“I will miss this place very much and many of the people in it, on all sides, but the time has come for me to start a new chapter in my life,” said Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird as… »
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
Serious health issues in nail salons have to be addressed, says researcher
As the number of nail salons in Canada grows, so does the number of salon technicians exposed to a variety of chemicals causing respiratory and dermatological problems, cancer, and birth defects. It’s an issue that particularly affects the women who… »
Calgary’s Naheed Nenshi awarded World Mayor Prize
Naheed Nenshi, the mayor of Canada’s western prairie city of Calgary, has been awarded the 2014 World Mayor Prize by the City Mayors Foundation. On its website Monday (February 2) the foundation noted “His vision how a city should plan for its future… »
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Essential services law preventing strikes deemed unconstitutional by Supreme Court
A controversial essential services law in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan which prevents public sector employees from striking is unconstitutional, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Friday (January 30). By a 5-2 margin, the court granted an appeal of the… »
Economy, Immigration & Refugees, Politics, Society
Restoring mandatory long form census crucial to understanding Canada, says coalition
A coalition of 11 organizations is calling on the Canadian government to pass a private member’s bill this Wednesday (February 4) which would restore Canada’s mandatory long form census. They say the mandatory census is crucial for public policy decision… »
Politics Today – February 1, 2015
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda examines two key issues: Canada’s military mission in Iraq and new proposed anti-terrorism legislation. twitter.com/wojtekgwiazda
International, Politics, Society
PM Harper doesn’t think liberties taken away by protecting Canadians from terrorism
“We do not buy the argument that every time you protect Canadians, you somehow take away their liberties,” said Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper as he presented a proposed new anti-terrorism law which would give Canadian authorities wide powers to… »
International, Politics, Society
Ministers, general questioned at Commons committee about Canadian mission in Iraq
For the fourth day in a row, Canada’s military mission in Iraq was the focus of political discussion in Ottawa. Thursday morning (January 29) Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, Defence Minister Rob Nicholson, Chief of Defence Staff General Tom Lawson… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
Did province just break a fracking earthquake world record?
Hydraulic fracturing has caused a series of earthquakes “including a record-breaking tremor with a felt magnitude of 4.4 last week” in the Canadian province of Alberta, according to an article on The Tyee website by journalist and author Andrew Nikiforuk. Nikiforuk… »
Non-Muslim university students try out hijabs as part of awareness campaign
“As a white woman in Canada, if I want to talk about another culture, I have to learn about the other culture,” said third-year sociology student Michelle MacDonald as she put on a hijab as part of the Hijab Day Challenge organized… »
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