As Beijing lashed out at the outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for designating China as a perpetrator of genocide and crimes against humanity in the western province of Xinjiang, Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau said Canada takes those… »
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.”
Trudeau seeks to reassure Canadians on vaccination efforts
Despite hitting a snag in Pfizer-BioTech vaccine deliveries to Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sought to reassure Canadians on Tuesday that the overall vaccination strategy is still on track and that every Canadian willing to take the vaccine will be… »
Conservative leader to kick out former rival over campaign donation scandal
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole says he plans to expel former leadership rival Derek Sloan from the Conservative caucus and prevent him from running under the party’s banner in the future after it emerged that the Ontario legislator received a campaign… »
Health, International, Politics, Society
Trudeau and Merkel discuss problems with global vaccination efforts
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his German counterpart, Chancellor Angela Merkel, discussed on Monday efforts to secure equitable global access to COVID-19 vaccines, diagnostics and treatments, as the UN health body warned that “the world is on the brink of… »
Canada takes command of another NATO maritime task force
Barely two years after Commodore Josée Kurtz made NATO maritime history by becoming the first woman to command a multinational naval task force, Canada is once again leading another allied naval task force. Commodore Bradley Peats of the Royal Canadian… »
Economy, International, Politics
Joe Biden plans to cancel Keystone XL permit on 1st day in office
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden plans to rescind the permit for the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline on his first day in office, CBC News reports. CBC News obtained over the weekend a purported note from the Biden transition… »
Alberta will run out COVID-19 vaccine, Premier Jason Kenney says
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the Western Canadian province is on the verge of running out of the COVID-19 vaccine because of the “unexpected supply disruption” announced by the federal government. “By the end of today or early tomorrow, Albertans… »
Aid groups worry U.S. terrorist designation of Yemen rebels will hasten famine
Aid groups and United Nations humanitarian agencies are calling on the U.S. government to reverse its decision to declare Yemen’s Iran-backed rebels a terrorist group, warning it could lead to massive famine and exacerbate the already dire humanitarian situation in… »
Ontario legislator kicked out governing party for questioning COVID-19 lockdown
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has kicked a provincial legislator from the governing party caucus for posting an open letter that claims that the province’s pandemic lockdown measures are “deadlier than COVID” and calls for an end to restrictions. In a… »
Quebec attorney general seeks to challenge mosque shooter’s sentence
Quebec’s attorney general and the province’s prosecutor’s office are asking Canada’s highest court to review the sentence of a young man who killed six worshippers in a Quebec City mosque on Jan. 29, 2017. In 2019, Alexandre Bissonnette, was sentenced… »
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