The U.S. Air Force released this week its strategy for defending the United States and Canada from threats posed by Russia but also China and other adversaries as beefing up continental defences increasingly takes the centre stage in relations between… »
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.”
Trudeau slams China’s ‘coercive diplomacy’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday slammed what he called China’s “coercive diplomacy” and decried the “lack of transparency” surrounding the trials for detained Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig. Spavor’s closed-door trial in the northeastern city of Dandong lasted… »
Canada ratifies interim post-Brexit free trade deal with U.K.
Canada has ratified an interim post-Brexit free trade agreement with the United Kingdom that will allow the two countries to continue trading virtually tariff-free while Ottawa and London work on a more permanent trade deal, International Trade Minister Mary Ng… »
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Canadian research focuses on plant-based components for hydrogen fuel cells
Researchers in Quebec are looking to develop ways for using a renewable byproduct of Canada’s pulp and paper industry as one of the main components for the production of hydrogen fuel cells. The research led by Samaneh Shahgaldi, the newly… »
Now is not the time for Canada and U.S. to turn inward, says Garneau
As human and economic costs of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to rise in Canada and the U.S., the two neighbours need to come together to address challenges facing both countries, Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau said Friday. Addressing his U.S.… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Politics
Indigenous groups welcome Biden-Trudeau nature conservation roadmap
Indigenous groups in Canada are welcoming plans by Ottawa and Washington to partner with Indigenous Nations across Canada and the United States to meet their climate change goals and protect nature. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden… »
Auditor general faults Ottawa for water crisis in Indigenous communities
Canada’s auditor general says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has failed to honour its 2015 pledge to eliminate long-term drinking water advisories in First Nations communities and provide them with access to safe drinking water. The Liberals had committed during… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology
‘It’s official!’ Canada will join U.S. crewed mission to the moon: minister
Canada will send an astronaut to orbit the moon in 2023 as part of NASA’s Artemis II mission to the Earth’s nearest neighbour, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne said Thursday. “It’s official!,” Champagne tweeted, “Canada will join… »
Montreal Canadiens fire head coach Claude Julien
The Montreal Canadiens have fired head coach Claude Julien and assistant coach Kirk Muller, the team’s general manager, Marc Bergevin, announced on Wednesday. Dominique Ducharme, 47, has been promoted as interim head coach in addition to the appointment of Alex… »
COVID-19 cases declining in Indigenous communities: minister
COVID-19 infections continue to decline in Indigenous communities across Canada even as the federal government is bracing for outbreaks of more contageous variants of concern, Indigenous Services Marc Miller said Wednesday. Speaking at a media briefing in Ottawa, Miller said… »
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