Can you cancan? Do you think you have what it takes to be part of the world’s most famous cabaret? Then the folks at Moulin Rouge want you to show them what you got. The world-famous Paris cabaret, which will…»
Levon Sevunts
Born and raised in Armenia, Levon started his journalistic career in 1990, covering wars and civil strife in the Caucasus and Central Asia.In 1992, after the government in Armenia shut down the TV program he was working for, Levon immigrated to Canada. He learned English and eventually went back to journalism, working first in print and then in broadcasting.
Levon’s journalistic assignments have taken him from the High Arctic to Sahara and the killing fields of Darfur, from the streets of Montreal to the snow-capped mountaintops of Hindu Kush in Afghanistan.
He says, “But best of all, I’ve been privileged to tell the stories of hundreds of people who’ve generously opened up their homes, refugee tents and their hearts to me.”
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Canadian home sales edge higher in August
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Senior civilian RCMP employee charged under national secrets act
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Trudeau skips first debate, draws fire from other party leaders
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Mississauga to host ‘She The North Rally’ for Bianca Andreescu Sunday
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Kremlin disinformation campaigns could target Canada’s federal election: expert
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Liberal election plane damaged in Victoria after media bus drives under wing
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Justin Trudeau launches the 2019 federal election campaign
With the opposition Conservatives breathing down his neck and lingering questions about his handling of a criminal case against Canadian engineering giant SNC-Lavalin, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau launched a federal election campaign Wednesday, asking Canadians to give his Liberal Party…»
Manitoba’s Progressive Conservatives re-elected for 2nd term
Manitobans are waking up to the news of a majority Progressive Conservative government after voters in the Western Canadian province gave the party another mandate to continue their program of cost-cutting and tax reductions in Tuesday’s vote. “We inherited a…»
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