A Canadian government funding cut will shut down a critical teaching observatory where the first dark skies reserve was created, its director told the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency on Wednesday (February 11). According to AFP, the Observatoire Astronomique du… »
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
Teachers ‘devastated’ by plans to close Toronto schools, impact on students
School closures in Canada’s largest city of Toronto will have a huge effect on poorer neighbourhoods and the community activities in those schools, according to the Elementary Teachers of Toronto (ETT) which represents 11,000 teachers in theToronto District School Board… »
New Canadian regulations will require drug manufacturers to report drug shortages
The Canadian government will require drug manufacturers “to publicly report drug shortages”, Canada’s Health Minister Rona Ambrose announced Tuesday (February 10). “When drug shortages occur, patients and those who care for them need timely, reliable and comprehensive information to help… »
Economy, Immigration & Refugees, International, Society
B.C.’s Chinese immigrants investing in hotels, wineries, mineral water
Chinese immigrants and China-based investors in Canada’s Pacific coast province of British Columbia are looking further than investing in houses and luxury condominiums, expanding to investments in hotels, wineries and mineral water, according to a report by Reuters News Agency… »
Long-time conservative, government MP Eve Adams, joins opposition Liberals
A Conservative government MP and parliamentary secretary, Eve Adams, accompanied by the leader of the opposition Liberal Party, Justin Trudeau, announced she has left the Conservatives, and will be running for the Liberals in this year’s federal election. At a… »
Canada: Mini-cabinet shuffle after resignation of foreign affairs minister
One week after the resignation of his foreign affairs minister John Baird, Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper has shuffled three members of his caucus into new cabinet positions, it was announced Monday (February 9). Defence Minister Rob Nicholson will now… »
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Politics Today – February 8, 2015
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reports on the sudden resignation of Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird. He also reports on a failed attempt to restore Canada’s long form census, the controversy over the largest military… »
Economy, International, Society
Report: Secrecy and lax enforcement by Canada when dealing with military exports
On paper Canada has some of the strongest export controls in the world, but they are not being respected says Cesar Jaramillo, Program Officer with the anti-war advocacy group Project Ploughshares. In a briefing paper released this month, he points… »
Economy, Health, Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics, Society
Canada’s largest union CUPE hosting human rights conference
Saying it’s a critical moment for equality and the labour movement, Canada’s largest union, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is hosting a human rights conference in the prairie city of Winnipeg starting Thursday night (February 5). The union,… »
Economy, International, Society
Federal RCMP police focus on terrorism at cost of work on organized crime?
The fact that Canada’s national police force, the RCMP, is focusing more resources on fighting terrorism “is raising concerns that other important federal cases are taking a back seat” involving organized crime and financial crime, according to an article by… »
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