In Canada’s House of Commons Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird faced off again repeated questions over a Senate expense scandal, while in Peru Canada’s Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper faced similar questions while on an official mission to Peru. At… »
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
Festival TransAmériques: Contemporary dance, theatre, cultural and artistic mixing
In its seventh annual edition the Festival TransAmériques continues its exploration of contemporary dance and theatre. The festival invites artists and spectators to explore the “intriguing mutations and myriad encounters” of “an age where impurity, cultural and artistic mixing and the free flow… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health
Boil water advisory in Canada’s second largest city of Montreal – lifted after 36 hours
More than a million Montrealers were advised to boil their water for at least a minute on Wednesday morning (May 22). Citizens who live south of the Metropolitan Expressway – which includes most on the island of Montreal – were… »
Canadian history today – a focus on which history?
The decision by Canada’s House of Commons Canadian Heritage to review Canadian history and the way it’s taught immediately raised questions about the goals of the review by a committee dominated by Conservative government MPs. The decision to examine how… »
Economy, International, Politics
U.S.Ambassador to Canada to be Vice Chair of Canada’s BMO Financial Group
The United States Ambassador to Canada David Jacobson will join the Bank of Montreal (BMO) Financial Group as Vice-Chair when his term as ambassador ends this July. “Unequivocally, the contribution that Ambassador Jacobson has made to strengthening the important economic,… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Hundreds waiting more than two months for cancer surgery in Montreal
Hundreds of patients in Montreal are waiting more than two months for urgent surgery to remove cancer tumours, according to statistics released by the Quebec provincial government. Hundreds more are waiting throughout the province. This is part of a pan-Canadian… »
Politics Today – May 19, 2013
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda focuses on the controversy surrounding the expense claims of Conservative Senator Mike Duffy. He talks about the Liberal government re-election in the Pacific coast province of British Columbia, and the fact… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology
Radio Canada International launches mobile version of website
Radio Canada International (RCI) now has a mobile version of its website rcinet.ca which was launched Wednesday (May 15). Using a responsive design approach, the website adjusts to the size and shape of the mobile device accessing the website. Bigger… »
Economy, Indigenous, International, Politics
Canada’s PM Stephen Harper on the record with Council on Foreign Relations
Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper was the guest at a question and answer session at the New York think tank the Council on Foreign Relations. In a live Internet video interview with the Council’s co-chairman Robert Rubin, and a series… »
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Elijah Harper, politician and First Nation leader, dies at 64
First Nation leader Elijah Harper, who came to national prominence in 1990 when he stopped a Canadian constitutional amendment that did not have the input of Canada’s Indigenous Peoples, has died at the age of 64. He died early Friday in Ottawa… »
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