Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose is calling for an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, “to discuss the rapidly deteriorating situation” as oil prices and the Canadian dollar continue their tailspin dive. In a statement released Monday, Ambrose, leader… »
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, Politics
Liberals introduce ‘sea change’ to Canada’s refugee system
Canada’s refugee system has undergone “a sea change” since the arrival of the new Liberal government, says a prominent refugee rights advocate. Mitchell Goldberg, president of the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers, says numbers speak for themselves as the government… »
Economy, International, Politics
Chrystia Freeland’s TPP tightrope act
Canada’s International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland has quite a balancing act on her delicate hands when it comes to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. On the one hand, the former top-notch journalist, turned politician, has to balance the fact that the trade… »
Documentary seeks to heal wounds left by landmark protest
Selwyn Jacob says he wanted to make a film about the infamous Sir George Williams Riot the moment he heard about it from his professor at the University of Alberta back in 1969. The Trinidadian-born award-winning producer at the National… »
Canadians celebrate Oscar nominations
When Montreal producer Pierre Even read the script for “Brooklyn,” he knew he had a potential gem in his hands. But even he didn’t dare to dream of an Oscar nomination. “Getting nominated for best picture is something you dream… »
Jury reveals finalists for 2016 RBC Taylor Prize in literary non-fiction
And then they were five. Speaking at a packed press conference at the Omni King Edward Hotel in Toronto, jurors Susanne Boyce, Joseph Kertes, and Stephen J. Toope announced the five finalists for one of Canada’s most prestigious and lucrative prizes… »
Economy, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
Canada to invest $20M in new stem cell research facility
The federal government will invest $20 million in a new centre being billed as a “global hub” for regenerative cell therapy in Toronto, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday. The money will go to the Centre of Commercialization of Regenerative… »
Canada ‘strongly’ condemns terrorist attack in Istanbul
Canada strongly condemns the terrorist attack in Istanbul’s historic Sultanahmet district that has killed 10 people and wounded 15 others, the federal government said Tuesday. “Canada stands with the Turkish people in the global struggle against terrorism in all its… »
International, Politics, Society
UNICEF sounds alarm on child education funding in conflict zones
With about 24 million children in conflict zones out of school, education remains one of the least funded sectors of humanitarian appeals, UNICEF said Tuesday. Nearly one in four of the 110 million children of primary and lower secondary school… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Wild Ontario coyote caught on video playing fetch with itself
A playful Ontario coyote has vaulted to social media stardom as a video of the wild canid playing fetch with itself has captured the imagination of Internet users worldwide. “I saw this guy playing on the hill while I was… »
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