Local jazz and adult contemporary singer-songwriter, Michelle Kasaboski joins us for this special holiday episode of The Scoop!  Michelle chats about her participation in The Shot: Remastered, a national contest she recently won.  We are also treated to the lovely music she used to audition with and compete in the competition in addition to an original Christmas song Michelle wrote.  Download this great episode and also ‘get the scoop’ on what else Michelle has been up to and what’s coming up after her December 13th holiday performance at The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts!

Music in this episode has been graciously furnished by Michelle Kasaboski and is podcasted here with her permission.

The songs are as follows:

In this segment of The Scoop, we’re talking about city planning, chickens and having a say on issues that matter! Join Meg Herod as we head into the City of Kingston to talk to Debi Miller, City of Kingston’s manager of communications and public engagement to hear all about how we can get engaged and shape decisions about our city.

In this episode of The Scoop, we chat with Kingston poet Sadiqa de Meijer and her friend, visual artist Amy Rubin in Nova Scotia about their project, The Woolgatherers.

In this lovely conversation, we get to join in Sadiqa and Amy’s ongoing embroidered conversation that explores the imprints of their religious backgrounds.  We learn what the stitched medium means for them, what inspired their conversation on linen, where the conversation has been and where it might go, and how others can ‘listen in’ on the conversation and potentially, even participate.

Put on a pot of tea and get inspired!

In this episode of The Scoop, Jessica Somersall sits down with members of QUWAL to discuss the significance of Kamala Harris in office. Our campus news coordinator, Joel Sindle, also sits down with Dr. Power to discuss how the pandemic has shifted access to food banks.

In this segment of The Scoop, Dinah Jansen sits down with Queen’s University Rector, Sam Hiemstra to discuss his role and what students can expect from his position in office.

In this episode of The Scoop, we chat with Larissa Mankis about the student affairs “Treat Yourself” door-to-door initiative.

Further, we  report on the updated study spaces on Queen’s University campus that went into affect the week of November 16, 2020, as well as the closing of the Tea Room on campus.

We also interview members of  Accessibility Queen’s about their event coming up on December 3rd, which you can register here for!

Additionally, find our weekly traffic report at the end of the segment.

In this episode of The Scoop, we report on AMS Assembly proceedings from November 12th, completion of the John Counter Boulevard Overpass project,  Kingston Frontenac Public Library’s new online peer tutoring program for teens & tweens, Friends of Cataraqui Trail Rudolph Run & Walk, YMCA & City partnership to offer Artillery Park members admission to YMCA to end of the year, KFPL’s new Make a Will programming and Mayor Paterson and Greater of Kingston Chamber of Commerce reactions to the Provincial Budget.

Further, this episode breaks down current procedures for users of the Wolfe Island Ferry Terminal and sheds light on recent work of Lionhearts Inc. in partnership with Stages Nightclub and LCVI.

We also chat with Aara McAuley, the new Artistic Director of Kingston Writers’ Fest about her new role and what’s in store for KWF.

In this feature of The Scoop, CFRC’s Campus News Coordinator, Joel Sindle, sits down with Dr. Ramesh Zacharias, CEO and Medical Director of the Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence for Canadian Veterans.