The Wednesday edition of Off the Hour is produced and hosted by the CKUT Community News Collective, a collective of volunteers who meet weekly to script and produce news coverage.

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Off The Hour is CKUT's in-house daily corporate-free news program. It reflects our community because it is made by our community. CKUT’s spoken word programming features alternative news, public affairs and arts and culture shows. We cover Montreal and McGill goings-on, LGBTQIA+ culture, environmental and social justice issues, feminism, theatre, African and Latin America current affairs, and more.

Every 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Wednesday of the month, 5 - 6pm (EDT)

June 27, 2026: CKUT x Unrigged × Suoni LIVE from Casa Del Popolo vol. 2

Nelson and Andrea from the News Collective joined Andre Goulet from Unrigged at Casa Del Popolo on Sunday June 21st during the Suoni Per Il Popolo festival to talk about the goings-on that provide the political backbone that holds up this legendary Montreal experimental music festival, now in its 26th year. They were joined by Rosie Long Decter (Maisonneuve/New Feeling), Nik Barry-Shaw (Council of Canadians), Ole Hendrickson and Conor Curtis (Sierra Club Canada), independent journalist Rachel Gilmore, and tech writer Paris Marx (Tech Won't Save Us).

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