Despite high-profile cases of alleged political corruption in the Canadian Senate and the highly mediatized public inquiry into municipal corruption related to the construction industry in Quebec, Canada moved up to ninth spot in Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index.… »
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.”
Immigration & Refugees, International, Society
UNICEF launches $2.8B humanitarian appeal
The UN agency for children is launching a US$2.8 billion appeal to help children caught in wars or in the aftermath of devastating natural disasters around the world. UNICEF says it wants to reach 43 million children in humanitarian emergencies in 63… »
Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Canadian investment platform plays matchmaker for public and private funds
Investors interested in emerging markets have a new Canadian-made tool to help them mitigate risk and find partners. It’s called Convergence and its proponents say it is on the cutting edge of rapidly developing field of blended finance. Headquartered in… »
Canada discriminates against indigenous children on reserves
The federal government discriminates against First Nation children living on reserves and in the northern Yukon Territory by providing less funding for children’s social services than elsewhere in Canada, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ruled. The ruling comes almost… »
Canadians donate more than 730,000 gift-filled shoeboxes
How much joy can you pack into a shoebox? Enough to change a child’s life half a world away, says Canadian charity Samaritan’s Purse. The international Christian relief and development organization has been collecting shoeboxes packed with toys, hygiene items,… »
Northern community searches for forgiveness after deadly shootings
A small indigenous community in northern Canada is coming together to seek solace and pray for forgiveness following a deadly shooting that killed four people and injured seven others on Friday. Archbishop Murray Chatlain, of the Catholic archdiocese of Keewatin-Le Pas,… »
Economy, International, Politics
Canada will sign TPP deal next week: Trade Minister
Ottawa will sign the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal at a meeting next week in New Zealand, Canada’s International Trade Minister confirmed Monday. But in an open letter posted on her department’s website Chrystia Freeland wrote that signing the treaty with… »
From Canada with love?
While fresh winds of change are blowing through Canada’s international policy, those winds aren’t likely to lead to any thaw in relations with Russia, says a Canadian expert on foreign policy and military intervention. Stephen M. Saideman, the Paterson Chair… »
UPDATED: 4 dead in northern Saskatchewan school shooting
Four people have died in a shooting in the northern Saskatchewan community of La Loche, RCMP say. An unspecified number of people were also injured. “There’s no risk to public safety at this time,” Chief Supt. Maureen Levy, a senior… »
Quebecers pay their respects to impresario Rene Angelil
Hundreds of mourners packed into Montreal’s famed Notre-Dame basilica to celebrate the life of Rene Angelil, music producer and late husband to Celine Dion Friday afternoon. Angelil died of throat cancer last week, just two days shy of his 74th… »
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