Nine films by Canadian directors will be shown at the Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF), including, Denys Arcand’s Le Règne de la beauté (An Eye for Beauty), Xavier Dolan’s Mommy, Sturla Gunnarsson’s Monsoon and Stéphane Lafleur’s Tu dors Nicole,… »
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
Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
Canadian province of New Brunswick announces moratorium on fracking
The premier of Canada’s Atlantic coast province of New Brunswick announced on Thursday (December 18) his government is imposing a moratorium on hydraulic fracking until five conditions are met. “We have been clear from day one that we will impose… »
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Canada: Lapsed government funding, good financial management, or stealth cuts lacking transparency?
In a year-end interview with the Canadian Press news agency the minister responsible for government spending in Canada says billions in federal funding left unspent each year is a sign of good financial management. “And you know my opinion is, if… »
U.S. and Cuba, a reaction from Canada’s PM, and a look back at Canada and Cuba relations
The announcement of a change of relations between the United States and Cuba, made simultaneously in the U.S. by President Barack Obama and in Cuba by President Raul Castro, was met with both support and criticism. In Canada, Prime Minsiter… »
Economy, International, Politics
Canada prepares to give permanent residency to 50 millionaire investors
Canada will be launching a new immigrant investor pilot project which will give 50 millionaire investors and their families permanent residency in the country, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander announced on Tuesday (December 16). “Through the launch of this pilot… »
Canadian government opposes decision to convene Geneva Convention summit on Israel
Calling it a “misguided approach” Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird has announced Canada strongly opposes the the decision to convene a conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions regarding the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem… »
Canadian court upholds injunction allowing medical marijuana patients to grow pot at home
The Canadian government has failed in its latest attempt to prevent medical marijuana users from growing pot at home. On Monday (December 15) the Federal Court of Appeal upheld an injunction that exempted patients from a massive overhaul of the… »
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Veteran wins compensation battle after exposure to defoliants, MP calls for inquiry for others
A decades old battle by a Canadian military veteran to get compensation for exposure to Agent Orange and other defoliants highlights the need for a public inquiry into the Canadian military’s use of defoliants, according to the veterans affairs critic… »
Canada’s finance ministers meet, discuss infrastructure, future
Canada’s Finance Minister Joe Oliver met with his provincial and territorial counterparts in a closed door meeting on Monday (December 15). Before and after the meetings, the finance ministers of Ontario and Quebec, Canada’s two most populous provinces, urged the… »
E. coli-tainted ground beef recalled days after meat tested positive, after ‘use-by’ date
The Canadian federal system designed to keep food safe to eat failed in December to prevent ground beef contaminated with E. coli from being offered for sale to consumers, according to a report by CBC News journalist James Cudmore. The… »
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