Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet has been diagnosed with COVID-19, the federal party which works to achieve Quebec’s separation from Canada has confirmed. The 55-year-old leader of the third largest party in the House of Commons is doing “perfectly well”… »
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.”
Premiers seek $28B in additional health transfers from Ottawa
Four of Canada’s conservative-leaning premiers are calling on the federal government to increase health funding to the provinces by $28 billion as provincial budgets are getting a double whammy hit of rising healthcare costs and dwindling revenues due to the… »
Canada calls for investigation of alleged human rights violations in Belarus
Canada is joining forces with 16 other member-states of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to call for an international investigation into allegations of serious human rights violations in Belarus following last month’s contested presidential election in… »
Federal and Ontario governments team up with 3M to produce N95 masks in Canada
The government of Canada and the provincial government of Ontario are joining forces with manufacturing giant 3M to launch Canada’s own production of N95 masks to ensure that the country is never again at the mercy of foreign suppliers of… »
Retail sales in Canada jump 23.7%, reach pre-pandemic levels
Retail sales in Canada soared 23.7 per cent in June to $53 billion, climbing above February levels for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic walloped the country’s economy, the national statistics agency reported Friday. Statistics Canada says sales were… »
Liberals unveil new $37B COVID-19 financial assistance package
The federal government is extending a key social safety net program for Canadian workers who lost their jobs due to the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic and revamping Canada’s employment insurance (EI) program to allow more people to receive… »
International, Politics, Society
Belarusian Canadians demand Magnitsky Act sanctions against Lukashenko regime
Members of the small Belarusian community in Canada are demanding Ottawa take a tougher stance against the government of President Alexander Lukashenko who has faced unprecedented protests after claiming a landslide victory in a highly controversial election on Aug. 9.… »
Economy, Immigration & Refugees, Society
Recent immigrants more likely to lose jobs during pandemic lockdown: report
Recent immigrants were more likely than Canadian-born workers and longer-term immigrants to lose their jobs during the pandemic-related lockdowns that shuttered much of Canada’s economy in March and April, according to a study published by the national statistics agency. The… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Arctic science expedition reaches North Pole due to melting sea ice
A German research icebreaker carrying an international team of climate scientists was able to reach the North Pole on Wednesday largely due lighter-than-usual sea ice conditions in the High Arctic, underscoring the dramatic changes happening in the North. The German… »
Canada ‘strongly condemns’ Mali coup, says foreign minister
Canada is “very concerned” by the situation in Mali and “strongly condemns” the military junta that forced the country’s democratically elected president from power, says Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne. “We call on the Malian security forces and those responsible… »
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