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Ontario Liberal Government Pledges $3 Million for The Armenian Community Centre’s Cultural and Recreational Plans

 MPP Micheal Coteau making the announcement of $3million pledge towards ACC's cultural plans on April 13, Toronto. (TORONTO)- On April 13, The Toronto Armenian Community Centre in North York served as the backdrop for an impressive announcement from ...
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Zoryan Institute Celebrates 35th Anniversary in a Gala Event in Toronto

 Zoryan Institute Gala attendees at The Granite Club in Toronto, April 7, 2018. By: Karin Saghdejian  (TORONTO)- Zoryan Institute’s 35 years of scholarly and educational work towards issues of human rights, genocides and diasporic existence ...
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Armenian Community Centre Area Development Plan Enters Crucial Phase

 The proposed development plan on Universal Property adjacent to the Armenian Community Centre (45 Hallcrown Place) has reached a crucial decision point. The developer has submitted a building proposal for several buildings and twin towers of 39 and ...
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CNN’s ‘Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown’ Armenia-Artsakh Episode to Air May 20

 ATLANTA—The “Armenia” episode of American food icon Anthony Bourdain’s CNN television series “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” will air May 20. According to a press statement released by the Atlanta-based U.S. television giant, season ...
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Armen Sarkissian sworn in as 4th President of Armenia

 YEREVAN, (Armradio)- Armen Sarkissian was sworn in as Armenia’s 4th President at a special sitting of the National Assembly today. He was elected by the National Assembly on March 2. The President took the oath of office by putting his ...
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Raffy Boudjikanian On His New Book “Journey through Genocide: Stories of Survivors and the Dead”

 Raffy Boudjikanian in Kharpert in May 2012 Raffy Boudjikanian is a national reporter for CBC Edmonton who has travelled to meet genocide survivors in Chad (where Darfuri refuges are located), Kigali (Rwanda), and Kharpert (Turkey). His encounters ...
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Canadian-Armenian Ethnomusicologist Publishes Second Volume of ‘’Vocal Art of Armenian Composers: Survivors of the Genocide’’

 The McGill Conservatory and the Marvin Duchow Music Library today anounced the publication of Vocal Art of Armenian Composers, Volumes I and II, by Hasmig Injejikian (project director). On the occasion of 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, ...
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Pope Francis and Armenian Patriarchs bless a bronze statue of St Gregory of Narek

 (Vatican News)- On the occasion of the visit of an Armenian delegation with Pope Francis, a statue of St Gregory of Narek is blessed in the Vatican Gardens. In the company of outgoing Armenian President, Serzh Sargsyan, and with the particip...
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Harout Chitilian to become Aurora’s next CEO

 The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative announced Canadian Armenian Harout Chitilian will join Aurora board as it’s next CEO, succeeding Arman Jilavian, who held the position since the inception of the global initiative. An engineer by training, ...
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Three Halo Trust employees killed in Artsakh landmine explosion

 Landmine explosion in no man’s land near the city of Martakert in Artsakh left three killed and two injured. David Babayan, Spokesperson for the Presidnet of Nagorno Karabakh, confirmed the news to Public Radio of Armenia. He said no details are ...
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