Canada

Manitoba is the first region in Canada seeking young migrants from South Europe, which is suffering from unemployment. Temporary and permanent employees from the labor market of Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain are those wanted to work in Manitoba. This...

Growing up black in Greece? Patricia Kumbakisaka, 31, one of Canada’s most accomplished young black women, has done it. Here she describes her life in Greece.

Liquor stores and bars in Canada and the US are pulling Russian vodka off their shelves in solidarity with Ukraine in a move already dubbed "Vodka Rebellion." In Ontario, Canada, Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy directed the provincial Liquor Control Board...

Greek-Canadian fast food chain Opa! of Greece is celebrating 20 years of introducing Greek food to a wider Canadian clientele. The chain has contributed to the recognition of Greek cuisine in Canada and has earned a reputation based on...

The Consul General of Greece in Toronto, Alexandros Ioannidis, has completed his term. "Upon completion of my term of office at the Consulate General of Greece in Toronto, my family and I are departing Toronto, this magnificent city with an exceptional...

  Greek music legend Nana Mouskouri will be touring in Canada from Thursday to May 25 to celebrate her 60 years of success in music. Mouskouri's Canadian 'Forever Young' tour begins on the west coast on May 3 at Victoria's Royal...

The Royal Society of Canada inducted University of Missouri–St. Louis Professor Michael Cosmopoulos into the Royal Society of Canada, for more than 30 years of contribution to the study of ancient Greek civilization. The special induction ceremony was held on...

Dimitrios (Jimmy the Greek) Antonopoulos who build a Greek restaurant chain in Canada has been featured in an InsideToronto.com story. Antonopoulos emigrated to Canada in 1963. As the youngest of six children born into a poor farming family in Nafplio,...

With a Greek population constantly on the rise, the area of Manitoba in Canada has become a "little Greece." In the last year alone, 50 Greek families have migrated to Manitoba in search of a more prosperous life. The total number of Greeks...

When the financial crisis hit Greece four years ago, many Greeks decided to emigrate, leaving behind the Mediterranean climate of their country and choosing to move to places such as Winnipeg, Canada. Lia and Stefano Boukis left Greece a year ago after...

The New Democratic Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Churchill in Manitoba, Canadian-Greek, Niki Ashton,  has expressed her opposition to the decision of the Greek government and its leader, Antonis Samaras, as a member of Her Majesty's...

Maclean's, Canada's most prestigious weekly current affairs magazine, ranks Member of Parliament Niki Ashton among the most active lawmakers of the year 2012, based on her effectiveness in serving her constituency. Ashton, who was elected as a New Democratic Member...

Greek-Canadian Churchill MP Niki Ashton was elected to Chair the Status of Women committee of Parliament. It is one of five committees chaired by opposition members of NDP. “I am very honored to have been elected as Chair and look...

Born to a Greek mother, Manitoba MP Niki Ashton announced her candidacy for the next federal leader of the NDP on Monday. Ashton is the youngest woman candidate in the NDP’s leadership race, which was prompted by the death of...

Canadians voted and offered the first majority government to Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, after a historic race, where party correlations were reversed and the New Democratic Party of Jack Layton was nominated by the Opposition. The Liberal Party...