Canada’s Governor General David Johnston and the Canada Council for the Arts announced the latest winners of the annual Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts on Tuesday (March 4) in Toronto. Among the eight is a painter, a curator,… »
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
Official Opposition filibuster continues over Fair Elections Act
Canada’s Official Opposition NDP party continues to fight the Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper over its proposed Fair Elections Act, and in particular, its refusal to let a House of Commons committee travel across Canada to see what… »
Government MP’s backtrack on seeing election fraud focus of Commons debate
Brad Butt, a government Member of Parliament, was the focus of House of Commons debate on Tuesday (March 4), after a Monday statement by the Speaker of the House saying that there was a prima facie breach of privilege by… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Politics, Society
Mining ventures need early Indigenous First Nation participation, says Grand Chief
No mining venture will succeed without Indigenous First Nations participation at the earliest stages, Anishinabek Nation Lake Huron Grand Chief Isadore Day, told those attending the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference in Toronto on Monday (March 3), “First… »
Canada’s BMO bank falls for scam empties customer’s account $87K
“I think [BMO was] just trying to wear me out, hoping I would just fade away … or die,” says Canadian Bruce Taylor whose bank BMO fell for a scam and emptied his account of $87,500. The Bank of Montreal… »
Politics Today – March 2, 2014
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda has an update on last weekend’s policy convention of the Liberal Party of Canada. He deals with the continuing controversy over the Canadian government’s new proposed reform of the Elections Act,… »
Canada’s FM calls for unity between Ukraine’s new leaders and civil society
“To succeed Ukrainians’ new leaders in parliament and in civil society must stay united,” said Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird in a press conference with journalists Friday (February 28) after meeting with Ukraine’s new leaders, including Prime Minister Arseniy… »
Speaker drops private member’s bill rewritten by government
In what the Speaker of Canada’s House of Commons called an “unprecedented situation” Andrew Scheer ruled that a private members bill that had been extensively rewritten by government MPs and approved, could not proceed and would be dropped from the… »
Canada welcomes new government of Ukraine
“The new government of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk offers a fresh start,” said Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird in a statement released Thursday (February 27). “We, along with the international community, expect that Ukraine’s sovereignty will be respected and… »
International, Politics, Society
Journalists in Canada, world protest detention of Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt
Members of the Canadian media and others joined an international day of action Thursday (February 27) to demand the release of several Al-Jazeera journalists, including Canadian Mohamed Fahmy, who are imprisoned in Cairo. Since December 29, the three journalists: Canadian… »
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