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Canada Launches Matching Fund To Respond To Beirut Explosion

Global Affairs Canada which leads Canada's international development and humanitarian assistance announced on August 8 that it is creating the Lebanon Matching Fund to assist Lebanon after the horrific explosion that devastated the capital Beirut....

ANCC Strongly Condemns Azerbaijani Violence Against Armenians In Canada

(OTTAWA – August 2, 2020) – Today, the Armenian National Committee of Canada (ANCC) learned that on Saturday, August 1, at 10:30 PM, a group of Azerbaijanis harassed and assaulted a group of Armenian-Canadians in Toronto. The ANCC strongly ...

Vancouver Armenians Unite To Confront Azeri Demonstrators

Armenian and Azerbaijani protestors confronting each other in downtown Vancouver, July 25, 2020. (TorontoHye)- Around 100 Vancouver Armenian community members showed up in downtown Vancouver on July 25 to confront a smaller number of Azeris who ...

Canada’s FM Urges To Respect Ceasefire On Armenia-Azerbaijan Border

(TorontoHye)- Canada’s Foreign Minister François-Philippe Champagne expressed concern over the eruption of violence over the Armenia Azerbaijan border but stopped short of condemning Azerbaijan for initiating an attack on the internationally ...

ANCC Urges Foreign Minister Champagne to Condemn Azerbaijan Aggression Against Armenia

Armenian National Committee of Canada today forwarded a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, François-Philippe Champagne, urging him to condemn Azerbaijan's aggression against Armenia and uphold Canada's support for Armenia's sovereignty and ...

ANCC Strongly Condemns Ongoing Azerbaijani Violence in Armenia

(OTTAWA) – The Armenian National Committee of Canada (ANCC) strongly condemns the ongoing attempts by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces to infiltrate and provoke military aggression in the northeastern Tavush Region of Armenia. Despite a global ...

Canadian Committee for the Relief of Armenians in Lebanon Raises $206,000

The Armenian community in Lebanon is facing a major crisis due to the economic collapse in the country and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Two months ago, ARF Central Committee of Canada launched a special appeal to the community and created ...

Nikol Pahsinyan Congratulates Trudeau on Canada Day

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has sent a congratulatory message to Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau on the occasion of Canada Day. The message runs as follows: “Dear Mr. Prime Minister, On behalf of the people of Armenia and on my ...

ACTION ALERT: Remove 2450 Victoria Park Development from June 29-30 Toronto Council Meeting Agenda

The Armenian Community Centre of Toronto (ACC) was only informed on June 25 City Council intended to consider the developer’s latest proposal for 2450 Victoria Park Avenue at its next meeting on Monday, June 29th. The ACC not had a chance to ...

Atom Egoyan Donates $5,000 In Support of Armenia’s Covid-19 Response Efforts

(Armradio)- Internationally renowned film director Atom Egoyan has donated $5,000 to the “Hayastan” All Armenian Fund, the Fund’s Executive Director Haykak Arshakyan informs. Using the online payment platform Egoyan wrote: “On the occasion ...