[2] Gzowski wrote books, hosted television shows, and worked at a number of newspapers and at Maclean's magazine.

[3][4][5] His paternal great-great-grandfather was Sir Casimir Gzowski, of Polish nobility, who became a prominent engineer in Canada, noted in particular for his work on the Grand Trunk Railway and the Welland Canal.

Sir Casimir Gzowski was an aide de camp of Queen Victoria - who knighted him - and briefly acted as the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, when his predecessor died in office.

He returned to Moose Jaw, to host his last episode of Morningside from the Temple Gardens Mineral Spa Resort.

That tournament has evolved and is now held in every province and territory of Canada and has raised more than $13-million for volunteer-based literacy programs.

As part of its activities, it honours a Canadian each year with the Peter Gzowski Award for contributions to adult literacy in Canada.

[11] Gzowski indirectly contributed through his journalism to matters of national importance, such as in his 1995 CBC Radio coverage of the 30th anniversary of the Canadian Maple Leaf flag, a contrubution that was re-aired in part on 15 February 2025.

[8] In 2001, he contributed the essay "How to Quit Smoking in Fifty Years or Less" to Addicted: Notes from the Belly of the Beast, edited by Lorna Crozier and Patrick Lane, and published by Greystone Books.

Gzowski was divorced from his first wife, Jennie Lissaman, from Brandon, Manitoba, whom he met while residing in Moose Jaw and with whom he had five children (Alison, Maria, Peter, John and Mick).