Transport Canada granted WestJet Airlines Ltd. an exemption Monday to allow the airline to use a ratio of one flight attendant for every 50 passenger seats onboard an aircraft. Regulations currently require one flight attendant for every 40 passengers on… »
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
Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
‘Open for Business’ – Canada’s NRC to shift scientific research to industry focus
Canada’s National Research Council (NRC) which developed the first practical motorized wheelchair and the first artificial pacemaker, will now be more oriented to industry and business oriented goals. “The refocused NRC will provide Canadian industries with access to strategic research… »
Conversation with Canada’s Auditor General Michael Ferguson
Since he made his spring 2013 report on April 30, opposition and government Members of Parliament have traded interpretations of what Auditor General Michael Ferguson said about $3.1 billion that was not accounted for in anti-terrorism security spending by the… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
Pipeline reversal opponents shut down highway near Hamilton
About 40 protesters staged a mock oil spill and cleanup on Highway 6 near the city of Hamilton to show their concerns about a planned pipeline reversal through a rural area near the city. The demonstration stopped traffic for about… »
Arts & Entertainment, Internet, Science & Technology
From space and across Canada, Music Monday celebration
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield sang and played on his guitar on the International Space Station, while across Canada students sang along in a live video link to celebrate Music Monday, May 6. Music Monday is an annual event coordinated by… »
Economy, International, Politics
Politics Today – May 5, 2013
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda talks about the spring 2013 report of Canada’s Auditor General Michael Ferguson and the reaction to it. He deals with the decision of Canada not to seek a seat on the… »
Governor General investiture of 44 into Order of Canada
Canada’s Governor General David Johnston presided over the investiture of 44 Canadians into the Order of Canada Friday (May 3). The Order of Canada was created in 1967, during Canada’s centennial year. It recognizes “a lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
‘Team Montreal’ fighting to keep UN’s aviation agency ICAO
Federal, provincial, and city politicians have united to keep the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) from moving from its headquarters from the city of Montreal. In two days of meetings (May 2 and 3), Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister… »
Economy, International, Politics
Winnipeg forum on challenges facing Canadian aviation, cheap U.S. tickets, regulations
According to the Winnipeg Press newspaper the city of Winnipeg’s Richardson International Airport lost about 100,000 potential passengers to the Grand Forks airport in the United States, representing about 2.7 percent of the passengers who went through the airport. The Winnipeg… »
New money, rules, for Canada’s search and rescue system
Only days after Canada’s Auditor General Michael Ferguson reported Canada’s search and rescue system (SAR) was facing sustainability issues including use of old equipment, Defence Minister Peter MacKay announced Thursday (May 2) the system would get more money and rules.… »
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