Canada

A PhD-trained statistician for the federal agency Statistics Canada is an unlikely candidate for becoming a singing sensation anywhere—much less in China. But this is the surprising path the life of Canadian-born George Sapounidis took after 1999, when he...

Greek-Canadian singer, songwriter and musician, Katherine Filippeos, just released her new single entitled “No Pain No Glory.” It is the second in a series of releases that encourage introspection and self-observation while relating darkness to a polarity of optimism...

Theodorou Elias, a former Greek-Canadian Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter commonly known as ‘The Spartan,’ passed away at his home in Toronto, Canada on Sunday. The 34-year-old UFC fighter’s peaceful repose was confirmed through his official social media accounts “after...

Greek-Canadian Constantine Passaris recently received the highest civilian honor from the Government of New Brunswick, Canada. He is the first Greek-Canadian in the history of this honor to be named to the Order of New Brunswick. Every year, ten individuals...

Back in 1977, four Greek-Canadian boys -- all cousins, and sons of Greek immigrants to Canada -- started a pickup game of hockey in a front yard on Hochelaga Street in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and began a tradition that...

Greek-Canadian drag queen Pythia made a splash during the first episode of the second season of "Canada's Drag Race," which premiered on Crave on Thursday evening. Hailing from Montreal, Quebec, Pythia is the first performer of Greek heritage to be...

Greek-Canadian MMA fighters Tom Theocharis and Elias Theodorou are managing successful athletic careers with each other to count on. 

Andy Apostolopoulos, the Greek-Canadian business magnate who was the owner of the Silverdome in Michigan passed away on Monday at the age of 69. The Chairman and CEO of the Triple Group of Companies passed away peacefully, according to a...

A Greek-Canadian father who lives in East York, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto, has now fulfilled his quest to bicycle 450 km to raise money to help save his son, who suffers from a  rare disease. Terry Pirovolakis had never...

The CANVAS cannabis store in Ontario is expanding, with a new location in Mount Dennis in Toronto and its Greek-Canadian owner will donate 50 per cent of profits from its opening days to a local food bank. The community-focused CANVAS...

Dr. Apostolos Papageorgiou, a Greek-Canadian physician at Montreal's Jewish General Hospital (JGH), was honored recently with a prestigious international award from the World Association of Perinatal Medicine. Dr. Papageorgiou, the Chief of Pediatrics and Neonatology at JGH, won the Erich...

Nico Christodoulou is a fourteen-year old Greek-Canadian Formula 4 driver, whose achievements and driving talent have already made him one of the most promising rising stars in the field of car racing. Born in Toronto, Canada in 2005, Christodoulou burst...

Prominent author and Greek-Canadian professor of History Andre Gerolymatos died on Thursday after a battle against an aggressive form of brain cancer. Gerolymatos was the Director of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University (SFU),...

Greek Canadian sabre fencing Olympian Joseph Polossifakis, along with members of the Quebec fencing federation, gave a riveting demonstration of their sport in downtown Montreal on Wednesday. An outdoor fencing strip was set up along McGill College Avenue, where the...

The late Greek-Canadian Kleoniki Georgouli bequeathed the sum of $100,000 in her will to the Theological Academy of the Metropolis of Toronto and All Canada. The Academy is a baccalaureate professional school which operates under the auspices of the Greek...