Canada’s Prime Minsiter Stephen Harper announced Wednesday (March 3) that his government will introduce new legislation “to ensure that for the most heinous offenders, and the most horrific crimes, a life sentence in Canada will henceforth mean exactly that, a… »
Wojtek Gwiazda
Wojtek Gwiazda is a veteran award-winning broadcast and print journalist. As one of RCI’s senior host-producers he focused mainly on news and current affairs programming. He has hosted a variety of programmes, including MASALA CANADA, the Indo-Canadian Report, Canada in the World, North Country, and The Music Shop (a Canadian rock music show). Before joining RCI, he worked extensively for Canada’s national public broadcaster CBC radio, as well as for publications such as The Montreal Gazette, Cinema Canada Magazine, and Canadian Business Magazine. He produced a program on the history of Quebec song for Canada’s national French radio service Radio-Canada, and was an on-air music columnist at the service. He retired from RCI in July, 2015 and can be reached at wojtekgwiazdamtl@gmail.com or on Twitter at @WojtekGwiazda
International, Politics, Society
Canadian archive allows online access to Edward Snowden documents
A Canadian team has created an archive of a searchable database archive of all the publicly released classified documents leaked by former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. The archive was put together by the journalist organization Canadian Journalists for… »
Why have Canada, Venezuela not confirmed each other’s ambassadors?
Canada and Venezuela have not accredited each other’s proposed ambassadors, writes the Associate Editor of Ottawa’s Embassy Magazine Kristen Shane. In the article posted Wednesday (March 4) on the Embassy website the journalist points out this comes at a time of… »
Xavier Dolan’s film ‘Mommy’ earns nine Canadian Screen Awards
Xavier Dolan’s film Mommy dominated this Sunday’s (March 1) Canadian Screen Awards winning best director and best film awards, along with seven other awards. Mommy is about a widowed mother, Diane Després, struggling with the difficulty of raising her violent… »
Economy, International, Politics
Free trade has restructured corporate sector, slowed growth, raised inequality, says economist
Free trade agreements have little to do with freedom, says economist Jordan Brennan. “It’s led to the radical restructurinng in the corporate sector, which has slowed growth…and exacerbated inequality.” Brennan’s conclusions in his study “Ascent of Giants: NAFTA, Corporate Power… »
International, Politics, Society
More questions about C-51, Canada’s proposed anti-terrorism bill
Canada’s Official Opposition NDP party continiued to hammer away at the ruling Conservatives over their proposed anti-terrorism legislation, Bill C-51. On Friday (February 27), on the last day before a week-long break, MPs questioned the government over the need for… »
Star Trek’s Spock, actor Leonard Nimoy, remembered on Canadian $5 bill
For years Canadians have drawn over the face of former Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier to turn him into Mister Spock of the television series Star Trek. The death on February 27 of actor Leonard Nimoy who played the part… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Canadian minister: Mining industry has no stronger partner than this government
The Canadian government has announced it is extending, for a year, a 15% Mineral Exploration Tax Credit for investors which was set to expire on March 31, 2015. The announcement was made Sunday (March 1) by Finance Minister Joe Oliver and Natural Resources… »
Indigenous leaders, politicians, wrap up meeting on missing and murdered Indigenous women
Indigenous leaders and politicians from across Canada wrapped up a one day meeting on Friday (February 27) as part of a National Roundtable on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. For years there have been calls for a national inquiry into… »
Communications commission wants community warned before payphones disconnected
Canada’s broadcast and communications regulator, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), wants telephone companies to notify communities before they remove payphones. On Thursday (February 26) the Commission released the results of a study on payphone use in Canada and proposed… »
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