Canada lost its high-profile bid to secure a coveted seat at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday despite last-ditch efforts by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne to lobby world leaders. Trudeau spoke with dozens… »
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.”
Canada to have ‘strong voice’ with or without UN Security Council seat: Trudeau
Canada will remain a major player on the international scene no matter whether it gets elected to the United Nations Security Council or not, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday as the country awaited results of the closely watched vote… »
Inflation rate falls to -0.4% in May, second month in a row below zero
Canada’s inflation rate fell 0.4 per cent on a year-to-year basis in May, as cheaper gasoline prices pushed inflation below zero for the second month in a row, the national statistics agency reported Wednesday. Excluding gasoline, inflation rose 0.7 per… »
Economy, International, Politics
Canada-U.S. border to remain shut until July 21, says Trudeau
Canada and the United States have agreed to extend their border shutdown until July 21, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday. “This is an important decision that will keep people in both of our countries safe,” Trudeau said during his… »
Government extends emergency benefit program by 8 more weeks
Citing “a long journey ahead” on the road to Canada’s economic recovery, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that the federal government is extending by two more months a key income replacement program for millions of Canadians who lost their… »
Canadian military to provide airlift for UN pandemic relief efforts
The Canadian military will provide airlift support for the United Nations’ food and health agencies to transport urgently needed medical and humanitarian supplies to pandemic hotspots around the world, Canadian officials announced Monday. The Canadian Armed Forces will use their… »
Canada and the U.S. demand release of dual citizen jailed in Russia
Ottawa and Washington are slamming a “severe” sentence handed to a dual U.S.-Canadian citizen, who was convicted of espionage by a Russian court following a trial where most of the evidence was kept secret. Paul Whelan, who was born in… »
Government looks at extending emergency benefit program, says Trudeau
The minority Liberal government is looking at ways of extending a federal program that pays benefits to millions of Canadians who have lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday. Speaking at his daily… »
Canada April factory sales plummet record 28.5% but May data should improve
Canadian manufacturing sales plummeted by a record 28.5 per cent to $36.4 billion in April, following a 9.8-per-cent decline in March, as the COVID-19 pandemic ground much of Canada’s economy to a halt, the country’s national statistics agency reported Monday.… »
Rare white grizzly bear dazzles visitors to Banff National Park
Visitors to Banff National Park in Alberta have been treated to the sight of a very rare white grizzly bear recently. Parks Canada officials say the sub-adult grizzly and its more conventionally coloured sibling have been known to them since… »
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