Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy is expressing shock over Canada’s refusal to issue him a passport while he awaits the outcome of a trial in Egypt on widely denounced terror charges. Fahmy says his original passport was seized by Egyptian authorities when he… »
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
Economy, International, Politics
Former Foreign Affairs Minister Baird now director at gold, railway companies
Less than two months after resigning as a cabinet minister, and less than two weeks after resigning as a Member of Parliament, Canada’s former Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is a director with the Canadian mining company Barrick Gold and… »
Ontario government employees holding information pickets across province
Unionized government employees are continuing to hold information pickets across Canada’s most populous province of Ontario to fight what they call the “government’s refusal to bargain a fair collective agreement”. “After years of austerity, [Ontario] Premier Kathleen Wynne is demanding… »
Legendary singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell in Los Angeles hospital
Multiple media reports say legendary singer-songwriter Joni Michell is in a Los Angeles hospital. It appears she was taken to the hospital late Tuesday (March 31) night. A producer with Canada’s national public broadcaster CBC, Leslie Stojsic, tweeted Wednesday that… »
Canada’s Information Commissioner finds erosion of access to information, ‘culture of secrecy’
“There has been a steady erosion of access to information rights in Canada over the last 30 years” says Canada’s Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault. “Although the Act was intended to shine a light on government decisions, it has become a… »
Uncategorized
Vancouver votes to shift to 100 per cent renewable energy sources
Canada’s Pacific coast port city of Vancouver has voted to shift to 100 per cent renewable energy sources. The motion passed unanimously on March 25, calls on the city’s staff to “bring back the long-range Climate Action Plan to Council by… »
Province has reached `critical moment`in workers`rights, says new report
The Canadian province of Ontario has reached “a critical moment. The government’s Changing Workplace Review gives us the opportunity to open up labour laws, identify the gaps, and develop a new legislative architecture that can support decency in Ontario workplaces.”… »
Economy, Health, Indigenous, Politics, Society
Food insecurity at 36.7% in Canada’s northern territory of Nunavut
Canada’s northern territory of Nunavut, home of the country’s Indigenous Inuit people, has a rate of food insecurity of 36.7 per cent according to the government data gathering agency Statistics Canada. In a report released Wednesday (March 25) the agency… »
International, Politics, Society
Legality questioned: Canada’s decision to expand military mission to Syria
The legal basis on which the Canadian government is justifying the expansion of its military mission in Iraq against ISIS to Syria is being questioned by opposition parties and others. On Tuesday (March 24) Prime Minister Stephen Harper stood up… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
Mayors of Canada’s two most populous cities, Montreal and Toronto, team up
The mayors of Canada’s two most populous cities, John Tory of Toronto and Denis Coderre of Montreal, announced Wednesday (March 25) they are going to work together on such issues as housing, infrastructure and public transit. “The two solitudes are over,”… »
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