The Community Radio Fund of Canada (CRFC) has selected 35 community radio stations across Canada that will receive funding through The Local Journalism Initiative (LJI). These funds will be used to hire journalists who will create news related to underserved communities across 7 provinces and 1 territory.
Funded by Canadian Heritage, the LJI supports the creation of civic journalism, increasing journalistic capacity, access to local news and consumption of local news within these communities.
The CRFC continues to strive to provide funding that’s reflective of the diversity of stations broadcasting within Canada. In this round, CHHA Radio Voces Latinas, will be the first Spanish-speaking community radio station to be funded through the initiative. Journalists will be located in and serving 14 official language minority communities. This round of funding will also support 5 Indigenous stations, the largest number in any round of CRFC funding to date.
The stations selected include;
CFED, Edmonton Alberta FR
CFJU, Saint-Quentin New Brunswick FR
CFMF, Fermont Quebec FR
CFNR, Terrace British Columbia EN
CFRC, Kingston Ontario EN
CFRH, Penetanguishene Ontario FR
CFWE, Edmonton Alberta EN
CHEF, Matagami Quebec FR
CHHA, Toronto Ontario SP
CHMA, Sackville New Brunswick EN
CHME, Essipit Quebec FR
CHPL, Plamondon Alberta FR
CICK, Smithers British Columbia EN
CIDI, Knowlton Quebec EN
CIFA, Comeauville Nova Scotia FR
CILS, Victoria British Columbia FR
CIVL, Abbotsford British Columbia EN
CIVR, Yellowknife Northwest Territories FR
CJFO, Ottawa Ontario FR
CJKS, Ohsweken Ontario EN
CJLY, Nelson British Columbia EN
CJPE, Picton Ontario EN
CJPN, Fredericton New Brunswick FR
CJQC, Liverpool Nova Scotia EN
CJRU, Toronto Ontario EN
CJTB, Tête-à-la-Baleine Quebec FR
CKDU, Halifax Nova Scotia EN
CKGN, Kapuskasing Ontario FR
CKJM, Chéticamp Nova Scotia FR
CKRH, Dartmouth Nova Scotia FR
CKRP, Falher Alberta FR
CKRZ, Ohsweken Ontario EN
CKTZ, Manson’s Landing British Columbia EN
CKXL, Saint-Boniface Manitoba FR
VF 2590, Revelstoke British Columbia EN
The stories that matter to these communities also matter to other Canadians. We commit to not
only supporting the journalism created by this initiative but sharing it with the rest of the
country. The stories produced by journalists hired through the LJI program will be made available to
Canadian media outlets and the public at no charge via the national distribution platform at
Canada-Info.ca. Canadian media outlets will be able to rebroadcast and share the content
created by the LJI journalists via a Creative Commons license.