Ottawa

A US trucker convoy embarked on a 2,500 mile cross-country trip from Barstow, California to Washington, DC on Wednesday, to protest against COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine mandates. Inspired by the demonstrations that paralyzed Ottawa, Canada's capital city, for weeks, the...

The so-called Freedom Convoy that paralyzed Ottawa, Canada for three weeks is fizzling out as police continue on Sunday to push protesters out of the city center. Around 170 people were arrested over the last couple of days, as police...

Ottawa police began arresting Freedom Convoy protestors on Thursday, after threatening to do so earlier this week. Authorities first arrested Tamara Lich and Chris Barber. Lich, who leads the Freedom Convoy, was said to be detained for "aiding and abetting...

Police in Ottawa threatened protestors with arrest on Wednesday if they continued to block off the downtown area of the city. "You must leave the area now. Anyone blocking streets, or assisting others in the blocking of streets, are committing...

The protest by the "Freedom Convoy" against a vaccine mandate has forced Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson to declare declared a state of emergency on Sunday. The protest by the Freedom convoy has blocked much of the center of the Canadian...

Member of Canadian Parliament Emmanuella Lambropoulou on March 26 on the occasion of Greek Independence Day, held a reception at Parliament Hill to honour the Hellenic Community of Canada and its invaluable contributions to society. Representatives from the Greek communities...

Ottawa resident Dimitra Georgiou, one of five daughters of Antonios and Areti Hatzis, told a touching story about how her parents saved two Jewish boys and their grandomother from the Holocaust in Greece. “Our parents were very, very, courageous to...

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne was one of the thousands of attendees at the Ottawa Greek Festival, according to the National Herald. The Ontario Premier posted a photograph from her visit to the Greek feast on her personal Twitter account commenting:...

On May 8, Dr. and Mrs. Andreas Vikis hosted a reception in honor of the High Commissioner of the Republic of Cyprus, H.E. Mr. Pavlos Anastasiades and his wife Maria. The reception was also a celebration of the recent...

A delegation of NGO "The Smile of the Child" arrives on an official visit in Montreal and Ottawa from May 5-8 and May 9-10, respectively. The purpose is to inform and encourage the local Greek community, as well as other child...