Star Joint Rickie Lee Jones
Hard to Handle The Black Crowes
The Core Eric Clapton
GSFUYK? Explode When They Bloom
Virginia Plain Roxy Music
Sign of the Judgment Cassandra Wilson
All I Could Do was Cry Etta James
He Can Only Hold Her Amy Winehouse
Fall Apart Again Brandi Carlile

 

New Music, The Horizon Broadening Hour

New Music Added to Libretime

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What’s up, y’all? First things first, reminder that Bob Jonkman is taking over the Horizon Broadening Hour for me throughout the month — make sure to tune into his variation of the show at 10:00 PM tonight!

I am still adding some music to Libretime when I can, here is what I added in the past week:

Dave Teichroeb Road Poets Rock CanCon
John Canning Yates The Quiet Portraits Singer-Songwriter No
Trina Chakrabarti Calling – Single Alternative CanCon/KWCon
Trina Chakrabarti Is This Human? – Single Alternative CanCon/KWCon
Funeral Lakes North American Martyrs Alternative CanCon
Salwa Flicker – Single Alternative CanCon
River Honey Billy the Bronco Alternative CanCon
Beams Requiem for a Planet Alternative CanCon
Omnivide A Tale of Fire Metal CanCon
Jay Danley Nova Jazz CanCon
Vailhalen EP001 Rock CanCon
Stritz Detuned Synchronicities Rock CanCon
Alix Firnz Bizou Rock CanCon
Brad Rushing Black and White – Single Rock No
Calvin Swyers Sweet Morning Air – Single Country CanCon
Foghat Sonic Mojo Blues No
Tammy Huggan Candle-Single Singer-Songwriter CanCon
Nutty P Beats Traffic (EP) Hip Hop/Instrumental No
Olcay Bayir Tu Guli World No
Rum Ragged Gone Jiggin Folk CanCon
Pixie Moonshine Ocean Rock CanCon
Townies Of This I Am Certain Rock No
remember whales perpetual nostalgia machine Alternative CanCon
Feed mAn is Five – Single Rock CanCon

See y’all next time!

CKMS Community News, Newsroom

CKMS News -2024-04-09- Local climbing gym fights a developer and displacement

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CKMS News -2024-04-09- GRR at City Council

MP Holmes.

Kitchener – For the second time in as many years, Grand River Rocks, a climbing gym in Kitchener, Ontario, is fighting to stay in business due to urban development plans.

At the Kitchener City Council Planning and Strategic Initiatives Committee meeting on Monday April 8, the owners of Grand River Rocks expressed concerns over a lease they signed without knowledge of redevelopment plans. Council has been asked by the developer, the Falco group, to approve the project that would see more than 1000 new residential units on Victoria Street North, and if that approval is granted, the gym would need to relocate.

The Kitchener city councilors questioned the gym’s decisions and proposed collaborating with developers. They deferred the decision to allow more time for debate.

CKMS Community News, Newsroom, Shows

CKMS News -2024-04-12- Public Health orders student suspensions over vaccinations records while facilitating adherence to immunization rules

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CKMS News -2024-04-14- Public Health orders student suspensions over vaccinations records while facilitating adherence to immunization rules

by: dan kellar

Waterloo – Nearly 7,000 secondary school students in Waterloo Region have been told they will be suspended on May 1st for having out-of-date vaccination records.  The order, from Region of Waterloo public health was announced on April 8th and follows the suspension of 2969 elementary school students on March 27th for the same issue.

The suspensions are allowed under the Immunization of School Pupils Act which, as the Waterloo Region District School Board told CKMS News “requires families and caregivers to ensure that their children receive specific vaccinations.” Students without a medical or ideological exemption must be up to date on up to 9 vaccines. COVID Immunization is not on the required vaccine list.

David Aoki, the Director of Infectious Disease and Chief Nursing Officer for Region of Waterloo Public Health spoke with CKMS News about the seemingly high number of suspensions, and how students and families can get suspensions lifted.

New Music, Shows, The Horizon Broadening Hour

The Horizon Broadening Hour #26

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B&W illustration of people dancing, but the front centre dancer is dressed in orange.
Keep Dancing!

Most of this week’s tracks were taken from CDs submitted to the radio station, digitized and uploaded to our LibreTime software by Mophead, your regular host. He’s busy with work, and will be back in May. And some tracks were uploaded by other show hosts. Thanx, Dan and Don!

–Bob.

Podcast


Download: The-Horizon-Broadening-Hour-26.mp3 1h59m23s, 109 MBytes.

Music List

Time Title Artist Album Genre
0h00m Candle Tammy Huggan A blonde woman in a black dress playing guitar
Candle – Single		 Singer-Songwriter / CanCon
0h05m Promised Land FOGHAT The Foghat logo and album title superimposed over a graphic of a guitar and a starburst designSONIC MOJO Blues
0h08m She’s Dynamite Blues
0h12m Le moniteur sile Renonce Black and white needle-like shardsNuisance sonore Electronic / CanCon
0h14m Sweet Morning Air Calvin Swyers Sweet Morning Air | Calvin Swyers (An unmade bed in the middle of a field)Sweet Morning Air – Single Country / CanCon
0h19m Black and White Brad Rushing Black and White | Brad Rushing (black, white, and red letters on a Black and White – Single Rock
0h23m Rouge à lèvres Alix Fernz Bizou ( two mimes bending down to stare into the camera, on a bright pink border)Bizou Rock / CanCon
0h26m Crack de dent Rock / CanCon
0h30m L’étranglé Rock / CanCon
0h33m Get Right! John Orpheus Get Right! (two people standing in a stairwell)
(single)		 funk, rnb, cancon, queercon
0h37m 06 Cages Strung Out Strung Out | Dead Rebellion (two skeleton robots holding a flag on a dias)Dead Rebellion Punk
0h40m Fold Stritz Detuned Synchronicities (a baby wearing a diaper laying on the beach)Detuned Synchronicities Rock / CanCon
0h43m Purple Stained Mess Rock / CanCon
0h46m Cream Soda Rock / CanCon
0h50m Taking The Fifth Jay Danley Jay Danley | Nova (illustration of a post-apocalyptic streetscape with a guitar and amp in the foreground)Nova Jazz / CanCon
0h55m JP’S Playground Jazz / CanCon
0h58m Let It Go Jazz / CanCon
1h05m Death be not Proud Omnivide Omnivide | A Tale of Fire (a person wielding a sword and holding a staff in a valley with dead trees and a burning castle in the background)A Tale of Fire Metal / CanCon
1h10m Childlike Empress Beams (a stag leaping out of a woman's torso)Requiem for a Planet Alternative / CanCon
1h14m Billy the Bronco River Honey A man wearing a white cap and holding a guitar in a wood-panelled room.Billy the Bronco – Single Alternative / CanCon
1h18m Flicker Salwa (A woman in a red dress walking through deep snow, a bare branch with only a few leaves is in the foreground)Flicker – Single Alternative / CanCon
1h22m Generals Die in Bed Funeral Lakes North American Martyrs (Redcoat soldiers marching to the right, superimposed are multiple lines of "North American Martyrs")North American Martyrs Alternative / CanCon
1h26m Eyes to the Sun (National Myth) Alternative / CanCon
1h30m Yesterday Motel Dave Teichroeb Dave Teichrob | Road Poets (Torso of a man wearing a black "Road Poets" T-shirt)Road Poets Rock / CanCon
1h34m Too Big to Fail Rock / CanCon
1h38m Your Monster Trina Chakrabarti (A woman wearing a sari and a steampunk helmet)Your Monster – Single Alternative / CanCon / KWCon
1h43m Calling A woman wearing an orange sweater standing under a willow tree)Calling – Single Alternative / CanCon / KWCon
1h46m Dreams Forgotten John Canning Yates The Quiet Portraits | John Canning Yates (a man standing on a tall rock at a craggy seashore)The Quiet Portraits Singer / Songwriter
1h50m Riches Singer / Songwriter
1h54m He Wants You Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Nick Cave | and the Bad Seeds | Nocturama (profile photo of Nick Cave)Nocturama Singer / Songwriter

The Horizon Broadening Hour is hosted by Mophead and Bob Jonkman, produced by Richard Giles (Music Committee Coordinator), and sponsored by Radio Waterloo. HBH airs on CKMS-FM every Sunday from 10:00pm to Midnight.

Mixtape Monopoly

MIXTAPE MONOPOLY – April 13 2024

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In case you haven’t heard the news in the world of hip hop, Mister Cee passed away earlier this week. If the name doesn’t sound familiar, he was the original DJ for Big Daddy Kane back in the day. Mister Cee was also an executive producer on Biggie’s Ready to Die Album.

Over the years he was well known in the hip hop world. Also hosted a number of radio shows, and Including one up until the day before his passing. So, today’s show is dedicated to the finisher Mister Cee.

Today is going to be a complete throwback show. With classics From Biggie, Joe Budden, DMX, plus a lot more.

81 82 83 84, Shows

81 82 83 84 Season 3 Episode 22: Eclipse

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All that you touch, and all that you see All that you taste, all you feel And all that you love, and all that you hate All you distrust, all you save And all that you give, and all that you deal And all that you buy, beg, borrow or steal And all you create, and all you destroy And all that you do, and all that you say And all that you eat, and everyone you meet And all that you slight, and everyone you fight And all that is now, and all that is gone And all that’s to come  And everything under the sun is in tune But the sun is eclipsed by the moon

Roger Waters, Pink Floyd 

Eclipse photos taken from my home in Plano Texas – click to enlarge

Shows, Through The Static

Through the Static Episode 32 – 10/04/24

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A focus on some fun piano tunes, ambitious instrumental tracks, and emotionally charged bangers. Enjoy the usual collection of chunes.

  • Sunflower – Dizzy
  • You’re So Vain – Carly Simon
  • I Feel The Earth Move – Carole King
  • It’s Too Late – Carole King
  • Cantaloupe Island – Herbie Hancock
  • I’m Waiting For The Man – The Velvet Underground
  • YYZ – Rush
  • Good Luck, Babe! – Chappell Roan
  • Take What’s Given – BADBADNOTGOOD

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From The Void

FROM THE VOID #93 APRIL 9th

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Welcome to Episode #93 of From the Void

Tonight is all about the Eclipse

My new podcast with Co – Host Peri Urban is on YouTube, it’s called The Listening Eyebrow and its about EVERYTHING!!!

ALSO!!! I released  a new album. Hear the Future.  You Tube,  Bandcamp,  Spotify, Apple Music or where ever you stream your music!

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Radio Nowhere

Radio Nowhere Episode 57, 4/6/24

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No Fun The Stooges
Blitzkrieg Bop Ramones
Go for a Soda Kim Mitchell
Sixty Years On Elton John
Heavy, California Jungle
Tighten Up Archie Bell & the Drells
Playing in the Band Bob Weir
Runnin’ Blue The Doors
Here I Am Lyle Lovett
Try Blue Rodeo
He Wants You Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Hello It’s Me Todd Rundgren
The Stomp Ten Years After
CKMS Community News, Newsroom

Blooming roadsides restore habitats for pollinators

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MP Holmes
Kitchener, ON

A few years ago, it was common for car windshields to be spattered with bugs after a drive in the country. According to Jennifer Leat of the Pollinator Roadsides Project, that’s not happening so much anymore. There are fewer bugs, and fewer bugs equals fewer pollinators.

A community driven project to help pollinators will be happening on Saturday April 13 to restore habitat corridors for pollinators by planting pollinator-friendly native plants along roadsides.

Backed by a grant from the Region of Waterloo’s Community Environment Fund with support from volunteers and sponsors, the Pollinator Roadside Project seeks to increase biodiversity, support pollinator conservation, reduce maintenance costs, and control water runoff. The project also hopes to set a provincial and national precedent for prioritizing sustainability in roadside plantings.

Jennifer Leat, Lead of the Pollinator Roadsides project talks to CKMS about the project and the importance of pollinators.