Canada’s federal cabinet might be the most gender balanced government in its history, but Canada is a long way off from full gender parity, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was reminded Friday on his final day in Davos, Switzerland. Trudeau took… »
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.”
Higher food prices push inflation up in December
The cost of living in Canada went up by 1.6 per cent in December driven by higher prices for food, shelter and transportation, Statistics Canada said Friday. The transportation index, which includes gasoline, registered its first year-over-year increase since October 2014, despite… »
Economy, International, Politics
Trudeau’s Davos speed dating game
The World Economic Forum in Davos might be the world’s biggest schmoozing fest for the rich and powerful but it’s not a cakewalk. Just looking at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Thursday Twitter feed will make you dizzy. First, a meeting… »
Canada reaches half-way mark in Syrian refugee goal
Canada has reached the half-way mark in its goal to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of February, federal officials said Thursday. As of Thursday morning, over 12,400 Syrian refugees had arrived in Canada since Nov. 4, 2015, when… »
Canadian egg farmers help feed Swaziland orphans
When Tim Lambert first heard of Heart for Africa, an orphanage founded by a Canadian couple, Ian and Janine Maxwell, in AIDS-ravaged Swaziland, he knew he wanted to get involved. “Most people won’t know this but Swaziland has been particularly… »
Trudeau sticks to his guns on fighter jet withdrawal
Despite the growing political pressure at home and from allies abroad, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the gathering of the world’s reach and powerful in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday he is determined to pull Canada’s fighter jets from Iraq… »
Bank of Canada maintains key rate at 0.5 per cent
The Bank of Canada is keeping its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.5 per cent even as it downgrades its growth outlook for Canada’s economy hit hard by plummeting oil and commodity prices. The rate affects the saving and borrowing rates… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
EXCLUSIVE: Governor General seeks to promote innovation with new award
Canada’s Governor General David Johnston is a man on a mission: to strengthen and reinforce the culture of innovation in Canada. And the Queen’s representative in Canada has created a new award to do that. The Governor General’s Innovation Awards… »
Living above third floor reduces chances of surviving cardiac arrest, Canadian study suggests
While you might enjoy a better view from upper floor apartments, your chances of surviving a cardiac arrest get lower the higher you live, according to a new Canadian study. The study published on Monday in the Canadian Medical Association… »
Small businesses want Trudeau to address customs red tape in meeting with Obama
Canada’s largest association of small- and medium-sized businesses says it wants Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to raise the issue of red tape at the U.S.-Canada border during his upcoming meeting with President Barack Obama in March. In a newly released report… »
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