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Montreal Celebrates Greek Independence Day With Huge Parade

Thousands of Greek Canadians gathered at Montreal's Park-Extension on Sunday to celebrate Greek Independence Day with their annual parade. The prime minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took part in the celebrations. A mix of...

Justin Trudeau Joins Montreal’s Greek Independence Parade

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walked in Montreal's Greek Independence parade on Sunday afternoon. A sea of white and blue flags dominated the parade in the Parc-Extension neighborhood. The parade, whose grand marshal was Quebec’s minister responsible for the fight against...

Greek FM Dendias Meets Greek Canadian Community in Montreal

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias paid a visit to the Hellenic Community Centre of Greater Montreal and thanked the Canadian diaspora for preserving Greek culture and language. "I'd like to thank you from the bottom of my heart, on behalf...

Greek Restaurant Near Montréal Offers Staff Fully-Paid Vacation to Dominican Republic

The owners of the ''Le Grec" Greek restaurant in Trois Rivieres, near Montréal, Canada recently proved that being a boss does not have to mean being tough and pinching pennies; on the contrary, they showed their staff that they see...

Riveting Documentary Shows Life of Greeks in 1960s Montreal

"The 80 Goes to Sparta" is a touching documentary showing the life of Greeks living in Montreal in the late 1960s, produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Writer and director Bill Davies opens with a shot from within...

Greek-Canadian Doctor in Montreal Wins Prestigious International Award

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...

Hellenic Initiative’s Annual ”Montreal Cocktail” Gala Raises a Stunning $200,000

"The Hellenic Initiative Canada'' (THI Canada) managed to raise a whopping $200,000 on May 30, as a result of hosting its second-ever ''Annual Montreal Cocktail'' event. The night was dedicated to and focused on the amazing work of doctors who...

Digital Museum of Greek Immigration to Canada Inaugurated in Montréal

The official inauguration of the new Digital Museum of Greek Immigration to Canada took place on Friday, May 24, in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. Part of ''ImmiGrec'' and supported by Greece’s Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), the new Museum has developed a...

Greek-Canadian Olympian Joseph Polossifakis Gives Sabre Fencing Demo in Montreal (video)

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...

Digital Museum of Greek Immigration to Canada to Open in Montreal

The official opening of the Digital Museum of Greek Immigration to Canada is scheduled for Friday, May 24, in Montréal, Quebec, Canada, according to an announcement released by the "ImmiGrec Project." The main goal of ImmiGrec, which is supported by Greece’s...

Air Canada Launches Additional Flights From Toronto and Montreal To Athens

Air Canada will expand its presence in Athens this summer with the addition of two weekly flights to Toronto and two separate weekly flights to Montreal as well. The additional services will be operated by "Air Canada Rouge" from June...

“Zito Hellas!”: Justin Trudeau Joins Greek Independence Day Parade in Montreal

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined the parade of thousands of Greeks and Canadians in Montreal on Sunday to celebrate the 25th of March anniversary of the Greek revolution against the Ottomans. "Zito Hellas! We had a great time in...

Montreal’s M.A.G.I.C. Mission: Greeks Helping Greeks

M.A.G.I.C. Mission -- a volunteer-led effort to help Greek children and families blighted by the economic crisis -- was founded in Montreal, Quebec, in 2012. Affected by devastating impact of Greece's economic turmoil, in March 2012 a group of volunteers...

Dimitri Galanis, Montreal Greek Restaurateur, Dead at 74

Dimitri Galanis, one of the more vibrant members of Montreal's Greek community, passed away Saturday March 24, at the age of 74. Owner of Parc Avenue's Mythos Ouzeri Estiatorio restaurant, Galanis was considered to have contributed much to the liveliness of...

Justin Trudeau Joins Montreal Greeks for Independence Day

The Hellenic Community of Greater Montreal celebrated Greek Independence Day with its annual parade, and which was joined by Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau. Thousands of Greeks came to Jean Talon Street in Montreal to celebrate and the parade...