Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that the federal government has reached an agreement in principle with all provinces and territories to implement a new rent subsidy program to help businesses forced to shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic. The… »
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.”
Canadian Armenians donate to food banks to mark anniversary of 1915 genocide
With millions of Canadians worried about putting food on the table due to the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions on public gatherings, the country’s Armenian community has found a new way to mark the 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide this… »
Row with girlfriend may have triggered Nova Scotia shooting spree, police say
Canada’s worst mass shooting last weekend, which claimed the lives of 22 victims and that of the gunman, may have been triggered by an argument between the gunman and his girlfriend, the country’s national police force said Friday. Speaking at… »
Canada calls for virtual consular access to detained Canadians amid COVID-19
Foreign Affairs Minister Fracois-Philippe Champagne is calling on Chinese authorities to allow virtual consular access to Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor who marked 500 days in Chinese detention on Thursday. Kovrig, who took a leave of absence from Global… »
Canada to invest $1.1B in COVID-19 research and testing, says Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday $1.1 billion in new funding for a national medical and research strategy to address the COVID-19 pandemic that has already claimed over 2,000 lives in Canada and infected more than 41,000 Canadians. Speaking at… »
Canadian municipalities seek emergency federal funding
The organization representing nearly 2,000 municipalities nationwide is calling on the federal government to provide at least $10 billion in emergency funding to local governments to make up for financial losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Federation of Canadian… »
RCMP say they were ‘in process’ of preparing alert when gunman was killed
Officials with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Nova Scotia said Wednesday they were “in the process” of preparing an emergency alert when the gunman, who had killed 22 people in a shooting spree across the Atlantic province over… »
Ice-free Arctic summers likely by 2050, even with climate action: study
Much of the Arctic Ocean will become ice-free during summers by 2050 even if greenhouse gas emissions are reduced sharply, according to a new study. The study, Arctic Sea Ice in CMIP6, published in Geophysical Research Letters analyzed recent results… »
Trudeau announces $9B in new COVID-19 funding for students
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced $9 billion in financial aid for post-secondary students and recent graduates feeling the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, amid criticism that young Canadians were left shortchanged by Ottawa’s existing emergency funding programs. Speaking… »
265M people will starve in 2020 if no immediate action is taken, UN warns
The number of people suffering from acute hunger will nearly double to 265 million this year unless governments and private companies step in to avert “the worst humanitarian crisis” since the Second World War, the UN World Food Programme (WFP)… »
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