Canadians appear to be almost evenly split between those who would prefer to continue working from home after the worst of the pandemic is over and those who would rather go back to the office, according to a new survey… »
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.”
Hit by record job losses, Ottawa extends emergency wage subsidy beyond June
Reeling from the loss of more than three million jobs since February due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government is extending the emergency wage subsidy program designed to help businesses retain their employees, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday.… »
Canada lost nearly 2 million jobs in April amid pandemic: Statistics Canada
Canada’s economy lost nearly two million jobs in April as the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily shut down entire non-essential industries, the country’s national statistics agency reported Friday. The loss of 1,993,800 jobs in April came on top of more than one… »
Greyhound suspends all bus routes in Canada due to COVID-19
Greyhound Canada will halt all of its remaining bus routes in Eastern Canada starting May 13 because of the “devastating impacts of this pandemic,” the company announced Thursday. The company had already stopped its service in Western Canada in 2018,… »
Feds, provinces and territories reach deal on pay top-up for essential workers
The federal government, provinces and territories have reached a $4 billion agreement to top up wages of essential service workers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday. Details of the cost-sharing program are being finalized in collaboration with the provincial and… »
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British Columbia unveils plans to ease COVID-19 restrictions
Starting in mid-May, British Columbians will be able to do things many Canadians in the rest of the country have been dreaming about since mid-March, when lockdown measures introduced by various levels of government to fight the COVID-19 pandemic upended… »
Canada conducted nearly 1M COVID-19 tests but numbers still falling short
Laboratories across Canada have conducted more than 970,000 COVID-19 tests by Thursday but the number of daily tests still falls short of the target the country’s chief public health officer had set as a condition for the safe and gradual… »
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Canadian chemists develop artificial ‘tongue’ of gold to taste maple syrup
Researchers at Université de Montréal have developed a new test using gold nanoparticles to quickly determine the flavour of maple syrup and help producers evaluate the quality of this iconic Canadian product often referred to as Quebec’s liquid gold. While… »
Ontario extends COVID-19 emergency orders and lower electricity rates
The provincial government in Ontario is extending all emergency orders related to the coronavirus pandemic, including the closure of non-essential businesses and the ban on public gatherings, until May 19, Premier Doug Ford announced Wednesday. Canada’s largest province is also… »
Family pays tribute to naval officer killed in helicopter crash
The family of a Canadian naval officer who was killed last week along with five of his comrades when their helicopter crashed into the Mediterranean Sea says Sub-Lt. Matthew Pyke died “doing what he felt he was born to do.”… »
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