On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda focuses on the continuing Senate expense scandal “Senategate” and who knew what about a personal cheque made by the Chief of Staff of Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper to a Conservative… »
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
Canadian province rejects Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline proposal
The government of the Pacific coast province of British Columbia (B.C.) has rejected a proposal for the Northern Gateway pipeline project, saying it fails to address the province’s environmental concerns. The announcement was made Friday (May 31) in a written submission… »
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As protests continue against Canada’s Eldorado Gold in Greece, delegation in Canada
Maria Kadoglou admits for some Greeks the image of Canada has changed because of mining companies like Eldorado Gold. Kadoglou, a member of Hellenic Mining Watch, is part of a delegation from Northern Greece in a four city pan-Canadian tour… »
Canadian First Nation Cree leader Ashley Iserfhoff in conversation
Just back as a keynote speaker at the first meeting of the World Indigenous Network in Darwin Australia, Ashley Iserhoff talked to RCI about his presentation and the challenges facing indigenous peoples both in Canada and around the world. Ashley… »
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Canadian couple’s backyard dig reveals meteorite may have killed mammoths
A Canadian couple’s archaeological project at a lakeside cottage may have unearthed proof of comet or meteor hits that wiped out mammoths. A new study posted by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sceinces of the United States of America… »
Chief Electoral Officer: Canada needs to move from 19th to 21st century
Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand had a lot of issues to deal with when he testified at a House of Commons committee on Tuesday (May 28), but his main request was that promised electoral reforms be in place by… »
Eritrean diplomat ordered out of Canada
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird has announced an Eritrean diplomat has until June 5th to leave Canada. In a statement released Wednesday (May 29) Baird said: “Canada has taken steps to expel (declare persona non grata) Mr. Semere Ghebremariam… »
Canadian abortion advocate, Dr Henry Morgentaler, dies at 90
For decades he was the focus of attempts to make abortions available to Canadian women. Wednesday morning (May 29) Dr. Henry Morgentaler died at 90. Morgentaler emerged in the 1960s as one of Canada’s most controversial figures when he broke… »
Prime Minister Stephen Harper on ‘Senategate’
On Tuesday (May 28) Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper faced opposition MPs for the first time in the House of Commons since his Chief of Staff Nigel Wright resigned on May 19 after giving a Conservative government Senator a $90,000… »
Canadian Cree First Nation leader at World Indigenous Network meeting in Australia
A Canadian First Nation Indigenous leader, Ashley Iserhoff, as a keynote speaker at the inaugural meeting of the World Indigenous Network shared the Cree Nation’s experience of land stewardship and governance in the northern part of the Canadian province of Quebec.… »
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