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Canada
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...
Greece
Greek Parliament Sends Letter of Condolence for Victims of Quebec Mosque Attack
Greece's Parliament President Nikos Voutsis, in a letter of condolence to his Canadian counterpart Geoff Reagan on behalf of the Hellenic Parliament, on Monday expressed unequivocal condemnation and horror at Sunday's terrorist attack at a mosque in Quebec.
"We unequivocally...
Culture
French-Canadian Pianist-Composer Alain Lefevre Makes Crisis-Stricken Greece His New Home
French-Canadian pianist and composer Alain Lefevre is one of the Quebecois pianists who have sold the greatest number of musical recordings. Revered in his country, he was made a Knight of National Order of Quebec. Accolades in his country,...
Canada
Canadian News Reports on Greek Crisis
Several articles have been published in the Canadian media analyzing the Greek crisis, noting that the two parties may still come to an agreement and even speculating that the Greek government may in fact be preparing to request a...
Canada
Canadian Prime Minister Congratulates Greek Publishers
Congratulatory letter from the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, and the Premier of Quebec, Philippe Couillard, received two Greek-Canadian publishers, George Guzmas and George Bakoyannis, on the occasion of the circulation of the 2000th issue of four of their...
Canada
MELS Makes Cuts on School Grants
The Greek-speaking primary schools “Socrates-Demosthenes” of the Hellenic Community of Greater Montreal (HCGM) will be facing problems after the Ministry of Education, Recreation and Sport in Québec (MELS) decided to gradually reduce the grants for the transportation of students to and...
Canada
Scholarships Awarded to Top Greek Students
The Hellenic Scholarship Foundation in a ceremony at the hall of the University of McGill, awarded on Saturday, February 22, eleven scholarships to the excelling Greek students of the universities of Quebec.
The President of the foundation, John Hadjinicolaou mentioned...
Canada
Greek Crisis at the Center of 2013 NHSA Convention
The National Hellenic Student Association of America (NHSA), in cooperation with the Greek student associations of McGill and Concordia Universities in Montreal, Quebec Canada, are organizing their Fall 2013 convention to take place in Montreal on Saturday 26th and...
Canada
Greek Produces Eros Ice Apple Wine in Canada
Manolis Maniadakis from the island of Crete in Greece, who lives in Quebec, decided some years ago to invest in organic cultivation of apples.
Since 2002, Maniadakis apples are officially stamped by the Agricultural Service of Quebec, which shows that...
Canada
Niarchos Foundation Gives $1.1 million to McGill’s
McGill University announced during a ceremony on May 30 that it has received a $1.1-million gift from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. McGill University is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Last year the Stavros Niarchos Foundation also...