After Hurricane Lee spoiled the party last year Harvest Music Festival returned to Fredericton’s streets for it’s 34th year. Johnny James caught up with the festival’s general manager Courtney Steeves to talk about how the festival bounced back and navigated the aftermath of a difficult decision with an outpouring of community support. Podcast: Play in
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The University of New Brunswick had their grand opening of the newly renovated Student Union Building yesterday afternoon. The project, which began in October 2023, was recently completed in August., and features a complete overhaul to the buildings main floor layout, a new outdoor social space, the removal of the old Campus Shoppe and the
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Fredericton city council voted on their next course of action in building a new regional aquatic centre last night. Chief Administrative Officer Steven Hart made a presentation to Fredericton’s counselors on paths forward in the municipal governments pursuit of building a new regional aquatic center to replace the close Sir Max Aitken Pool. This past
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Joining a national cross-country counter-protest, Fredericton’s 2SLGBTQIA+ community and allies gathered to fight against policies and rhetoric they deem hateful and dangerous to the province’s youth. Over 80 Frederictonians gathered in front of the NB Legislature on Friday in support of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and to counter a movement called 1 Million March For Kids,
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One of Fredericton’s most forward-thinking housing projects is looking for community members to join its neighborhood. In the over two years since their first move-ins in early 2022, which came to fruition after the previous two years of construction, they have delivered and expanded on their mission to create a context where people can use
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Local singer-songwriter Kylie Fox recently released her new studio album Sequoia as a part of Harvest Music Festival. Bringing her new songs to life, while also paying tribute to the voice that has inspired her the most. First, she stepped into the shoes of her idol Joni Mitchell, performing her 1974 album Court & Spark
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New Brunswick provincial political leaders, Premier Blaine Higgs (Progressive Conservatives), Susan Holt (Liberals) and David Coon (Greens) made their cases to Fredericton City Council on Monday ahead of next months election. The leaders had 15 minutes each to address the capital regions concerns, followed by a number of questions from council members, and how those
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The recipients of the 2024 New Brunswick Human Rights Awards were honoured during a ceremony at Government House on Friday. 17-year-old Fredericton High School student Merrit Johnson received the Youth Human Rights Award for her work as a queer community advocate, mainly through her work as executive committee president for FHS’s GSA. Johnny James spoke
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The Provincial Government announced a new compensation model for healthcare physicians on Thursday that seeks to combat growing wait-lists and make New Brunswick a more attractive destination for doctors. The new investment, which is a commitment of 18.6 million dollars in funding this year and 20 million next year, surrounds a new provider and patient
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NB Teachers association president Peter Legacy spoke to reporters Wednesday morning, laying out the concerns that need to be addressed by candidates running in the upcoming provincial election. He began his address acknowledging the continued understaffing and shortages in the province’s school system and that those within the association are continuing to ring the alarm
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Fredericton’s Harvest Music Festival opened last night with a celebration of indigenous music called Kulasihkulpa! which featured Judie Acquin, The Muskrat Singers, Dee Dee Austin and local grass dancers. The opening ceremonies was the festival’s second opening ceremony featuring a heavy spotlight on indigenous artists. Johnny James was at the event and spoke to Wolastoq Grand
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CHSR’s broadcast journalist Johnny James was at the latest Fredericton city council meeting last night speaking with newly sworn-in police chief Gary Forward about how he will apply his extensive leadership experience to his new role, his outlook on community policing and addressing the recruitment issues within the Fredericton Police Force. Podcast: Play in new
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Track Listing: 1.) Altered By Mom – Comin’ Up Slowly 2.) Whoop-Szo – 2CB 3.) Tame Impala – Lost In Yesterday 4.) T. Thomason – King Of Spades 5.) The Stanfields – Rules Have All The Fun 6.) Kylie Fox – This Beer Is Home 7.) Jerry-Faye – Winter Semester 8.) Mac Miller – Good News 9.) Jurassic 5 – Freedom 10.) Keegan Dobbelsteyn – Entitlement
Warning: There is a heavy amount of content discussed in this episode that deals with acts of racism, physical and psychological abuse, and the trauma caused by it. Please proceed with caution while listening to this episode if subjects of this nature are triggering to you in any way. Disclaimer: The resignation of Bill
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We were joined Friday for a special preview episode of the 107th Grey Cup between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Our special guest was Braydon Stachel, former social correspondent for the CFL and current producer of TSN’s Krown Gridiron Nation Podcast. Braydon also manages the Canadian Football League subreddit r/CFL, currently the
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On this episode we sat down with singer/songwriter Matthew Byrne to talk about his latest album Horizon Lines and his performance tonight at Shivering songs. Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/399248927482372/ Tune in weekdays from 7-8am and follow along on the shows Facebook pages as well as my personal Facebook and Instagram stories @heyjohnnyjames for live updates, previews, segments
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On today’s show we sit down with Jeff Richardson of the United Way and Kyle Cunjak of The Olympic Symphonium to talk about Songs Of The City! Check out the event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/356036121865178/ Tune in weekdays from 7-8am and follow along on the shows Facebook pages as well as my personal Facebook and Instagram stories
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On today’s show, we sat down with Jason McIntyre and Brennan Garnett from JustWrite Productions to talk about their event Hilarity For The Homeless at the Capital Complex tomorrow! Check out the event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1227572800727107/ Tune in weekdays from 7-8am and follow along on the shows Facebook pages as well as my personal Facebook and
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On today’s show, singer songwriter Hannah Zamora stopped by to chat about her show at the Wilsers Room tonight and to serenade our ears with some sweet ukulele tunes! Check out the event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/2474504956110234/ Tune in weekdays from 7-8am and follow along on the shows Facebook pages as well as my personal Facebook and
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On today’s show, we talked about why the Lourvre is shattering their attendance records, some legal trouble for the Netflix sensation Black Mirror an exclusive version of Bohemian Rhapsody. Tune in weekdays from 7-8am and follow along on the shows Facebook pages as well as my personal Facebook and Instagram stories @heyjohnnyjames for live updates,
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On today’s show, we sat down with Dylan Ward of the band Marian to talk about the bands upcoming show at Grimross tonight and play a tune live in studio! Event Page Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/650106012071382/ Tune in weekdays from 7-8am and follow along on the shows Facebook pages as well as my personal Facebook and Instagram
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On todays show, we talk about the effects of swearing around children, a giant Manitoba snow maze and whether or not your allergies are legit. Tune in weekdays from 7-8am and follow along on the shows Facebook pages as well as my personal Facebook and Instagram stories @heyjohnnyjames for live updates, previews, segments and podcasts!
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On today’s show we talked about a man who took a casual jaunt across Canada, an app that makes school lunches more accessible and some sweet criminal karma. Tune in weekdays from 7-8am and follow along on the shows Facebook pages as well as my personal Facebook and Instagram stories @heyjohnnyjames for live updates,
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50. “Some Rap Songs” – Earl Sweatshirt Kicking of my albums of the year list is Earl Sweatshirt with “Some Rap Songs”, but this collection of tracks is anything but. While short in length, each track transports you into a sensual head space with pinging samples of guitar, bass, piano and so much more. Earl’s
10. “The Offering: Part 1” – Hitman Kicking off this list is Hitman out of Halifax, NS with their 4-track ripper “The Offering Part 1”. Mixing a crunchy blend of stoner and thrash metal, each track is a gut punch of huge instrumentation and catchy hooks you can raise your glass to. Vocalist Jordan Rose