A joint meeting of the Coordinating Councils of the USA-Canada Youth Network is scheduled to start today at the Intercontinental Hotel in Toronto (foto). It will wind up on Sunday, March 7. The network’s Coordinator, Maurice Gritzalis spoke to ERA-5’s program “Network Without Borders”, saying that it would be the first time that such a [...]

Read the full story

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney recently announced a new online resource to make it easier for immigrants to settle in when they move to Canada. The new website provides information on Government and local services for new migrants to Canada. Immigration Minister Kenney had the following to say:
“The Services for Newcomers resource has been put in [...]

Read the full story

Toronto – “Opa!” the waiter shouts, as the brandy-soaked Greek cheese bursts into flames. This scene unfolds repeatedly in restaurants that line Toronto’s Danforth Avenue between Pape and Chester in the neighborhood known as Greektown.
Evidence of the area’s Greek heritage is seen and heard throughout the streets here. The blue and white Greek flag is [...]

Read the full story

A little food, new friends and a healthy dose of homeland patriotism.
That was the recipe cooked up at a longtime Burnaby institution this month for a unique Olympic memory that won’t soon be forgotten. The Siormanolakis family, who opened Romana Restaurant in 1973 and are still serving up Greek and Italian dishes at the Heights-area [...]

Read the full story

The Paralympic torch relay has begun.
A ceremony on Parliament Hill lit the Paralympic flame and launched its 10-day journey to Vancouver.
Some 600 people will carry the flame before the Games begin with opening ceremonies at B.C. Place next Friday.
Fifty-five Canadian athletes will join 1,300 competitors from 43 other countries.
They will compete for gold in five [...]

Read the full story

The Vancouver Olympics may have opened with an uneasy, sombre tone, but they closed in a spirit of celebration — with a tongue-in-cheek nod to everything Canadians are deeply proud to be.
With cheers still ringing from Vancouver to Charlottetown, after Canada’s dramatic gold-medal win Sunday afternoon over the U.S. in men’s hockey, the evening’s Winter [...]

Read the full story