Now in its 29th edition Vues d’Afrique is an annual showcase of African films. This year more than 100 feature films and documentaries from more than 30 countries are featured in the Montreal festival. The festival opened with the France/Belgium… »
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
Politics Today – April 28, 2013
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda focused on the increased antagonisms between Canada’s two main opposition parties: the Official Opposition NDP and the Liberal Party of Canada. He discussed the Conservative government’s TV attack ads against the… »
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Canada’s FM ‘appalled’ Sri Lanka hosting Commonwealth summit
Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is being quoted in the international media after saying he was “appalled” that Sri Lanka will be hosting the Commonwealth summit On Friday he told the UK’s Guardian: “We’re appalled that Sri Lanka seems poised… »
Senior officers of federal police told not to meet parliamentarians without prior approval
Friday’s (April 26) Question Period in the House of Commons saw opposition Members of Parliament raising questions about e-mails sent by the head of the federal police force to senior officers requesting they first get clearance before speaking to Canadian… »
Hospital-acquired illness and singer Rita MacNeil’s death /Correction
Please note an update to this story at the end – health authorities now say Rita MacNeil did not acquire the infection in the hospital, according to senior medical officials of the Cape Breton District Health Authority. Initial reports that… »
Despite civil rights questions, MPs pass anti-terror bill
The bombings in Boston, and an alleged plot to derail a Canadian train, seem to have accelerated the intentions of Canada’s ruling Conservative government as it pushed through the adoption of an anti-terror bill that was first presented in Canada’s… »
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Canada’s diplomats, picketing and working to rule
It’s almost the worst possible scenario for Canadian diplomats, protesting against their own government, but that’s exactly what they’re doing as contract negotiations have stalled since January. The diplomats are now refusing to do overtime, answer e-mails after office hours,… »
Is today the day you die at work?
Sunday (April 28) is a National Day of Mourning in Canada to remember those injured, killed, or afflicted with an occupational disease while on the job. The Day of Mourning was first established by Canada’s biggest labour federation, the Canadian Labour… »
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Montreal city council rejects amendment of protest bylaw
Montreal city council voted down a motion Tuesday night (April 23) to amend the controversial protest Bylaw P-6. The bylaw makes it illegal for demonstrators to wear masks and allows police to declare a protest illegal if the route is… »
Canada/France film Inch’Allah wins jury prize in Beijing
Inch’Allah, a Canadian-French feature film about a young Canadian obstetrician working in a makeshift clinic in a Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank, has won a special jury prize at the 3rd Beijing International Film Festival. Quebec director Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette’s… »
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