When Canada’s postal service Canada Post announced Wednesday (December 11) it would stop delivering mail to homes in urban areas it emphasized two-thirds of Canadians already don’t get door-to-door service, and the use of “community mailboxes” in urban areas would… »
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
Canada Post to end urban home delivery of mail
Stunned disbelief was the reaction of many Canadians Wednesday morning (December 11) when their postal service Canada Post announced it would phase out home mail delivery in urban areas. Canada Post, a crown corporation, came out with a YouTube video,… »
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U.S. Ambassador to Canada nominee keen to strengthen trade ties
Nominated to be the next U.S. ambassador to Canada, Bruce Heyman pledged to deepen economic and environmental ties between Canada and the United States during his nomination hearing in Washington on Wednesday (December 11). Heyman was asked few questions when he… »
Liberal leader elected, will return to Quebec provincial legislature
The leader of the Official Opposition Liberal Party in Canada’s second most populous province of Quebec won a by-election Monday (December 9) and will now be able to sit in the Quebec National Assembly. Philippe Couillard was a former health… »
Privacy commissioner investigating incident of denied entry to U.S. over medical issue
Canadian Ellen Richardson was on her way to a Caribbean cruise, flying to New York City, when she was stopped by a U.S. Customs agent at Toronto’s Pearson Airport over a hospitalization in 2012 for clinical depression. Richardson, who is… »
International, Politics, Society
Canada’s CSEC set up spy posts for NSA around the world
Canada has set up covert spying posts around the world at the request of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) according to a new report broadcast Monday (December 9) by Canada’s national public television broadcaster CBC. CBC journalist Greg Weston,… »
Canada’s Mandela delegation includes the PM, three former PMs
Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper was joined by three former prime ministers as he arrived on a Government of Canada plane in South Africa Monday (December 9) for the Nelson Mandela memorial. Former prime ministers Brian Mulroney, Kim Campbell and… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Politics
Potentially damaging Jackpine oilsands mine expansion gets go-ahead
Despite her view that it’s “likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects” Canada’s Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq has given the go-ahead to Shell Canada’s Jackpine oilsands mine expansion plan in the western prairie province of Alberta. In a statement Friday… »
More questions in Commons about Canada’s war veteran suicides
Opposition parties continue to question the Canadian government about how it treats war veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Four soldier suicides in the last two weeks has focussed attention on the issue. In the House of Commons on… »
Politics Today – December 8, 2013
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reviews Canada’s relationship with South Africa and its strong connection with Nelson Mandela. He also reports on a government MP’s private member’s bill to reform parliament, new labour legislation in the… »
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