The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s most populous province of Ontario, Ann Cavoukian, released her annual report Tuesday (May 28) marking the 25 years of the office of the commissioner. “I have been fortunate to find myself in a… »
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
Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics
Fine, delay of Canada’s Barrick Gold mine in Chile, not enough say groups
Even though Canada’s Barrick Gold Corporation was fined the highest amount that can be handed out by Chile’s environmental agency Superintendencia de Medio Ambiente (SMA) it’s still not enough for environmental and activist groups both in Chile and Canada. Last… »
Government MP accentuates positive, as judge concludes electoral fraud in 2011
Speaking for the government during the Friday (May 24) Question Period in Canada’s House of Commons, Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre dismissed a citizen’s group as a “hyper-partisan organization” and a ruling by a Federal Court judge as a vindication of… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
FCM conference focus: ‘Strong Cities, Strong Communities, Strong Canada’
Representing some 2000 communities across Canada, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) is holding its annual conference and trade show under the theme “Strong Cities, Strong Communities, Strong Canada”. The conference will be held at the Vancouver Convention Centre, May… »
Politics Today – May 26, 2013
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda focuses on the continuing controversy over the so-called Senate expense scandal. There are more questions and denials about who knew what about a cheque made out by the Chief of Staff… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Montreal’s boil water advisory lifted after 36 hours, but questions remain unanswered
More than a million Montrealers, in Canada’s second largest city, waited for 36 hours to find out if their tap water was safe to drink. An advisory from the city Wednesday morning (May 23) advised people not to drink the… »
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Canada’s Barrick Gold fined US$16M in Chile, Pascua-Lama project stopped
Canada’s Barrick Gold Corporation has been given a maximum fine in Chile and had a project stopped until the company follows through with a promise to contain contaminated water at the Pascua-Lama project. Barrick was fined 8 billion pesos (approximately… »
Economy, International, Politics
Qatar drops bid to take ICAO headquarters from Montreal
Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird used Twitter to announce that Qatar has withdrawn its bid to bring the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) headquarters to Doha from the city of Montreal. Pleased to confirm #Qatar has withdrawn its bid to… »
La Liberté: 100 yr old newspaper weekly celebrates with online archive
The French language weekly La Liberté newspaper decided to celebrate its 100 years of existence in a very special way, it’s put all of its editions onto an online archive. Started on May 20, 1913, in the western prairie city of Saint-Boniface… »
Canadian Association of Labour Media – helping unions get the message out
The Canadian Association of Labour Media (CALM) 2013 annual meeting starts Thursday (May 23) in the western prairie city of Edmonton. The association is “a network of union activists and editors dedicated to strengthening the labour movement by building media… »
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