Today in YGK

In this episode, get headlines on Support Not Stigma and the Mayor’s Arts Awards alongside coverage of the Yates Cup battle between Queen’s and Western Universities plus a feature interview with Yashfeen Afzaal of Union Gallery about the Beyond Words BIPOC art series alongside weather, traffic and event updates.

Join us in this episode for the latest news headlines including coverage of the upcoming Climate Change Symposium, last week’s AMS Assembly, the CUPE strike, Gaels football semi-finals highlights, a chat with Princess Towers-this week’s Artist to watch alongside, weather, traffic and local events.

Today’s episode features coverage of the Mayor’s Arts Awards, the rise in anti-Semitic vandalism around the city, Hallowe’en safety tips and the rundown of Homecoming Weekend at Queen’s University alongside weather, traffic and sports updates.

In today’s news coverage, the CFRC news team highlights municipal elections in the City of Kingston, updates about the City’s credit rating, Breast Cancer Awareness Month alongside campus projects including the AMS Save our Paws Initiative alongside our local weather, traffic and events calendar updates and this week’s Artist to Watch-Michael C. Duguay.

In today’s episode, we feature an artist talk with local act, Almond Milk and discussion with Dr. Katie Mack, Hawking Chair in Cosmology and Science Communication at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo and Professor Ken Clark of the Arthur B McDonald Institute of Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research abut their upcoming presentations on Dark Matter Day on Wednesday October 26th.

In this episode of Today in YGK, listeners will learn more about this week’s Artist to Watch, local band Kasador.  We also speak with Theresa Couto at Queen’s University about the new bee farm located near Richardson Stadium, while providing local and campus news updates, weather, traffic, sports and events calendar reports.

In our relaunch of Today in YGK for autumn 2022, we’re bringing listeners up to date local and campus news headlines and highlights, interviews, weather and traffic reports and upcoming event listings.

Highlights in this episode include a special segment called Artist to Watch with Cyndy Gibson who is chatting with musician Erika Lamon.  In our local news highlights, Chris Lawrie also features a chat with local graphic artist Benjamin Nelson.  During our Campus Corner section, Dinah Jansen also chats with Dr. Troy Day of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics about a free public lecture on September 20th entitled  “Learning from the pandemics of the last seven centuries” delivered by Professor David J. D. Earn of McMaster University.

Today in YGK airs now at 4:30 PM ET on Mondays.  Production contributors in this episode include Alex Fernandes, Chancelor Maracle, Karim Mosna, Zayden Vergara, Dinah Jansen, and Chris Lawrie.

In this segment, we sit down and chat with Mark Richardson, Kingston Pride board member, about Kingston Pride taking place from June 10-19th 2022! Kingston Pride occurred virtually during 2020, and in 2021, took place in September, but this year, it is back in all its original glory and we are thrilled!

In this segment, Alexandra sits down with Dr. Dean Burry, a music professor at Queen’s University, and the Artistic Director of the Watershed Festival. The Watershed Festival reimagines music theatre through panels, workshops, shows, and more. The festival runs for the second time this year in a hybrid format from May 24-28 2022. Learn more by visiting watershedmusictheatre.com or clicking here!