Languages are a hot topic as of late. In fact, the world’s newest dialect has just been banned. Afrikaans, the tongue in question, has been used in South Africa for three centuries, but wasn’t ...

Ever since France ceded Canada to Britain in the Treaty of Paris in 1763, the French-speaking province of Quebec has felt itself unhappily isolated. Québecois complain that they are treated as ...

The Montreal Biodôme's scarlet macaw named Bouton "will be deported to the Toronto Zoo next Friday after she only spoke English during a government inspection," The Beaverton reported in July 2013.

Across Canada, French is slowly vanishing from daily life in communities beyond Quebec’s borders. Despite federal policies ...

MONTREAL — Canada’s brief election season is already coming to an end after just five weeks of campaigning. The Liberal Party, led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, is hoping to maintain its mandate. The ...