Canada

After 25 years in parliament, Liberal MP Jim Karygiannis is quitting the federal political arena to join the municipal fray in Toronto. The controversial MP intends to run for city council in a ward overlapping much of the Scarborough-Agincourt riding...

The Cretan Association of Montreal will be celebrating the 400th anniversary of the death of the famous Cretan painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos a.k.a El Greco, who lived and thrived in Spain. The celebration will feature the Yiannis Smaragdis film “El...

The awards ceremony for the best composition in the Greek language held by the primary schools of Socrates and Demosthenes took place yesterday at the Hellenic Community Center of Montreal.  The theme of the composition was “My Ithaca” as...

The museum of Montreal Pointe-a-Calliere, will host a major exhibition on ancient Greece that will be launched late this year. The display entitled “The Greeks -- Agamemnon to Alexander the Great” will bring together more than 500 artifacts from 22...

The Daily Secret Insiders guide will be launching a new marketing campaign in Canada and the U.S. to promote Greece as a holiday destination. Daily Secret is a Greek digital media brand for premium audiences. It is a web service...

Thousands of Greeks of all ages in Montreal on Sunday attended annual parade and events commemorating Greece's Independence Day. The city's mayor, Dennis Coderre was the master of ceremonies. Despite the freezing cold, students of Greek schools and members of Greek clubs paraded with pride and...

The Greek America Foundation in association with The Chang School at Ryerson University has announced its 3rd bi-annual National Innovation conference to take place in Toronto, Canada May 2-4. The idea behind NIC, according to the GAF’s founder Gregory Pappas,...

A parade celebrating Greek National Independence Day will take to the streets Sunday, March 23, at noon starting at Eastern High School. The event will be held during the weekend. In addition to the parade, a gala is to take...

It was decided that March would be a month full of events dedicated to Greek heritage. The decision to name March the “Greek Heritage Month” was made by the Toronto District School Board, following the suggestion of local bodies. The...

The Hellenic Scholarship Foundation in a ceremony at the hall of the University of McGill, awarded on Saturday, February 22, eleven scholarships to the excelling Greek students of the universities of Quebec. The President of the foundation, John Hadjinicolaou mentioned...