Canada and Australia agreed to coordinate their efforts to get web giants to pay for news during Tuesday’s phone call between Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison. A readout of the phone call between the… »
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.”
China lashes out at Canada over Uighur genocide vote
The Chinese government lashed out at Canada today, accusing Ottawa of deliberately smearing China and seriously violating international law, after the House of Commons voted to declare that Beijing is committing genocide against Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims in the… »
Arts & Entertainment, International
Hillary Clinton to write novel with Canadian author Louise Penny
Former U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton is collaborating with her friend, the Canadian mystery novelist Louise Penny, to write a political thriller, their publishers announced Tuesday. The book, to be called State of Terror, comes out Oct. 12, and… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics
Canada back in court to defend Safe Third Country Agreement
The Canadian government is set to argue during a Federal Court of Appeal hearing today and tomorrow that an agreement between Canada and the United States to treat each other as “safe countries” for refugees does not violate the Charter… »
Canada’s Parliament adopts motion declaring genocide against Uighurs in China
Canada’s Parliament voted on Monday to formally label China’s human rights abuses against the Uighurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in the western Xinjiang region as genocide. All opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) as well as most Liberal MPs voted… »
Economy, Internet, Science & Technology
Canada’s pioneering Bitcoin ETFs ‘raging success,’ says Bloomberg
Even though Bitcoin fell sharply on Monday after the price for a single unit of the digital currency surged to a record $58,354 US a day earlier, investors were still flocking to the world’s first bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF),… »
Stricter public health measures now in effect for travellers to Canada
Stricter health measures for travellers arriving to Canada by air and over the land border with the U.S. kicked in on Monday. Most air passengers will now have to take a COVID-19 test after landing in Canada and spend up… »
Violence engulfs South Sudan as UN warns of looming famine
Ten years after independence, staggering levels of violence have engulfed more than three-quarters of South Sudan, while hunger looms over 60 per cent of the country’s population, UN agencies warn. In a report released Friday, the UN Commission on Human… »
Variants will drive pandemic resurgence without stronger measures: modelling
While COVID-19 numbers have been steadily declining across the country for over a month, the spread of new variants of the virus could lead to a third and even bigger pandemic wave if stronger public health measures are not adopted,… »
2 passengers fined $17K for allegedly faking negative COVID-19 tests
Transport Canada has fined two airline passengers a combined $17,000 for allegedly presenting “a false or misleading COVID-19 test and for making a false declaration about their health status” before flying back to Canada. Transport Canada alleges that in both… »
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