Judicial authorities in Quebec will not lay charges in connection with a deadly fire at a seniors home in L’Isle-Verte, about 460 km northeast of Montreal, that killed 32 people almost two years ago, a senior provincial prosecutor said Monday. Speaking… »
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.”
Relatives of drowned Syrian boy to arrive in Canada by year’s end
The extended family of a Syrian toddler whose body washed up on a Turkish beach in September, sparking international outrage over the plight of refugees fleeing the war in Syria, will arrive in Canada by the end of the year,… »
Montreal conference calls for Canada’s active engagement in Latin America
As Canada marks the 25th anniversary of its accession to the Organization of American States, the new Liberal government needs to re-engage the hemisphere with the vision of a Pan American partnership, a group of experts is urging the federal… »
Ottawa hikes mortgage down payment requirement
Worried about the red-hot housing markets in Toronto and Vancouver, the federal government is hiking the minimum down payment required to buy a home for more than $500,000, Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced Friday “We are looking at ways to… »
Immigration & Refugees, International
163 Syrian refugees en route to Toronto
A Canadian military plane with 163 Syrian refugees on board is on its way to Toronto carrying the first batch of refugees for resettlement in Canada. “First flight of Syrian refugees from Lebanon includes 70 Armenian Christians; most all privately sponsored,”… »
Butter shortage forces Canada to look for more imports
It seems Canadians just can’t get enough of their butter. In fact, the demand for butter has grown so much this year, the Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC) has been forced to import up to 4,000 tonnes of butter from suppliers… »
International, Politics, Society
Brother of Canadian woman stuck in Egypt pleads for Trudeau’s intervention
A Canadian man is pleading with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion to intervene with Egyptian authorities in the case of his sister, her husband, and the couple’s four Canadian children, trapped in Egypt in a… »
Trudeau resets relationship with indigenous people
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled a five-point plan on Tuesday to reset Canada’s relationship with its indigenous people during his address to a group of First Nations leaders in Gatineau, Que. “It is time for a renewed, nation-to-nation relationship with First… »
Canada launches inquiry into murdered and missing indigenous women
Canada’s newly elected Liberal government launched a much-awaited national public inquiry Tuesday into the hundreds of cases of murdered and missing aboriginal women across the country. The RCMP found in 2014 nearly 1,200 documented cases of missing and murdered aboriginal women and girls between… »
Canadian mining giant’s ‘conflict-free’ gold sparks cartel wars in Mexico
Two rival drug cartels linked to the abduction and disappearance of 43 students a year ago are battling over millions of dollars paid by Canadian mining giant Goldcorp to a village in Mexico’s southern gold belt, leading to a wave… »
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