It was supposed to be a picture-perfect wedding for their daughter. Instead the family of Charles MacKenzie and his wife, Dorothy, are making funeral arrangements. The couple from Baddeck, Nova Scotia were found dead in their hotel whirlpool in Mexico’s… »
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.”
Body of Canadian fighter killed in Syria starts journey home
The remains of a Canadian volunteer killed in north-eastern Syria last week have begun their long journey home. Kurdish fighters and fellow Canadian volunteer Hanna Bohman carried John Gallagher’s coffin through the streets of a Syrian town on Thursday in… »
International, Politics, Society
Miss Canada slams China for blocking her from Miss World pageant
The Chinese-born Miss Canada, Anastasia Lin, says Chinese authorities are delaying her visa for the Miss World pageant because of her vociferous critique of the country’s human rights record. Lin, a follower of Falun Gong, a spiritual movement that is… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Montreal to begin sewage dump Wednesday
Montreal will begin its controversial dump of 8 billion litres of raw sewage into the St. Lawrence River at midnight on Wednesday, Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre announced Tuesday. Coderre’s announcement came hours after Canada’s new minister of the environment and… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
Feds give conditional OK to Montreal sewage dump
Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre hinted that the discharge of billions of litres of raw sewage into the St. Lawrence River could begin as early this week. © (CBC) Montreal will be allowed to go ahead with its controversial plan to… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous
Environmental group calls for protection of Lancaster Sound
An environmental group has partnered with Inuit artists to produce a short film it hopes will draw attention to the long-delayed promise of creating a marine conservation area in one of the most biologically rich and sensitive areas of the… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics
Ottawa forms cabinet committee to fast-track Syrian refugee resettlement
Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, John McCallum © CBC The new Liberal cabinet will form a subcommittee to co-ordinate government efforts to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada by the end of the year, Canada’s minister of immigration, refugees… »
How will Canada’s foreign policy change under Stéphane Dion?
Minister of Foreign Affairs Stephane Dion speaks to the media and Department of Foreign Affairs staff following a cabinet meeting at foreign affairs headquarters in Ottawa on Friday, November 6, 2015. © PC/Sean Kilpatrick When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named Stephane… »
Grisly end for young grizzly bear
Life is not easy if you’re a young grizzly bear at Banff National Park in Canada’s Rocky mountains. The winter is coming, food is scarce, you have to watch out for those big, grain-laden trains, those pesky tourists with their… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International
Canada ‘disappointed’ at U.S. rejection of Keystone XL pipeline
President Barack Obama makes a statement on the Keystone Pipeline from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2015. The Obama administration has rejected Canadian energy giant TransCanada’s application to build the Keystone XL pipeline.… »
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