All-ages show tonight carves out space for youth to have fun
Tantramar youth need a place to hang out, says Michael Freeman, and tonight at the Sackville Commons, they will have just that, at an all-ages open mic and show, featuring local garage rock band, Reclaim the Vents.
Freeman is six weeks into his new position as youth strategic coordinator for the United Way’s YOU Turns program, based out of Tantramar Regional High School. CHMA spoke to him about his new role and the upcoming show:
Freeman’s job runs the gamut from helping youth connect with resources to help meet their basic needs like housing, food and health, but also to help provide some opportunities for enjoyment. “Fun is restorative,” says Freeman. “It’s a human right, it’s developmentally necessary.”
Freeman says he has heard youth expressing the need for spaces to hang out. “From my point of view, I think it’s crazy that a community of our size doesn’t have a youth centre,” says Freeman. “And so the hope is, we’re working with the Sackville Commons, and we would really like to, over the next year or so, develop a youth drop in space where people can come in, hang out, engage in programming, get some food, and do those kinds of things.
“But to get the ball rolling, we’re thinking, let’s have some events, let’s have some open mics and coffee houses, some concerts,” says Freeman.… Continue
Rub-A-Dub-Dub Radio Hour
Saturday 9pm. Peter Kelly Spurles. Join Peter and friends on their meandering path through an hour of songs and stories, only on the Rub-A-Dub-Dub Radio Hour.
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Tantramar Dragon Boat teams smash their record and raise over $45k for Lions Sick Children’s Fund
When two enthusiastic students first convinced math teacher Julie Jones to help organize a Tantramar Regional High School (TRHS) team for the Greater Moncton Dragon Boat Festival back in 2006, Jones thought the goal of raising $1800 would be tough to accomplish. Now, 17 years later, a small army of 196 students and 14 staff at the school have raised over $45,000 and counting. “Right now I have a total of $45,539,” said Jones on Tuesday. “And there’s still money coming in.”
Jones says the team surpassed last year’s record amount of $39,000. “I’m pretty pretty darn proud of these kids,” said Jones. “It’s pretty amazing.”
Katerina Hicks is the leader of this year’s Dragon Boat council. The graduating student says it is “absolutely wonderful” that a small community like Tantramar was able to raise such a large amount of money to go towards the Lions Sick Children’s Fund and other charities chosen by students. “I’m so proud to be a part of that,” says Hicks.
To raise the money, the students ran a number of activities and events, including a carnival, popcorn and vegetable and flower seed sales, and two shows featuring Nova Scotian hypnotist Ian Stewart. “One of the good things about Dragon Boat is that not only can we fundraise money for charities,” says student council member Mack Faulkner, “but also do it in ways that engages our community.”… Continue
Tantramar Report: TRHS student takes on school dress code; NB responds to COVID surge with new restrictions; local federal candidates forum tonight.
On Thursday’s Tantramar Report:
A student who was asked to change her clothes due to a violation of Tantramar Regional High School dress code is speaking out against inconsistent enforcement of the rule, and the need to update or eliminate the policy. Grade 12 TRHS student Fiona Brett dropped by CHMA studios to talk about her dress code violation, and what it’s inspired her to do.
Tonight at 6pm, CHMA listeners can tune it to hear from some local federal election candidates. The Mount Allison Students’ Union is hosting a forum featuring four of the six candidates in the Beauséjour riding. Listeners will hear from the NDP’s Evelyne Godfrey, Liberal Dominic LeBlanc, Green Party candidate Stella Anna Girouard, and Shelly Mitchell from the PC party. The forum will be moderated by Mount Allison political science professor Dr. Mario Levesque, and cover topics including Covid-19 recovery, digital infrastructure, climate change, Truth and Reconciliation, affordability, health care, accessibility, and leadership.
Tomorrow is a national Nurses’ Day of Action, with demonstrations organized across the country aiming to spread awareness about the nursing shortage and poor working conditions for nurses. The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions says the shortage of nurses—currently causing ER closures in Sackville and elsewhere in Canada—has been a chronic problem building for the past 10 years. They say nurses and health care staff are, “overworked, underpaid, burnt out, and suffering moral distress because there are not enough staff to provide the care patients deserve.”… Continue