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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!
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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!
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.
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.
Download: https://soundfm.s3.amazonaws.com/RadioNowhere240420Episode59.mp3, 58m12s, 80.0 MBytes
| 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 |
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.
Today I’ve got classics From Das EFX, N2Deep, Then I got new tracks from Salt N Pepa, Mary J. Blige , Plus a lot more…
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.
This week’s show reaches beyond our usual focus on retro-alternative music to highlight songs that I consider to be brilliant musically that also mean a lot to me. I hope you’ll enjoy the selections.
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.
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!
Download: https://soundfm.s3.amazonaws.com/RadioNowhere240413Episode58-1.mp3, 58m05s, 80.0 MBytes
| 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 |
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.
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.
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.
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
A focus on some fun piano tunes, ambitious instrumental tracks, and emotionally charged bangers. Enjoy the usual collection of chunes.
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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!
Download: https://soundfm.s3.amazonaws.com/RadioNowhere240406Episode57.mp3, 58m05s, 80.0 MBytes
| 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 |
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.
–Bob.
| Time | Title | Artist | Album | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0h00m | Too Many Notes | Cameronoise |  Id’s My Party |
Rock / CanCon / Instrumental |
| 0h03m | type two |  (singles) |
Jazz Pop / CanCon / FemCon | |
| 0h07m | Habit to Help | Folk Pop / CanCon / FemCon | ||
| 0h10m | goodwill song | Amanda Braam | (single) | Pop / CanCon / KWCon / FemCon |
| 0h12m | PINK PAPER HEARTS |  Origami |
Indie / CanCon / KWCon / FemCon | |
| 0h15m | My Heart Feels The Same Way Too (Acoustic) | Amanda Keeles |  Can’t Stop Me Now! |
Pop / CanCon / FemCon |
| 0h18m | Playin’ It Cool | Country / CanCon / FemCon | ||
| 0h22m | Rewind | Julia Rose | Pop / CanCon / KWCon / FemCon | |
| 0h26m | Don’t Say a Thing | Cinzia & The Eclipse |  Springland |
Pop / CanCon / FemCon |
| 0h28m | Burning | Pop / CanCon / FemCon | ||
| 0h32m | Fly | Lisa Froment |  Fly |
Rock / CanCon / FemCon |
| 0h36m | Dans Tes Yeux | Kelly Bado |  Hey Terre |
Pop / CanCon / FemCon / French |
| 0h39m | Hypnotizing | Pop / CanCon / FemCon | ||
| 0h43m | Case Départ | Missy D |  Case Départ |
Rap, Hip-Hop / CanCon / FemCon / French |
| 0h46m | Last Man Standing (feat. FLX) | Sam Nabi |  Help Yourself |
Hip-hop & Rap / CanCon / KWCon |
| 0h49m | What Came Out Of The Kaleidescope (feat. Shark & Champa) | Hip-hop & Rap / CanCon / KWCon | ||
| 0h55m | Honey | Elias Cooper |  Honey |
Pop / CanCon |
| 0h59m | Kiss The Mirror | ShantiMaya |  (single) |
Kirtan Spiritual / CanCon / KWCon |
| 1h04m | Great Strides | Tim McInnes |  (single) |
Acoustic Piano / Instrumental / CanCon |
| 1h07m | I’m Coming Back To You | Chris Collins |  (single) |
Pop / CanCon / KWCon |
| 1h09m | Harder | Avalon Stone |  Chained |
Blues Rock / CanCon / KWCon / FemCon |
| 1h13m | Hurry Up and Die | RiffAction |  The Colours They Hold |
Hard Rock / Metal / CanCon |
| 1h19m | The Killer | Hard Rock / Metal / CanCon | ||
| 1h24m | Lost In The Wild | Hot Mud |  Rehab Rock |
Indie Rock / CanCon |
| 1h29m | Life at Sea | Space Kitchen |  What’s Cookin’? |
Progressive Rock, Pop / CanCon / KWCon |
| 1h33m | Lovin’ 9 to 5 | Progressive Rock, Pop / CanCon / KWCon | ||
| 1h37m | so into you (paun remix) | paun |  (singles) |
ElectroPop / KWCon |
| 1h42m | double standard | House / KWCon / Instrumental | ||
| 1h46m | Ambient Summer Vol. 3 w/ Tina Marie & Paun | Various, aired by Callshop Radio |  (single) |
Ambient / KWCon / Instrumental |
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.
MP Holmes
Kitchener, ON
In 2023, the Ontario government designated Lyme disease a disease of public health significance.
Lyme disease, a combination of skin rashes, fevers, headaches, and fatigue, is contracted from black legged ticks, and if left untreated, can escalate to affect joints, the heart, and nervous system.
Statistics from Public Health Ontario showcase an increase of 300 new Lyme disease cases across the province, From 1, 490 in 2022 to 1, 795 in 2023. In Waterloo Region, the 2003 data has not been released yet, but by looking at earlier years, a clear upward trend is evident, from 13 cases in 2021 to 22 cases in 2022.
ETick.ca is an online platform where people voluntarily report tick sightings in the environment or when found on humans or animals. Comparing the first three months of 2023 to 2024 shows there has been a threefold increase in blacklegged tick reports for KW on eTick.ca.
The Region of Waterloo’s Public Health Manager for Vector-borne Diseases is Rebecca Piovesan, and she talked to CKMS News about lyme disease and back-legged ticks.
In addition to resources above:
Canadian Veterinary Medical Association,
The Ontario government page on Lyme disease and tick removal.
MP Holmes
Kitchener, ON
In the last three months of 2023, food assistance programs in the region marked almost a 50 percent increase in usage compared to the same period in 2022. In those last three months of 2023 alone, almost 15, 000 unique households accessed a food assistance program, a 43 percent increase over that period in 2022.
These numbers are from the Food Bank of Waterloo Region and they highlight the surge in demand for food and the growing issue of food insecurity within our community.
However, amidst these challenges, there are stories of hope and compassion emerging through community-led initiatives that are making a difference in the lives of those in need.
These initiatives include the Tiny Home Takeout and Food Not Bombs, which are both operating on shoestring budgets with a crew of volunteers and demonstrate the power of grassroots movements in addressing basic human needs.
CKMS has more on this story
Happy April and start of spring! To kick off the season, here is a selection for all the April Fools, the indieheads, the classic hiphop enjoyers, and for those who just want to chill while the rain falls outside. Remember, the April showers bring May flowers!
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Welcome to Episode #92 of From the Void
Tonight is all about Maynard and his 60th 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!
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