Canada’s economy pumped out 44,000 jobs in October, bringing the number of people employed in Canada to over 18 million for the first time in the country’s history. Statistics Canada reported Friday that the unemployment rate declined by 0.1 percentage points to 7.0%. Compared with last… »
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.”
Rona Ambrose elected interim Conservative leader
The Conservative Party of Canada elected former Health Minister Rona Ambrose as interim leader at a caucus meeting in Ottawa Thursday. “I’m excited that we are going to be moving forward with a strong opposition with confidence and optimism,” Ambrose said… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life
TransCanada drops plans to build oil export terminal on St. Lawrence
Greenpeace activists in Cacouna, Quebec, protest plans by TransCanada to build a new tanker port on the St. Lawrence Seaway to export tar sands oil from the proposed Energy East pipeline. Photo taken Friday, April 25, 2014. © PC/HO Environmental groups… »
Tributes flow for Canadian volunteer killed in Syria
Photo of Canadian volunteer John Gallagher posted on his Facebook page on October 30, 2015. The picture appears to be taken in north-eastern Syria. © Courtesy: John Gallagher/Facebook Tributes are flowing for a Canadian volunteer killed in north-eastern Syria while fighting… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International
U.S. rejects TransCanada request to suspend Keystone pipeline review
The U.S. State Department has rejected TransCanada Corp.’s request to put the government’s evaluation of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline on hold. State Department spokesman John Kirby told reporters in Washington Wednesday the TransCanada was told the review process would… »
Canadian volunteer fighting ISIS killed in Syria
A Canadian man has been killed by a suicide bomber during fighting against Islamic State militants in north-eastern Syria, says the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The London-based independent group, which monitors casualties in the conflict, said in a press… »
Justin Trudeau sworn in as Canada’s 23rd prime minister
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks in front of his cabinet outside Rideau Hall after a swearing-in ceremony Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015. © CBC Justin Trudeau has been sworn in as Canada’s 23rd prime minister and has introduced a cabinet that he… »
Canadian veteran who fought ISIS in Syria arrested in Iraq
Mystery still surrounds the fate of a former Canadian soldier detained in Iraq after a stint fighting Islamic State militants in Syria alongside Kurdish militia forces. Canadian foreign affairs officials confirm that a Canadian man is being detained in Iraq… »
Immigration & Refugees, International
Rights group wants Canada’s new government to intervene on behalf of jailed Saudi blogger
Ensaf Haidar, the wife of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, speaks at a presse conference with the executive director of Lawyers Without Borders Pascal Paradis in Montreal on Nov. 3, 2015 © Levon Sevunts/Radio Canada International Lawyers Without Borders Canada says… »
Immigration & Refugees, Society
Foreign capital behind Vancouver’s housing woes
Off-shore money brought in mostly by new immigrants from mainland China is what’s driving Vancouver’s soaring real estate prices, says a new study of the city’s housing market. According to the study, the majority of houses in the city’s affluent… »
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