The federal government is ready to open applications for its long-promised rent relief program for small business on May 25, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday. Speaking at his daily press conference in Ottawa, Trudeau said the Canada Emergency Commercial… »
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’s inflation rate turned negative in April for first time since 2009
The annual inflation rate in Canada dipped into negative territory in April as the economy came to a halt in the first full month of the pandemic, the national statistics agency reported Wednesday. Statistics Canada said the consumer price index… »
Health, Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics
Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh brace for COVID-19 and Cyclone Amphan
Nearly a million Rohingya refugees sheltering in overcrowded camps in Cox’s Bazar, in southern Bangladesh are bracing for a perfect storm of a COVID-19 outbreak and a powerful cyclone barrelling towards the region. Five cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed… »
Ontario orders independent commission into long-term care
Ontario is launching an independent commission into its “broken” long-term care system after more than 1,400 COVID-19-linked deaths in the province’s nursing homes and long-term care facilities. Long-Term Care Minister Merrilee Fullerton said in a statement released Tuesday that the… »
Canada-U.S. border to remain closed for another month
The Canada-U.S. border will remain closed for another 30 days, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday. Speaking during his daily news conference in Ottawa, Trudeau said both countries have agreed to extend the closure to June 21. Canada and the… »
5 Canadian soldiers deployed in nursing homes test positive for COVID-19
Five Canadian soldiers deployed to hard hit long-term care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic have tested positive for the illness, the Canadian Armed Forces said Friday. Four of the cases are in Quebec, the hardest hit Canadian province, and one… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics
Amnesty International calls on Canada to open border to refugees from the U.S.
As countries around the world close their borders to contain the spread of COVID-19, Amnesty International is calling on the federal government to set an example of humane treatment of refugees and open Canada’s borders to asylum seekers from the… »
Canadians say post-COVID-19 ‘return to normal’ is far off: poll
More than two-thirds of Canadians (68 per cent) now believe that the full return to post-COVID-19 normal life is at least six months away, according to the latest public opinion data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute. This represents a… »
COVID-19 could bring permanent changes to Canadians’ lives, Trudeau says
The COVID-19 pandemic could bring long-lasting changes to the lives of Canadians and the things they took for granted until the virus swept through the country and upended our daily lives, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday. Speaking at his… »
Economy, International, Society
Lufthansa prepares to resume flights to Canada in June
As countries begin to gradually ease travel restrictions, Lufthansa plans to offer three weekly, non-stop flights from Toronto to Frankfurt and back starting on June 3, officials with the German airline announced Thursday. Additional flights to other Canadian gateway destinations,… »
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