The Olympics are often called Greece’s gift to the world, but Wednesday night, the Olympic movement gave back to Montreal’s Greek community. Hundreds of Montrealers braved the first snow storm of the season to welcome the Olympic flame to the Hellenic Community Centre. “It’s a great feeling not only for me but for all the [...]

Giannis Ploutarhos (Greek: Γιάννης Πλούταρχος) is a Greek singer. He was born on 18 December 1970 in a small village outside Orxomenos called Mavrogia. He lived there until the age of sixteen when he then decided to go to Athens to make his dream come true: to become a singer. He sang professionally for the [...]

A series of firebombings targeting nine different Montreal restaurants and cafes has police in the city mystified and is fuelling speculation of a turf war involving gangs or the mafia. No one has been injured in the wave of overnight arson attacks, which began Oct. 28, but several restaurants have been damaged by the fires. [...]

Greek-born Toronto-area businessman Andreas Apostolopoulos was the winning bidder in Monday’s final cry auction for the Pontiac Silverdome, according to the Oakland Press. Apostolopoulos, of Triple Properties Inc., agreed to pay $583,000 for the stadium, built by the city in 1975 for $55.7 million. He told the newspaper he’d be visiting Pontiac soon to see [...]

Eleni Alexandris, a Greek-Canadian from Toronto is one of the most popular participants of X-Factor, Greece’s largest talent show. Eleni has won over the judges who talk about “the show’s greatest discovery until now”, but she has also created a large following in Greece and Canada. The X-Factor is on every Friday night on ANT1 [...]

In a province where bilingualism could sometimes be controversial, the success of a trilingual institution like the Socrates Greek schools all the more remarkable. For 100 years the Socrates schools have been a backbone of the city’s Greek community, offering There’s also a heavy dose of history and theology, making it one of Montreal’s richest [...]