«Viewpoints» is the latest podcast and news magazine produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada. It provides an overview of what’s happening across Canada, thanks to some 20 radio reporters posted across the country (British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, North West Territories, Québec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia) and working for the Local Journalism Initiative (LJI). The Local Journalism Initiative (LJI) supports the production of original civic journalism news content that covers the d ...
…
continue reading
Community Radio Fund Of Canada Podcasts
Labor Radio is news by, for, and about working people in Madison, Wisconsin and around the world. It originates out of the studios of WORT 89.9 FM Madison.
…
continue reading
Red Waves is a series of documentaries, interviews, and stories, including fresh cuts from CFUV's other Indigenous podcasts all produced by CFUV's Indigenous hosts, producers, and volunteers. From Indigenous art, artists, politics, activism, housing, to plants and land defence. Red Waves was introduced with support from the Community Radio Fund of Canada, the only organisation mandated to provide financial support to Campus and Community Radio Stations in Canada.
…
continue reading
Movie Madness with Khalil Jamal (@khaliljamal03) is a thought provoking, and topic driven journey through the top pop culture and Hollywood stories of the week. Khalil is joined by a large array of Hollywood guests from both in front of and behind the camera who provide great insights into the industry and their careers. Made possible by the Community Radio Fund of Canada | (CRFC)
…
continue reading
CJLO presents Discordia: Over 50 years of student activism There is a rich history of student activism at Concordia. This series will cover the main flash points of that history from the Sir George Williams affair to the present day protests for Palestinian human rights and against tuition hikes. Along the way, we will here from student activist from the past and present about how they navigated these moments with a focus on their motivations, tactics, and connections with other protest move ...
…
continue reading
A podcast dedicated to interviewing local writers practicing their art and craft in the Grand River region. You can listen to the show every Saturday morning at 10am on Midtown Radio KW. Supported by the Waterloo Region Arts Fund.
…
continue reading
NDNs on the Airwaves was developed from the need to know more about the recent history of native radio, the current state of native radio and where native radio is going in the future. This series gives voice to those who are passionate producers of radio, grateful musicians and individuals who help us understand how radio both reflects and shapes Indigenous cultures all across our territories. There is a common thread tying it all together, and that is Indigenous voices. This series offers ...
…
continue reading
University students stuck in Gaza miss the opening bell and speak out about Canada’s delayed visa process. Two were killed while waiting. This, as the city of Fergus welcomes its newest elementary school. A summer company program gives local teens practical experience as entrepreneurs. The family of murdered Cape Breton man faces the accused killer…
…
continue reading

1
SMART union vote win | Union bus tour | Dairy workers support | AFL-CIO prez speech | Milwaukee worker speaks | Abrego Garcia rejailed | DACA activist grabbed
30:02
30:02
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
30:02Security workers at Woodman's grocery vote to join SMART Local 565, a nationwide AFL-CIO bus tour hits Eau Claire and a Central Labor Council leader there speaks to Labor Radio, W&W dairy workers who are on strike receive a show of support in Madison, AFL-CIO President Liz Schuler's Labor Day speech slams Trump but also says workers can't depend on…
…
continue reading
The Brooklyn Marina rolls out the red carpet for Nova Scotia’s sailing ambassador. The famous Blue Nose II. We stay on the water as the Great Lakes Coastal Cleanup hits the city of Kingston, Ontario. To Montreal, where a gardening group is trying to revive a long-lost and historic melon! Domestic beer sales down in Newfoundland and Labrador. But ca…
…
continue reading

1
Dairy strike | Hotel union vote win | UAW 95 keeps fighting | Chicago Teamsters, Air Canada flight attendants strikes | NLRB ruling
28:41
28:41
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
28:41Immigrant workers at W&W Dairy in Monroe strike their new owners and the community and organized labor comes out in support, hotel workers at the Hilton-Madison Monona Terrace join UNITE HERE Local 1 in an NLRB certified election with two-thirds of the vote, workers at Mercy Health East represented by UAW Local 95 carry their strike into the sevent…
…
continue reading
A bison sculpture carries hope for Manitoba’s tall grass prairies. The Buy Canadian movement draws more shoppers to local farmers’ markets. Fredericton’s Community Kitchen’s pilot summer student meal program hits the mark. And the West Montrose historic “kissing bridge” closes for major restoration. New lips will have to wait for 16 months, at leas…
…
continue reading

1
Festival Foods in Madison, Pathfinders in Milwaukee unionize | Some states filling labor law gap | Press unions condemn Israeli assassinations | Howton obit | UAW 95 bash
27:17
27:17
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
27:17Workers at Festival Foods in Madison speak to Labor Radio after their landslide vote to unionize and join UFCW Local 1473, Pathfinders in Milwaukee joins OPEIU Local 39, some states are passing labor protections as they are withdrawn on the federal level, the NewsGuild and the NWU jointly condemn the Israeli assassination of journalists Anas al-Sha…
…
continue reading
In the Ontario town of Fergus, a long-forgotten 1954 time capsule opens a window into Fergus’s past. Young entrepreneurs in Cobourg present their summer projects at a business expo. A music camp for families has struck a chord in the Comox Valley. A tanning workshop in Hazelton shares the secrets of this ancient practice. And the Terry Fox Run retu…
…
continue reading

1
Raven, Sysco Minnesota contracts | UAW 95 strike update | Bus maintenance | VA union purge | Voting Rights Act | Labor Stats firing | Boeing strike | No NLRB quorum | Madison fundraiser for UAW 95
28:39
28:39
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
28:39After three years the Game Workers Alliance union at Raven Software in Middleton secures its first contract, a representative of UAW Local 95 on strike in Janesville addresses Labor Radio listeners, Teamsters Local 120 inks a contract at Sysco Minnesota and alleges poor bus maintenance support in Madison, the Secretary of the Veterans Administratio…
…
continue reading
The star of the Great Lakes Museum, the S. S. Keewatin, is named the 2025 Museum Ship of the Year. Newcomers, Non-Indigenous, and All Nations share the Healing Together Powwow. The Gimli International Film Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary. It’s now Canada’s largest rural film festival. Nova Scotia bans most activities in woods, trails and m…
…
continue reading

1
Chris Smalls freed | Amazon ruling | Unions unglued on Trump | Wisconsin vs. gig workers | Stage union prez | Social Security march in August | Hilo Massacre
27:43
27:43
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
27:43Former Amazon Labor Union organizer Chris Smalls is freed from Israeli captivity after being abducted on the sea while bringing aid to Gaza, Amazon workers finally get rulings on charges filed at the National Labor Relations Board, national unions are having trouble unifying against actions of the Trump administration, a Wisconsin bill to strip gig…
…
continue reading
The Upper Credit Humane Society Faces Eviction after 30 years spent at the same address, in Erin, Ontario. The National Youth Orchestra will play in Nanaimo: A local musician gets to live his dream. Montreal’s Historical Fencing Society is keeping medieval brawls alive. A new public art pilot project brings colour to Kingston’s downtown, as local a…
…
continue reading

1
UAW 95 strike continues | Higher ed attacked | Gaza and labor | Fed worker safety cut | AZ theater unionizes | Airgas strike | Gaza doctor in Madison | Community Services hire
28:46
28:46
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
28:46The president of UAW Local 95 talks to Labor Radio as her union continues its strike against Mercy Health East in Janesville, faculty and staff at institutions of higher education across the US are organizing against federal cuts and academic interference, the NEA executive board backs off from its rank-and-file proposed ban of the ADL, an Australi…
…
continue reading
A day at the beach celebrates Disability Pride Month in Queens County, Nova Scotia. Same province but further out: A blue whale was spotted off the coast of Ingonish. Whale watchers amazed at the 90-foot-long mammal. In British Columbia, Texada Island’s residents say they are “devastated” by the death of Tex the Grizzly Bear. Tex was found shot dea…
…
continue reading

1
UAW 95 on strike | Medicaid cuts | Good trouble | Dept of Ed cuts OKed | Philly settlements | ICE grabs prof
A UAW Local 95 nurse at the striking Mercy East clinic in Janesville speaks to Labor Radio and the union holds a rally at the picket line, Wisconsin health care activist Tim Faust speaks on the effect on workers of the upcoming massive cuts in Medicaid funding, a Good Trouble rally is held in Madison, the US Supreme Court says Trump can go ahead wi…
…
continue reading
Many Canadians will do whatever they can to avoid travelling to the USA this summer. Haliburton’s tourism manager confirms the summer travel trend. Flash flooding is getting more frequent in Montreal and elsewhere across the country and the world. An expert shares possible solutions. An ancient fish helps scientists understand the evolution of jaws…
…
continue reading

1
Philly strike | Tips and taxes | Law and labor | Prime serfs | NEA and ADL | Argentina and unions
28:42
28:42
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
28:42The massive Philadelphia public worker strike continues, a deeper look at "no taxes on tips," the Supreme Court allows Trump to go ahead with mass firings of federal workers and a Madison-area labor veteran explains why US workers may have to give up on relying on labor law, Amazon thinks a good way to solve its hiring problems is to "suggest" offi…
…
continue reading
Mount Allison political science student Phaedra Williams wins the Larry Collins Prize for best undergraduate essay in Atlantic Canada. A family of five grey wolves captures hearts at the Assiniboine Zoo. A cacomistle takes the plane and ends up 3,000 km away from home. It’s getting ready for the trip back. Toronto Fire upgraded its fleet with rapid…
…
continue reading

1
UAW 291 contract | UW staff funding | Philly strike | UAW strike in Janesville | Fed court chaos | Douglass's July Fourth
28:31
28:31
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
28:31The president of UAW Local 291 discusses its new contract with Cummins Incorporated in Oshkosh as its almost four-month strike there comes to an end, the president of the faculty and academic staff union at the University of Wisconsin-Madison discusses how a seeming big Wisconsin state budget increase for UW isn't necessarily one for workers, over …
…
continue reading
From Riot to Parade: Protestors say Toronto Pride has lost its way. New Brunswick Premier Holt and Tourism Minister Thériault take the scenic route on a fact-finding mission to Murray Beach and Baie Verte. The Platform Pilsner comes to life as BC’s public transit experiments new funding models. We’ll meet up with a group of bat watchers in Montreal…
…
continue reading

1
UW nurses lose Act 10 ruling | GHC board elections, physician interview | War protest | Retired Wisconsin workers speak | WPR cuts | Parks narcs | Fain pain
31:54
31:54
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
31:54A UW Health nurse explains how the union fight is still on after the Wisconsin Supreme Court rules against the union in its Act 10 fight with the local healthcare giant, union-endorsed candidates are elected to the Group Health Collective board and a physician there speaks to Labor Radio as the GHC union recognition fight continues, labor voices ar…
…
continue reading
Indigenous practices are used for the first time in a Canadian military court-martial. West coast seniors living on the west coast of Newfoundland are amongst the poorest in the country, according to a seniors’ advocate. A fundraising event in Manitoba becomes a springboard for important conversations about mental health, art, and accessibility. A …
…
continue reading

1
No Kings | GHC rally, board endorsements | Labor leaders leave DNC | Juneteenth | Job Corps suit | Women's Bureau
29:46
29:46
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
29:46Labor is included in the Madison version of the national No Kings march and rally, workers at Madison's Group Health Cooperative who are trying to win a union rally on Madison's east side, and a GHC member describes a union-supporting member-worker slate for GHC board elections ending June 22, national labor leaders Randi Weingarten of the AFT and …
…
continue reading
A journalist’s meeting in Montreal was hampered by visa issues, as six of their guest journalists were denied entry. This as many Canadian activists were detained in Egypt during the “March to Gaza” event last weekend. We’ll also tell you a bit more about ourselves. FrequencyNews published its 5000th story this week! Summer is, for many of us, gard…
…
continue reading

1
GHC workers rally | Strikes and solidarity | ICE snatches SEIU Cal prez | Takes Kids Fishing | No Kings | Google unmasked
28:59
28:59
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
28:59Workers at Group Health Cooperative rally to demand union recognition, leaders from the Meriter Hospital nurses and Harvard dining hall workers discuss their successful strikes and the power of solidarity in the workplace and in the community, the president of SEIU California is among union members targeted in protests against ICE abductions, we he…
…
continue reading
The Canada-Wide Science Fair pulls-in hundreds of teenagers making novel uses of AI. Some BC journalists are raising funds to bring back a local news outlet, while the historic New Brunswick Courier newspaper is being relaunched in printed and electronic form. The organizers of a 2-day bike-a-thon managed to keep thousands of riders safe through th…
…
continue reading

1
SEIU Wisconsin: Meriter, Gundersen get contracts | UAW still striking at Cummins | Annodyne Coffee vote | PLEDGE WEEK
28:31
28:31
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
28:31Meriter Hospital nurses in Madison represented by SEIU Wisconsin end their five-day strike and win a new contract, SEIU Wisconsin workers at Gundersen Health Care in LaCrosse have a new settlement, UAW Local 291 continues its strike a Cummins Incorporated in Oshkosh as the rank-and-file rejects the latest company offer, and workers at Anodyne Coffe…
…
continue reading
This week’s show will be quite different, as journalist Ian Gregg connects the dots between past and present as he investigates Prince George’s indie record retail scene. We will, for most of this half-hour, follow his footsteps, and let him guide us across town. Then, the N.D.G. “Art Hop” brings the public to local artists. And we’ll also meet up …
…
continue reading

1
Meriter SEIU nurses strike | Cummins UAW strike update | TSA union | Unions vs. fed cuts | Kaiser Permante strike settled | SEIU member freed from ICE | Mexican GM workers
29:25
29:25
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
29:25Nurses at UnityPoint Health Meriter Hospital in Madison go on strike, the rank-and-file of UAW Local 291 will look at the latest management proposals as the strike continues at Cummins in Oshkosh, Labor Radio talks to Christine Vitel of AFGE 777 representing TSA workers, unions organize to resist federal spending cuts, mental health workers of the …
…
continue reading
Over 700 students from the Louis Riel School Division take learning out of the classroom and onto the land. Celebrating Grace Annie Lockhart, the first woman to receive a bachelor’s degree in the British Empire, 150 years ago at Mount Allison University. Grey divorces are on the rise across the country. And a junior dog handler from Port Medway wil…
…
continue reading

1
Bean Feed | Fed budget and workers | Meriter nurse strike is on | Cummins strike continues | Mayville tornado | Trump loses foreign service ruling | USPS food drive results
29:26
29:26
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
29:26The South Central Federation of Labor holds its annual Bean Feed to raise funds for its COPE, a Wisconsin expert discusses the likely effect of Medicaid cuts on working people in the wake of the federal bill granting huge tax cuts to the rich, nurses at Meriter Hospital in Madison talk to Labor Radio ahead of their strike starting May 27th, UAW Loc…
…
continue reading
We’ll go to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where the multi-million dollar da Vinci Xi surgical robot could change the game for the province. In Ontario, the Toronto Palm House Conservatory Green house reopens after a three-year-long restoration project. No walk in the park—An audit highlights pedestrian safety concerns around a new Nova Scotia library. We’ll …
…
continue reading

1
Organizing at GHC, strike date set at Meriter, ULP strike at Starbucks | Rally for Judge Dugan | Civil service rally | Job portal | Bean Feed announcement
28:36
28:36
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
28:36Workers at Group Health Collective in Madison are demanding union recognition from GHC management amidst charges of union busting, Meriter nurses have set a strike date and discuss that state of negotiations with Labor Radio, Voces de la Frontera and organized labor rally for indicted Milwaukee judge Hannah Dugan while federal ICE terror continues,…
…
continue reading
The Bishop representing the region of Cape Breton gives his blessing to new pope Leon XIV. Community consultations are being held over the growing number of cannabis greenhouses in Six Nations. June is Stroke and Aphasia Awareness Month. Loyalist Township opts in. Three thousand blankets and counting have been made by the Knitting for Warmth Group …
…
continue reading

1
Americorps and Trump | Public broadcasting | Labor Department | New Social Security head | Ozturk ordered released | New postmaster | Walter Reuther | Job offer
28:54
28:54
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
28:54Labor Radio speaks to workers affected by federal cuts in the Americorps program and in public broadcasting, how US Labor Department cuts will affect workers, there are new directors of the Social Security system and of the postal service, a federal judge orders the release from ICE captivity of graduate student and SEIU member Rumeysa Ozturk and h…
…
continue reading
The Cercle de Molière Theatre is celebrating a century of Francophone theatre in Saint-Boniface, Manitoba. The Queens County Transit system becomes the leader in rural rides in Nova Scotia. Ridership… up by 30%. Layoffs at GM’s Oshawa plant have the Ontario NDP demanding to know what the government is going to do to help workers and their families.…
…
continue reading

1
May Day | Marquette U organizes | Workers Memorial Day | Wisco UI changes | Walt Whiteman sings | Job opening | Food drive | May Day history
29:05
29:05
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
29:05Multiple May Day marches and rallies in Milwaukee, Madison, and around the state continue in Madison on May 2, the South Central Federation of Labor holds its annual Workers Memorial Day remembrance, Marquette University faculty and staff and staff are demanding recognition of their union, proposed changes to Wisconsin's unemployment insurance syst…
…
continue reading
As the dust settles after the federal election, we’ll take a look at what happened across the country. We’ll turn to BC, Ontario, Québec, and the Maritimes. Cape Breton’s Incumbent Liberal MP’s are going back to Ottawa. Liberal Fancy-Landry unseats Conservative Perkins in South Shore-St. Margarets, in Nova Scotia. In Ontario, Conservative Philip La…
…
continue reading

1
Protests at fed arrest of Milwaukee judge | Minny food co-op workers, their union in freedom of expression fight | Teacher support for student-led May Day march in Madison | Fired fed workers fight back ...
28:54
28:54
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
28:54Protests are quickly called in Milwaukee as the federal government arrests Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan for not submitting to ICE, UFCW members at a Minneapolis food co-op stand up for freedom of expression while that freedom comes under attack across the country, May Day and May 2 marches and rallies include a May 1 high school student-organiz…
…
continue reading
Grief in three dimensions–Canadian composer and playwright Britta Johnson talks about Life After, the musical that grew up with her. Syrup for Soldiers. A father and son duo turn their Maple sweet success into a Haliburton County charity. And we’ll travel just next door, well some 250 km away, and full steam ahead to the Elliott Tree Farm to get a …
…
continue reading

1
Discordia 10: Special Live Broadcast!
1:33:00
1:33:00
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:33:00In the final episode of the series, Piper and Sydney talk to the activists they met over the course of the series about the current state of student activism. This project is funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada. Art by James FayBy CJLO 1690AM
…
continue reading

1
Rally for higher ed | Strike in Oshkosh | Child care rally | IRS resignations | Data breach | Bread & Roses
28:20
28:20
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
28:20Madison holds rallies for a union-sponsored call to support higher education and another for child care providers on Child Care Advocacy Day, UAW Local 291 holds a rally and march in Oshkosh as its strike against Cummins continues into its second month, about a third of Internal Revenue Service workers may be gone by the end of this year, a whistle…
…
continue reading
In Winnipeg, Manitoba, a workshop explores how theatre can be used to build leadership skills. The Award-winning Poetry Walk returns to Courtenay, British Columbia, with a new interactive twist. Liverpool’s Astor Theatre gets a “life-changing” donation from the J&W Murphy Foundation. And Chris Donovan’s upcoming book, The Cloud Factory, explores Sa…
…
continue reading

1
Discordia 09: Quebec Tuition Hikes (2023 - present)
57:23
57:23
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
57:23In late 2023, the Legault Government announced that it would be raising tuition for out-of-province and international students. This episode covers the response from Concordia's student body and the resulting strikes. This project is funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada. Art by James FayBy Sydney Sheedy, Piper Curtis
…
continue reading

1
Meriter nurses rally | Voices of Hands Off | Wage theft | Fain on tariffs | UW faculty on protests | GHC union vote update
30:16
30:16
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
30:16UnityPoint-Meriter nurses and their supporters rally for a fair contract and promise to strike if hospital management doesn't come through in bargaining, Labor Radio speaks to folks marching at Madison's version of the national Hands Off rally, a local worker wins a wage theft case but the company has yet to pay up, UAW President Shawn Fain address…
…
continue reading
A Minden, Ontario, local eatery’s “Friday Favourite” fish & chips, will soon be featured in an international cookbook! Winnipeg’s new Green spaces Plan puts Indigenous knowledge at the forefront. The new policy aims to conserve and expand green spaces by 1,000 acres. Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds hopes that the Cobourg Council Committee will rename …
…
continue reading

1
Hands Off | Post-election | Tariffs and workers | Disappeared unionists | Religious exemption? | Free speech is history
29:44
29:44
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
29:44Labor Radio previews the April 5 Hands Off rally against the Republican administration in Washington and talks to a local organizer, the results of the April 1 Wisconsin statewide election are in with union-backed victories, how tariffs can be expected to affect the working class, union members are prominent among some high-profile ICE detention an…
…
continue reading
Quebec’s expanding religious symbol ban sparks discussions about secularism. To Nova Scotia, where a Bookmobile delivers books, but also, a “sense of community” along Liverpool’s South Shore. In New Brunswick, a local historian publishes 1000 page-long book on the Canadian First World War cap badges! In Cobourg, Ontario, the Nightstop program is lo…
…
continue reading

1
Trump's anti-union latest and local pushback: AFGE 1732 president speaks, rallies at the Labor Temple and post office | Labor endorsements | UAW 291 on strike | Fain vs. NFTA | FL child labor | NALC win ...
28:51
28:51
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
28:51While Trump takes away collective bargaining rights from even more federal workers, rallies are held at the Madison Labor Temple and at the main post office, and we speak to American Federation of Government Employees Local 1732 President William Townsend. The AFL-CIO has endorsements for the April 1 election in Wisconsin, we talk to the president …
…
continue reading
We’ll make our first stop in Montreal, Québec, as a record rent increase could soon become a reality. This as Quebec’s Tenancy Board permits record rent hikes. Tenants prepare for the worst. Then to Haliburton County, Ontario, where Intimate Partner Violence is considered to be an Epidemic. Out east in Nova Scotia: He left Burma in 1967 and retired…
…
continue reading

1
Discordia 08: The 2024 Encampment for Gaza
1:00:01
1:00:01
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:00:01Montreal hosted the longest lasting Gaza solidarity encampment in North America. In this episode, learn how student activist at Concordia and McGill made it happen and their ongoing struggle for Palestinian human rights. This project is funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada. Art by James FayBy Sydney Sheedy, Piper Curtis, Serena Abouljoud
…
continue reading