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Harmony Corruption Episode 67-September 24th, 2024-The Pyrrhon Interview

Hi Folks! This week’s episode features an interview with Doug from Pyrrhon. We got to chat about their new album “Exhaust,” which came out a few weeks back on Willowtip Records. Hope you all enjoy the interview! Also a side note: during one of the two Gorguts songs, my PC did crash, apologies for that!

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Mornings Are Hard || 2024-09-25

Artist – Track || Album 1.) Dan Mangan – All My People – elsewhere version || Being Elsewhere 2.) SUUNS – Fish On A String || The Breaks 3.) Volunteer Department – Old Friend || Fountainhead 4.) beabadoobee – Beaches || This Is How Tomorrow Moves 5.) Kelly McMichael – Dreamer || After The Sting

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CHSR News – September 25th, 2024 – UNB holds grand opening of newly renovated Student Union Building

 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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CHSR News – September 24th, 2024 – Fredericton City Council Votes On Next Steps For Aquatic Centre

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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CHSR News – September 23rd, 2024 – Fredericton’s 2SLGBTQIA+ Community Joins National Counter Protest

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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Indie Whimsy Episode 23 (September 17th 2024)

heya heya! on today’s episode of indie whimsy you’ll hear: 1) half passed dead – sci-fi caper (star stuff) 2) write what you know – stars (nightsongs) 3) rush hour – the shermans (moshi moshi pop international style) 4) hands free – wut (now) 5) nowhere fast – the smiths (meat is murder) 6) we

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CHSR News – September 20th, 2024 – 12 Neighbours Expanding Neighbourhood

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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CHSR News – September 19th, 2024 – Kylie Fox Pays Tribute To Her Idol, Releases Second Album Sequoia

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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Harmony Corruption Episode 66-September 17th, 2024

Hi Folks! Welcome back to Harmony Corruption on CHSR-FM! This week’s episode features lots of dissonant metal, as well as a few classic heavy and doom tunes. I also played material from bands that share members with Pyrrhon, as I will be doing an interview with Doug (vocals) from Pyrrhon on next week’s episode! Here’s

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CHSR News – September 18th, 2024 – Provincial Leaders Present To Fredericton City Council

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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Away From The Mire Episode 50

Episode 50, where has the time gone! I hope you’ve been enjoying the shows as much as I enjoy putting these together. This was my second live show and we played some great local music and discussed some of the music news going on today! King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Cyboogie La Luz

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CHSR News – September 16th, 2024 – FHS’s Merrit Johnson Wins Youth Human Rights Award

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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Testing For Echo – Episode 59 – Lot’s to Play! Let’s Go! – Orig. Air Date September 14, 2024

Hello there folks. This is Testing For Echo Episode 59 on CHSR FM 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world. I’m your host Tim Scammell. I’m really happy to have another great track from the new Mandoki Soulmates album and a legendary show ID from Leslie Mandoki himself. I’ve prepared an hour of awesome for

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CHSR News – September 13th, 2024 – Higgs Government Announces New Physician Payment Model

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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CHSR News – September 12th, 2024 – NBTA President Peter Legacy Outlines Education Demands To The Current & Future Government

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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CHSR News – September 11th, 2024 – Harvest Opens With Kulasihkulpa!

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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Harmony Corruption Episode 65-September 10th, 2024

Hi Folks! Welcome back to Harmony Corruption, this week’s episode features lots of sludge, atmospheric death metal and lots of dissonance. This episode focuses on some of the harsher, more dissonant side of metal, as well as some more technical material. It also includes some black metal! Here’s the playlist for the week! Dystopia-Stress Builds

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Mornings Are Hard || 2024-09-09

Artist – Track || Album 1.) Lunar Moon – With and without || single 2.) Richard Laviolette – Milkweed and Motherwort || All Wild Things Are Shy 3.) Spiral XP – Sinner || single 4.) Motherhood – Wandering || single 5.) Heaven For Real – All That Remains || Hell’s Logo’s Pink 6.) Energy Slime

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