Cambridge

I will be there on November 7th at Central Expo.

at the Central Presbyterian Church back in her home of Cambridge, Ontario.

Step Up Molly showcases both the incredible skills of the musicians involved and Lupton's remarkable songwriting skills.

The expert all-star players provide fine fiddling and skill at lickin' pickin' throughout Step Up Molly, and we're going to hear that in just a few more minutes.

Lupton collaborates frequently with other artists, releasing singles with The Youngins, That's the Eve of Christmas Day, with Craig Wirth, When Trouble Comes, and the album So Lucky with Tannis Slimmon.

and the late Rosemary Feynman.

She's also been featured as a soloist with the International Kitchener-Waterloo and Cambridge Symphony Orchestras and the Waterloo Chamber Players as well.

She's a multiple Canadian Folk Music Award nominee for Traditional Singer of the Year and Vocal Group of the Year, as well as Folk Music Ontario Songs from the Heart Grand Prize winner for One More Day.

And witchcraft-related stores are filling their cup.

Lexa Palacio owns Apothecary of Crystals in Cambridge, Ontario, and says growing uncertainty in the world is one reason why people seek a business like hers.

Because when you're not really certain about what to believe, you know, sometimes it's just easier to come into a shop like this where we're open to all possibilities.

Sabina Malioko at UBC says there's a whole generation of people who've had very little face-to-face interaction in the six years since the COVID-19 pandemic.

And I need to have a different source in order to have everybody organized.

So similar to like, I'm really obviously specializing just in Cambridge or Ontario.

But when I look at the people in Cambridge, or I look at the people in Kitchener, and And I have people reaching out to me like, hey, who should I be voting for for Kitchener? Who should I be voting for Toronto? So I need to have this more of a, I keep an eye on it.

My members tell me who they need to support based on whatever factors.

But then I have to have that different tool in order to kind of get ourselves promoting these certain people.

In Waterloo region, the mayor in Kitchener, Barry Vrbanovic, is now surrounded by newcomers.

Cambridge and Waterloo voted for change.

Kitchener voted for continued tax increases, and I hope that doesn't happen, but I'm looking at how much taxes have gone up in Waterloo region, and I don't know what you guys did there in Kitchener last night, but nonetheless, Barry is a good guy, and I do like him.

In Windsor, a new mayor.

54% of the vote.

In Whitby, Elizabeth Roy, re-elected mayor.

In Cambridge, whoo.

Jan Liggett is gone.

It's going to be too close to call as far as I can tell.

Cambridge, Jan Liggett running for re-election.

I don't get the sense from many people that Jan Liggett is particularly popular.

I don't hear a lot of people beating the drum for Jan.

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I'm Greg DeRocher, I'm the President and CEO of the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce, and I want to welcome you with us.

Ian McLean is my co-host as well.

He is the President and CEO of the Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce.

And more being able to defend our sovereignty because we're going to be less dependent on a superpower and more dependent on us.

And having established alliances with people, like-minded countries, it's going to be better for Canada.

Greg, I mean, one of the things that I see as an opportunity, if we bring it down to our businesses and our local, you know, the region of Waterloo is it's going to be real opportunities for companies when we start to have more of the big industry supported here, where the supply chain is going to have to be in communities like Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge to develop to me.

So I think there's opportunity for us as we pivot to, in some of the things that may never come back in the way that it was before Trump and the tariffs.

Yeah.

So you're born and bred in Victoria, is that correct? I was born in Cambridge, Ontario, but when I was eight years old, I moved to Victoria, BC, and I've spent most of my life here.

So this is a great follow-up question here.

How has growing up in, I guess, your hometown now of Victoria or the local community shaped your sound and stories that you tell behind your lyrics?