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Vancouver to Host Greek Day on Broadway in June
Source: greekday.com One of Vancouver’s largest cultural festivals, “Greek Day on Broadway,” is back for 2019. This event is the largest one-day Greek festival in Vancouver, and it attracts more than...
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Vancouver’s Annual Greek Food Festival Returns this Week
Vancouver’s 41st Annual Greek Food Festival returns this May for another year of offering delicious food and entertainment to the public. From May 3 to 5, attendees of the festival can enjoy live...
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Canadian PM Trudeau Urged to Recognize Pontic Greek Genocide
The Canadian Hellenic Congress called upon Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government to issue a proclamation to recognize the early-twentieth century genocide of the Hellenes of the Pontus area...
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Greek-Canadian Olympian Joseph Polossifakis Gives Sabre Fencing Demo in...
Canadian Olympic Fencer Joseph Polossifakis. Photo: Facebook Greek Canadian sabre fencing Olympian Joseph Polossifakis, along with members of the Quebec fencing federation, gave a riveting...
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Thousands Gather to Celebrate “Greek Day” in Vancouver
Thousands of Greek-Canadians and others gathered for the annual “Greek Day” celebration on the West Side of Vancouver last Sunday. The event, which was presented by the Hellenic Congress of British...
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Canada’s Opposition Leader Visits Greek Orthodox Archdiocese
Archbishop Sotirios welcoming Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese. Source: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada Andrew Scheer, Leader of the Conservative Party of...
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Greek Community of Calgary Welcomes Olympic Legend Pyrros Dimas
Olympic legend Pyrros Dimas visiting students at Calgary’s Greek Community School. Photo: The Hellenic Initiative Greek Olympic champion and weightlifting legend Pyrros Dimas was welcomed with great...
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Toronto’s Greektown Heritage to Be Exhibited in Three Walking Tours
The history and rich heritage of the community of Toronto’s Greektown will be celebrated with three walks later this month. The tours that will be available for anyone in both English and Greek, will...
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Greek Orthodox Nuns Fined by Canadian Dairy Authorities for Allegedly Selling...
Nuns living in a secluded Greek Orthodox convent in the Laurentian Mountains, northwest of Montreal, have recently been fined nearly $75,000 for allegedly selling milk without a permit. They do have...
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Greek Immigrant Launched Vancouver’s Polar Bear Swim One Century Ago
CVA 99-1783 – Miss E. Robinson and Pete Pantages, Royal Lifesaving Society members pose at snowy beach, 15 Dec 1927. Stuart Thomson photo. January 1, 2020 will mark a century since the very first...
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Greek Restaurant Near Montréal Offers Staff Fully-Paid Vacation to Dominican...
The team of ”Le Grec” before their departure to the Dominican Republic. Credit: https://www.facebook.com/pg/RestaurantLeGrec The owners of the ”Le Grec” Greek restaurant in Trois Rivieres, near...
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Ontario, Canada Celebrates Its First Hellenic Heritage Month
Ontario’s lawmakers pose after marking Hellenic Heritage Month. Source: Nina Tangri, twitter The Canadian province of Ontario is marking its first “Hellenic Heritage Month” to coincide with the...
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Greek Theatrical Company In Toronto Celebrates Fourth Anniversary
Actors from Toronto’s Ten Tone Productions. Photo Source: Ten Tone Productions The popular theater production company Ten Tone, based in Greektown, Toronto is celebrating its fourth birthday this year....
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First Woman to Own a Cannabis Store in Ontario Is a Greek-Canadian
credit: Monica Healy Photography The CANVAS cannabis store in Ontario is expanding, with a new location in Mount Dennis in Toronto and its Greek-Canadian owner will donate 50 per cent of profits from...
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Vancouver’s Annual Greek Summerfest Expected to Continue this Year
After much uncertainty, the Vancouver Greek Summerfest is expected to have its 34th annual celebration this July to patron via to-go style. Photo credit: www.Facebook.com/GreekSummerFest Vancouver’s...
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Greek-Canadian Cycles to Ottawa to Help Find Cure for Ill Son
Terry Pirovolakis and his son Michael. Credit: curespg.org A Greek-Canadian father who lives in East York, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto, has now fulfilled his quest to bicycle 450 km to raise money to...
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Hockey Game Keeps Greek-Canadian Family Tradition Alive
Stephan Lentzos and his cousins at the “Hochelaga Cup” in 2011. Credit: Stephan Lentzos Back in 1977, four Greek-Canadian boys — all cousins, and sons of Greek immigrants to Canada — started a pickup...
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