Greektown

The Greek Canadian Community commemorates Greek “OXI” Day with a festive parade in Toronto’s historic Greektown on Sunday, October 27, 2024, at 1:30pm.

The parade features Greek Schools, dance groups in ethnic costumes, Associations, and Orthodox Clergy from the Greater Toronto area.

The International Coordinating Committee - Justice for Cyprus (PSEKA) has announced the death of Leo Louchios, a "giant" of local politics in Chicago, Illinois.

He was 66 years old.

Born in Nicosia, Louchios arrived in America as a refugee fleeing the brutal Turkish invasion of Cyprus on July 20, 1974.

Wrestling was never really my cup of tea. But when word got out on South Halsted Street in Chicago's Greektown - my neighborhood at the time - that a Greek American had just become the first US Olympic champion in women's wrestling, things changed and I had to see for myself.

The Greek Embassy in Ottawa, Canada is ready to give any assistance required after a gunman opened fire on Sunday night in the busy Toronto district of Greektown, parts of which are still dominated by Canadians of Greek descent.

Greece has expressed its condolences and solidarity with the people of Toronto following the late Sunday shooting which left two people dead and 12 injured.

In a tweet Monday, the Foreign Ministry said Greece was "profoundly shocked by [the] abhorrent," shooting in the city's Greektown neighborhood.

(CNN)A woman was killed and 13 others injured in a shooting in Toronto on Sunday night, Police Chief Mark Saunders said.

A man firing a handgun into restaurants and cafes as he walked along a Toronto street shot 14 people, killing one of them, before dying after an exchange of gunfire with police late Sunday, police said.

Police Chief Mark Saunders said the shooting in the city's Greektown neighborhood was not random and he did not rule out terrorism as a motive.