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Our programming schedule includes open format and specialty music shows, spoken word programs on a variety of topics as well as audio art programming that explores the limits of this thing we call radio. We provide training for anyone interested in working behind the scenes and for anyone wanting to be involved in our live programming. We’re located on the campus of Mount Allison University, on th
e third floor of the Wallace McCain Student Centre at 62 York Street in Sackville, New Brunswick. If you are interested in independent media and the power of community radio, now is the time to get involved.
On Tuesday’s show, we listen in as ECO 360’s Sebastien Hultberg outlines the options for Tantramar as a new industry group takes over blue bag recycling in the province. Plus court updates for Sackville and Dorchester residents charged with drug trafficking, a rash of vehicle thefts in the area, and Tantramar renews CUPE contract with 10.75% raise over four years.
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On Thursday’s Tantramar Report, we talk with Peep and Keep Ecotique co-owner Kara Becker about the shop’s grand opening this weekend during Dorchester’s Sandpiper Festival. Plus in briefs, more highlights from this week’s Tantramar council meeting, including Dorchester water treatment, a new Sackville library roof, and a corporate donation towards two recreation projects.
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On Wednesday’s Tantramar Report, we recap some of the decisions made last night by Tantramar councillors at their regular monthly meeting, including approving a $1.2 million development incentive for JN Lafford and an unexpected new $200,000 expense related to the Lorne Street Stormwater Mitigation project. They also took steps towards approving changes to bylaws that would lift the 22-year-old drive thru ban in the zones around Sackville’s two main highway exits.
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Town engineer Jon Eppell is recommending that Tantramar expand its contract with Veolia Water Technologies to include the operation of the Dorchester water treatment plant. Tantramar council will consider the proposal at its regular meeting Tuesday tonight at 7pm in Sackville town hall.
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Tonight at their regular council meeting, councillors will be asked to vote on approving a nearly $1.2 million dollar grant over ten years for developer John Lafford, for his proposed six-storey apartment building at 131 Main Street.
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On Tuesday’s Tantramar Report we look into the former town of Sackville’s Economic Development Incentive Program and how it compares with neighbouring programs in Moncton and Riverview, as Tantramar council considers whether or not to approve a grant for $1.2 million over 10 years at its meeting tonight.
And in briefs: an update from Tantramar about progress with the Lorne Street Stormwater Mitigation Project, a surprise expense for that project, and a council decision tonight on drive-thrus in highway commercial zones.
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On Friday’s Tantramar Report, we revisit a conversation with Mt A grad and filmmaker Anas Nannis about his film PEEP: The Great Migration, which is screening next week as part of the Sandpiper Festival in Dorchester. PEEP tells the story of the semi-palmated sandpiper, and its amazing annual journey from the arctic to Brazil, with a weeks long re-fueling stop in the Bay of Fundy. Plus in briefs: Sappyfest is here with a Bridge Street mainstage and some free events elsewhere in town; and this weekend is the 4th annual Backyard BioBlitz citizen science project.
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We're very excited to announce that we received funding for a 1-year position to work with us to help develop our community connection. CHMA plays an essential role in local news and independent culture at Mount Allison University and in the Tantramar Area. We have been awarded this funding through the Community Radio Fund of Canada / Fonds canadien de la radio communautaire Radiometres program to develop community programming, help us increase our number of volunteers, extend our presence in the community, and produce content and discussions with community members, while supporting and promoting media literacy.
The successful applicant will engage and inspire current and potential volunteers, develop hyper-local community based content, partner with community organizations to expand our audience and assist in their promotion and outreach, including underrepresented groups, new immigrants and marginalized communities.
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On Thursday’s Tantramar Report, we hear about the controversy over Canada’s Bill C-19, the Online News Act, and how it will affect community radio stations like CHMA. Alex Freedman, the Executive Director of the Community Radio Fund of Canada speaks to local journalism initiative reporter Pamela Klassen from Smithers, BC station CICK about the Online News Act, and what he thinks needs to happen now that Google and Facebook have started to block news links from being seen by Canadians.
Plus in news briefs: it’s a busy August in Tantramar, and 'no swim' advisories at Parlee Beach and Murray Beach.
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Tantramar mayor Andrew Black has been talking about the Chignecto Isthmus a lot lately. In the mayor’s report at last week’s committee of the whole meeting, Black mentioned conversations with his counterparts in the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, with an insurance executive concerned about reducing risk, and with former Sackville councillor and ClimAtlantic director Sabine Dietz, about hosting a discussion on how to protect the corridor between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
CHMA called him up to find out more:
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It was two years and two months after Jamie Leard was shot and killed by his former friends in Upper Cape, New Brunswick, that his mother Doris Leard had the chance to speak in court, and tell one of her son’s killers about the impact of his actions on May 25, 2021. Read more here:
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On Wednesday’s Tantramar Report, we take a trip to Johnson’s Mills Shorebird Interpretive Centre to celebrate the return of the sandpipers for another season, just in time for the return of Dorchester’s Sandpiper Festival next week. We also hear about the sentencing hearing for one of the killers of Jamie Leard, and the first opportunity for Leard’s mother to make a victim impact statement in court.
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Like many other local media broadcasters, we anticipate that Meta and Google will be blocking our social media accounts very soon in reaction to Bill C-18.
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On Tuesday’s Tantramar Report, we talk with Dr. Matthew Betti of Mount Allison, who is surveying New Brunswickers in an effort to narrow down the potential causes of New Brunswick’s mystery brain disease. Betti has recently joined a call for provincial and federal involvement in studies to help determine what’s been harming the over 200 patients currently reporting undiagnosed neurological symptoms.
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Who's ready for Sappyfest? We are!! Here is what our programmers have been playing and listening to for the past week!
No members of the public showed up for a public hearing on whether or not to lift the 22-year-old ban on new drive-thrus in the town’s highway commercial zones, and no comments were submitted online or by mail through Plan 360. Even the proponent of the bylaw amendment, Rashaid Tufail, owner of the former Pizza Delight building on Mallard Drive, didn’t make an appearance.
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On Thursday’s Tantramar Report we talk with politics professor Geoff Martin about the province’s new Statements of Public Interest, and his concerns about how the principles might get used. Plus, the Sackville library needs a new roof, and thanks to a grant from Moneris, local parents will be able to work out while their kids attend activities at the Tantramar Civic Centre.
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On Wednesday’s Tantramar Report, we take a look some of the items that came up at Tantramar council’s committee of the whole meeting Tuesday afternoon, including a development incentive worth nearly $1.2 million for developer John Lafford, bylaw changes to allow drive-thrus in highway commercial zones, and plans to outsource care of the Dorchester water treatment plant. Listen here for more details:
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On Tuesday’s Tantramar Report, we stopped by Amlamgog (also known as Fort Folly) First Nation to talk with cultural coordinator Nicole Porter about a strip of land recently gifted to the community as part of the Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas trust. Plus we look at what’s coming up in today’s Tantramar council meeting, including a public hearing on drive thrus and a report on JN Lafford’s application for the town’s new development tax incentive.
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We're very excited to announce a special program dedicated to local legend Ray Legere who was recently awarded an honorary degree from Mount Allison University during the 2023 Convocation ceremonies earlier this year.
Both local radio stations, CHMA and CFTA, will air the special hour long feature this weekend, July 29th. Please join in at 10am on CHMA 106.9 FM and www.chmafm.com and at 7pm on CFTA 107.9 FM. The episode will be made available for future listening on chmafm.com after the airing.
A special thanks to Ray and Janet Crawford for making the documentary possible and to Wilson Moore for providing the introduction.
"A world-renowned fiddle and mandolin player, Ray Legere has travelled the world recording with top musicians in a variety of musical genres. He has toured internationally with artists such as Rita McNeil, John McDermott, the virtuoso violin group Bowfire, and Michelle Shocked. From hard rock to roots players, Legere is a well-known and respected artist known for his musical versatility and Acadian background.
He has seven solo albums to his credit, featuring some of his own compositions, and can be heard on over 500 recordings as a session player. Legere performs with both anglophone and francophone artists in the region and is a regular member of the band for Quebec hit television shows Pour L’amour du Country and Tout Simpliment Country. In 2017, he worked on a genre-crossing project with the professional woodwind quintet Ventus Machina, arranged by Mount Allison professor James Kalyn, involving classical, pop, Acadian, and bluegrass tunes that celebrated the musical cultures of New Brunswick.
Legere operates his own recording studio from his home in Sackville, NB, the place he has called home for over 25 years. A household name for music lovers across the Maritimes, Legere was the 2019 recipient of the Lieutenant-Governor's Award for High Achievement in the Arts and is a multiple ECMA award winner. He also won two National Mandolin Championships and was recently inducted into both, the New Brunswick and the Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame. He is also on the Sackville Arts Wall, which honours the achievements of local artists."
A $1.3 million dollar mixed-use building project for 35 Main Street will be the first project to receive an incentive in the form of a tax rebate from the new town of Tantramar, based on a policy passed in Sackville in March 2020. The new Lafford development proposed for 131 Main could be the second.
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Ben Broadbent spent last summer working with kids at McMaster University’s Marauder program, a support system that makes it possible for kids with exceptionalities and special needs to attend the school’s summer day camps. The third year Mount Allison student liked the job so much that he decided to do it again, this time at Mount A.
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Here is what our programmers have been listening and playing the past week! Check out these amazing artists Major Funk, Good Dear Good, Aqyila and Lloyd’s Money.
On Friday’s Tantramar Report we talk with Mount Allison student Ben Broadbent, who has improved accessibility at the school’s summer day camps by making it possible for kids with exceptionalities and special needs to attend.
Plus in briefs: a guilty plea on careless driving in crosswalk collision, the Isthmus application is in, and investors affiliated with Sunset Properties buy another two buildings in Sackville.
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On Thursday’s Tantramar Report, we go back to Tuesday's public meeting on health care to hear what Horizon officials have to say about the new Beal University Canada nursing program which is planning to set up shop in the Sackville Memorial Hospital as early as January 2024. Plus journalist Bruce Wark checks in with Mayor Andrew Black after a special council meeting called to approve zoning changes requested by John Lafford, and New Brunswick’s public libraries will now stock free period products.
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On Wednesday’s Tantramar Report, we feature highlights from Tuesday’s Future of Our Healthcare meeting at the Tantramar Civic Centre, where Horizon officials answered questions from the audience of about 120 people.
Plus in briefs: Premiers Blaine Higgs and Tim Houston say they will apply for federal funding to protect the Chignecto Isthmus today, and Mount Allison is losing its interim president.
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It was great spending the day with who come by to try out our new studio (in progress). We look forward to finishing it up to offer to the community for live streams, video podcasts and podcasts soon!
On Tuesday’s Tantramar Report, we look at a program to incentivize development in Sackville, which just saw its first approval go through council, even though it’s been on the books since March 2020.
Plus in briefs: a health care town hall tonight, a special council meeting Wednesday, and the town of Tantramar has hired a new communications officer.
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Here is what we have been listening to the past week! Check out this amazing artists Katie Tupper, Jah’Mila, Aysanabee, and NORTER!
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Covering Julie Doiron’s ‘The Only’, Harris McSheffery is constantly proving to be a pillar of the music scene here in Sackville. A former graduate from MtA’s Music program, he has built a fan base by posting cover videos on his FaceBook and YouTube accounts. Joe Hubley sat down with Harris for a CHMA exclusive interview, airing this Wednesday, June 29th at 8:30 AM on 106.9 FM and chmafm.com.
Morning Show Joe pumping the Spring ‘22 Fundrive. Check out chmafm.com for details.
Shashank is back after holding it down over the holidays! We’re excited for 2022. We’ll be introducing a lot of new voices over the next week and, of course, continuing to bring you the classic hosts that we’ve come to love.
About 50 people gathered on the Mount Allison campus today to participate in a global climate strike march. Tune in to Tantramar Report on Monday to hear sounds and speeches from the protest.
Congratulations to Jack Keddy for 35 years of Banzai! on CHMA! Voted 'Best Classic Rock Radio Show in the World', 'Most Committed Host', and 'Vinyl King' for 35 years in a row by CHMA Staff and Programmers. Thanks for bringing it to the airwaves Jack! Tune in tonight for his special anniversary show from 7pm-9pm.
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Help CHMA send Zone 4 some support! We're collecting (and broadcasting) short audio clips from community members to show people in Zone 4 that we in the southeast are thinking of them during this difficult time. If you would like to participate, you can record a short message expressing your support using your cell phone or laptop. You may send your recording to [email protected]. Anyone is welcome to participate, and we also encourage listeners who speak multiple languages to record their messages in as many languages as you like (actively looking for messages in French!).
