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Today in YGK
Join us weekly via podcast or on CFRC 101.9 FM for Today in YGK. This local news program produced by the CFRC News Team features local and campus headline news, special segments, interviews, weather, sports, traffic reports and an events calendar. Have news? Reach out to news@cfrc.ca!
Episodes
Today in YGKWhy We Should Reconsider COVID-19 Vaccine Passports
In this segment of Today in YGK, Alexandra sits down with Tommy Cooke of Queen’s University to discuss why we should reconsider COVID-19 vaccine…
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Museum of Healthcare Contributes to Heritage Minute
In this segment of Today in YGK, Alexandra sits down with Kevin Moorhouse, Museum Manager of the Museum of Healthcare at Kingston to discuss the museum’s…
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Dean Burry Talks Watershed Festival!
In this segment of Today in YGK, Alexandra sits down with Dr. Dean Burry, a professor at Queen’s University who is also the creative director of the…
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Summer Programming and Events at the Agnes!
In this segment of Today in YGK, Alexandra sits down with Shannon Brown (Program Coordinator) and Charlotte Gagnier (Program Assisstant) of the Agnes…
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Learn About “Do Art. Be Wonderful.” with Francisco Corbett
In this segment, our Arts Coordinator, Sadie Mcfadden sits down virtually with artist Francisco Corbett to discuss his event “Do Art. Be…
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All Things Juvenis Festival!
In this segment, Alexandra sits down with Kate and Maya, the Co-managing directors of the Juvenis Festival! Visit www.juvenisfestival.ca to check out the…
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Interview with Cathy Szabo, President and CEO of Providence Care
In this segment, we chat with Cathy Szabo, President and CEO of Providence Care Hospital in Kingston. She joins us to talk about Providence Care’s recent…
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Today in YGK – Turtle Egg Conservation in Kingston
In this segment of Today in YGK, Alexandra sits down with Darcey and Monika of Turtles Eggs Conservation in Kingston to discuss turtle poaching and more. Be…
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Today in YGK – Interview with Inquiry@Queen’s Prize Winner, Philippe Haddad
In this segment, we sit down with Philippe Haddad, a 4th year ArtSci student in History, and recent Inquiry@Queen’s presenter and prize winner. Philippe…
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Today in YGK – A Virtual Murder Mystery Play!
In this episode of Today in YGK, Alexandra sits down with Christine Harvey, a director and playwright who is hosting a virtual murder mystery play in support…
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Today in YGK – Interview with Amelia Moses, Director of Bloodthirsty at KCFF ’21
In this segment of Today in YGK, Alexandra sits down with Amelia Moses, the director of KCFF’s opening night film Bloodthirsty to discuss the film, her…
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Today in YGK – Interview with Ryan Noth, Director of Drifting Snow at KCFF ’21
In this episode of Today in YGK, Alexandra sits down with Ryan Noth, a Canadian film director whose film, Drifting Snow (2019) will be a part of the Kingston…
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Today in YGK – Interview with Bruce Kauffman (Recipient of Mayor’s Arts Award)
In this week’s segment of Today in YGK, Elizabeth Kim sits down with Mayor’s Arts Award Recipient, Bruce Kauffman, who is the host of CFRC…
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Today in YGK – What’s Going On at the Agnes? and FedDev Ont Announces $3 million for Kingston
In this week’s segment of Today in YGK, Alexandra sits down with Shannon Brown, Program Coordinator of the Agnes Etherington Art Centre. As well, learn…
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Today in YGK – Queen’s Relay for Life
In this week’s segment of Today in YGK, Alexandra sits down with the Co-Presidents of Queen’s Relay for Life to talk about their upcoming relay…
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Today in YGK – Climate Change Symposium, City Council Moves to Ban Conversion Therapy
In this segment of Today in YGK, Alexandra sits down with Tess Wittmann, the Community Engagement Specialist of Sustainable Kingston to discuss the Kingston…
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Today in YGK: A Year in Review
In this segment of Today in YGK, we look back at quintessential moments in the Queen’s and Kingston community that have happened in the year of 2020…
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Today in YGK – Bill 216, Celestial Occurences
In this week’s segment of Today in YGK, Alexandra sits down with Sarah Keyes and Dr. Rupa Patel of the KFL&A Food Policy Council to discuss the passing…
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Today in YGK – Helping Handbags Initiative, News Updates
In this week’s episode of Today in YGK, Alexandra sits down in the virtual studio with Nishana Ramsawak, a Queen’s University Engineering PhD…
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Today in YGK – Interview with Queen’s Women Soccer Team and News Updates
In this week’s segment of Today in YGK, Alexandra sits down with Christie Gray (Commerce ’21) and Kirstin Tynan (ArtSci ’24) of the…
Today in YGKToday in YGK – Bike Theft in Kingston
In this week’s episode of Today in YGK, Alexandra sits down with Carla and Graeme from Frontenac Cycle Shop to discuss the issue of bike theft in the…
Today in YGKMiss Emily LIVE on IWUC!
Local music legend, Miss Emily made a surprise phone call to Indie Wake Up Call around 8:30 AM! Our host, Cyndy Gibson got to talk to Miss Emily about her new…
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Today in YGK – Interview with Wendy Huot of The Screening Room
In this week’s episode of Today in YGK, Alexandra sits down with Wendy Huot, owner and operator of The Screening Room in Kingston, Ontario. With COVID-19…
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Today in YGK – Interview with Local Kingston Author, Rob Clark
In this week’s segment of Today in YGK, Alex sits down with Robert Clark, local Kingston author, to chat about his new book – Willowdale Weavers: A…
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Today in YGK – Queen’s International Student Working Group
Join Alexandra as she sits down with Canan Sahin and Nathalia Santos Ocasio, both Queen’s University PhD students who are a part of the Queen’s…
Today in YGKThe Question of Ranked Ballots in YGK
Kingston City Councillors Jim Neill (Williamsville District), Mary Rita Holland (Kingscourt-Rideau District) and Robert Kiley (Trillium District) drop by the…
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Today in YGK – Interview with Sadaf Amini
In this episode of Today in YGK, Alexandra sits down with Sadaf Amini, a local Kingston musician who specializes in playing the Santur. Also a finalist of the…
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Today in YGK – Queen’s International Graduate Students Losing TAships
In this week’s episode of Today in YGK, Alexandra sits down with Harshavardhan Thyagarajan, a graduate student of Queen’s University, to talk about…
Today in YGKToday in YGK- Royal Astronomical Society
In this week’s episode of Today in YGK, Alexandra sits down with Connor Stone, a PhD candidate at Queen’s University to discuss the Royal…
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Today in YGK- Integrated Care Hub
In today’s episode of Today in YGK, Alexandra sits down with Gilles Charette, executive director of the HIV/AIDS Regional Services in Kingston, Ontario…
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Today in YGK: BlueKey and Local News
In this week’s episode, Alexandra sits down with Pourousha Marandi (Queen’s ’22) and Vinh To (Wilfred Laurier ’23) to discuss BlueKey…
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Today in YGK x KAC: Kay Kenney and Vincent Perez
In this collaboration episode with the Kingston Arts Council, Alexandra sits down with local Kingston artists, Kay Kenney, a dancer and artist here in the…
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Today in YGK: Emilie Steele and The Deal
In this week's episode of Today in YGK, Alex sits down with Emilie Steele from Emilie Steele and the Deal, a local Kingston band. They have a livestream…
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Today in YGK: Queen’s Collage Collectives and Local News
In this week's episode of Today in YGK, Alexandra sits down with Alyssa Vernon to talk about the Queen's Club she founded, Queen's Collage Collectives, as well…
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Today in YGK: @stolenbysmith
In this week's episode of Today in YGK, Alexandra sits down with Kelly Weiling Zou (Commerce '21) to talk about the Instagram account @stolenbysmith that she…
Today in YGKToday in YGK: Interview with Weigh the Anchor, and Local News
In this week's episode of Today in YGK, Alexandra interviews Andrew Zamora of Weigh the Anchor, a pop punk band based in Oakville, Ontario. Additionally, learn…
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Today in YGK x Kingston Arts Council Ep. 1: Francisco Corbett and Mariah Horner
In this week's special episode of Today in YGK, in collaboration with the Kingston Arts Council, Alexandra interviews youth artists in the Kingston Area to…
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Today in YGK: KCFF
In today's episode of Today in YGK, Alexandra talks with Marc Garniss, the festival director of the Kingston Canadian Film Festival about the shut down of the…
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Today in YGK: An Interview with Winnipeg’s band, Touching, and Local News
In this week's episode of Today in YGK, listen in on an exclusive interview with Michael Falk of Winnipeg music group, Touching to hear about their Isolation…
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Today in YGK: Kingston Pride and Local News
In this week's episode of Today in YGK, sit down with host Alexandra and Ruth Wood, Board Chair of Kingston Pride to learn how the parades and events have…
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Today in YGK: SpaceX Launch and Local News
In today's episode of Today in YGK, sit in on a conversation with Queen's University PhD Candidate, Connor Stone, to learn about the historic SpaceX launch…
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Today in YGK: SPAF and Local News
In this week's episode of Today in YGK, learn more about the Skeleton Park Arts Festival and what they're doing to accommodate an online and in-person…
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The Ballytobin Festival
In this week's episode of Today in YGK, Alexandra sits down with Tricia Baldwin, Director of the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts to discuss the…
Today in YGKCampus Focus: The Journey Home
In this pilot episode, Today in YGK host Alexandra Fernandes (ArtSci '21) chats with three Queen's University students whose study abroad experiences were cut…