Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is denying any role in influencing a decision to award a multi-million contract to administer a student volunteering grant program to WE Charity even as he acknowledges that he should have recused himself from cabinet discussions… »
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.”
Appointment of U.S. Arctic coordinator signals more muscular American policy
The appointment of James DeHart as the U.S. coordinator for the Arctic signals the region’s growing importance to Washington as an arena of geopolitical competition with Russia and China, say Canadian and American defence experts. DeHart, a career diplomat with extensive experience in global defence and security issues, is… »
Ethics commissioner expands probe into finance minister over WE scandal
Canada’s Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion says he is broadening the scope of his inquiry into a multi-million contract awarded by the minority Liberal government to WE Charity by taking a deeper look at the actions of Finance Minister Bill Morneau.… »
Ontario launches inquiry into COVID-19 spread in long-term care homes
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced on Wednesday the launch of a commission of inquiry into how COVID-19 was able to spread through the province’s long-term care homes leading to more than 1,800 deaths during the pandemic. Ford said the commission… »
Canada’s top doctor warns against ‘COVID-fatigue’
Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, urged Canadians to remain vigilant and warned against the feeling of “COVID-fatigue,” as the country registered 114,994 cases of the novel coronavirus and 8,912 deaths on Wednesday. On the brighter side, Tam… »
The Kielburgers deny Liberal patronage was reason for WE contract
The co-founders of a charity at the centre of the latest political scandal to rock the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are denying that Liberal patronage had anything to do with them being awarded the contract to administer a… »
Ottawa agrees to full public inquiry into Canada’s worst mass murder
Less than a week after the federal and Nova Scotia governments announced that an independent panel will review April’s shooting rampage in Nova Scotia, federal Minister of Public Safety Bill Blair announced Tuesday a full public inquiry into the worst… »
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Health Canada authorizes remdesivir to treat patients with severe COVID-19
Health Canada has given it conditional authorization to use the drug remdesivir for treatment of patients with severe symptoms of COVID-19 who have pneumonia and require extra oxygen to help them breathe. Remdesivir – brand name Veklury – is the… »
Crew of HMCS Fredericton receives commendation for ‘exceptional resiliency’
The crew of the Canadian frigate that lost six members in a helicopter accident in April during NATO exercises in the Mediterranean received a commendation for “exceptional resiliency in the face of unprecedented challenges” on Tuesday. Canada’s top soldier, Gen.… »
Trudeau and his chief of staff to testify on WE affair Thursday
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his chief of staff Katie Telford are expected to testify in front of the House of Commons finance committee Thursday afternoon about the Liberal government’s decision to get the WE organization to run a summer… »
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