Google’s on-line advertising service has violated Canada’s privacy laws according to an investigation by the Office of Canada’s Privacy Commissioner. In a press release on Wednesday (January 15) Interim Privacy Commissioner Chantal Bernier says Google has agreed to take steps to… »
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
North American foreign ministers meeting Friday
Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird will be meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs José Antonio Meade in Washington on Friday (January 17) for the North American Foreign Ministers Meeting (NAFMM). “The North… »
Canadian Library Association concerned by wave of government library closures
In the last few weeks there has been concern over the shutting down of seven of 11 libraries, with decades of aquatic research, which are part of the Ministry of Fisheries and Oceans. Numerous government-funded libraries have been closed or… »
Canadian government spends $2.5M on ads for non-existent job grant program
The Canadian government spent $2.5-million in a publicity blitz to promote a skills training program that doesn’t yet exist, according to a report by Canada’s national radio and television broadcaster CBC/Radio-Canada. “The Canada Job Grant will result in one important thing –… »
Nurses: Critical need for higher minimum staffing standard in long-term facilities
Faced with an increasingly critical health and safety situation in long-term health facilities, nurses in Canada’s most populous province of Ontario are calling for minimum staffing standards. At the moment, whether there are 60 or 300 patients, the minimum staffing… »
Canadian among 19 new cardinals named by Pope
Canadian Gérald Cyprien Lacroix is one of 19 men who will become a cardinal, Pope Francis announced on Sunday (January 12). The 56-year-old Lacroixh is the Archbishop of the city of Quebec in the Canadian province of Quebec. After the… »
Economy, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
‘Silence of the Labs’ – Canadian scientists cut, research facilities shut down
Scientists across Canada are expressing growing alarm that federal government cutbacks to research programs will deprive Canadians of crucial information, according to a documentary broadcast by Canada’s national public radio and television broadcaster CBC/Radio-Canada. The 45-minute documentary report “Silence of… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics, Society
Politics Today – January 12, 2014
On today’s edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reports on Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s week of public appearances, the appointment of a new Canadian ambassador to Israel, an official Canadian mission to India, and questions about rail safety. twitter.com/wojtekgwiazda For previous… »
Health, International, Politics
Obamacare website designer, CGI of Montreal, loses contract
U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration will not renew its contract with the Montreal-based CGI Group as the main IT contractor for the Obamacare health insurance site. According to the Washington Post, a new contract will be signed with Dublin-based technology and… »
Economy, International, Politics, Society
Not only is unemployment up, Canada’s employment rate barely above recession levels
A big jump in the December unemployment rate in Canada has many observers concerned. And economist Jim Stanford says looking at employment rates, shows Canadians are barely better off than at the height of the recession in 2009. On Friday… »
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