The newly appointed Minister for Official Languages, Rachel Bendayan, has backtracked after refusing to acknowledge the decline of French in Quebec despite the fact that all linguistic indicators show this to be the case.
The French Language Commissioner, Benoît Dubreuil, has condemned the Coalition Avenir Québec government for terminating francization services in several school service centres (CSS).
Quebec has updated its official list of English-speaking and multilingual health centres.
More courses in French are needed in English-language universities, says French Language Commissioner Benoît Dubreuil. In his view, too many students are choosing to pursue higher education in English.
A survey conducted for Quebec's language watchdog has found that young Quebecers are far less concerned than older residents about not being served in French.
A Quebec civil liberties group says it intends to push forward with legal action after the Supreme Court of Canada responded to its translation demand by simply removing thousands of unilingual English judgments from its website last week.
Hundreds of Montrealers cast their ballots in the English Montreal school board elections on Sunday. Polls closed at 8 p.m. and while results have begun to trickle in, officials said it will take some time for all of the votes to be counted.
The office of the registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada was served with a legal notice on Friday by a Quebec civil rights group challenging the high court's steadfast refusal to translate its historic decisions into French.
With francization classes closing in several regions of the province, Justin Trudeau's political lieutenant in Quebec, Jean-Yves Duclos, says he has 'concerns' that new arrivals may not have access to francization courses because of 'budget cuts.'
Quebec wants to cut its share of international students to ease housing pressure and protect the French language, but a recent uptick in study permits has mostly gone to people from francophone countries where the province has explicitly sought to attract more students.
Justin Trudeau's political lieutenant in Quebec, Jean-Yves Duclos, deplored the closure of dozens of francization classes in the province on Friday.
Accused of causing the closure of dozens of francization classes, the Legault government is fighting back, arguing instead that the francization budget has increased.
Bilingual Quebec municipalities have lost their bid to have several parts of the government's French-language reform suspended while their case makes its way through the courts.
Drivers in the Florida Keys who exceed the speed limit in school zones may run into a well-known gloomy green creature and get a surprising 'gift.'
He’s no Elf on the Shelf, but maybe closer to Ward of the Board.
A Manitoba man has won one of the top five largest lottery jackpots in Manitoba history.
Montreal executive vice president of hockey operations Jeff Gorton said he has 'no concern' about members of the Canadiens' front office travelling to Russia with the country’s war in Ukraine ongoing.
Tiger Woods turns 49 at the end of the month and he has one pressing goal that relates to his golf. He wants to prolong that inevitable day when his son beats him over 18 holes.
Dave Cameron had just hung up his skates. It was 1985 and he needed a new job after 168 NHL games, plus plenty more in the minors.
Reviews are beginning to come in from customers and restaurants a few days into the federal government's GST/HST holiday.
Workers at Starbucks stores began a five-day strike Friday to protest lack of progress in contract negotiations with the company.
The impending closure of all Party City locations in the United States will not extend into Canada.
Quebec police (SQ) officers were out pulling over hundreds of vehicles to combat impaired driving and check that drivers installed proper winter tires. Police arrest 46 people for drunk driving and handed out over 150 tickets for improper winter tires.
Tesla is recalling almost 700,000 vehicles because of an issue with the warning light on the tire pressure monitoring system.
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan are conducting a study to learn how THC edibles impact driving performance.
