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Blogger tries to bridge French-English gap in Quebec
Newspaper comment sections are known to attract some extreme reader posts. One bilingual francophone Quebecer was surprised by reader comments about Quebec language and identity on The Gazette and...
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The week that was: Driving the new Turcot, one lonely anglo, AMT cutbacks &...
Here’s my weekly column from the Weekend Gazette’s Montreal Diary page, recapping the week that was on the Metropolitan News blog, on my Twitter feed and in my email inbox:...
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A half-century of language “progress” in Montreal
1960s: “Speak white.” 2012, courtesy of a friendly employee of the Société de transport de Montréal: “Au Québec, c’est en français que ça se passe!” (Roughly translated: “In Quebec, we do things in...
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Festival des films du monde: My suggestions for Saturday, Aug. 30
A scene from the Hungarian film The Ambassador to Bern. . There are still three days remaining in the 2014 edition of Festival des films du monde. A really energetic film fan could watch 18 films in...
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Lacking a human French teacher, school board turns to language software
The New Frontiers School Board has convened a meeting on Wednesday at 6 p.m. to explain why a computer software program is augmenting Alternative French classes for Secondary V students at Howard S....
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Parlez-vous français? The quality of party leaders' French varies greatly
In Thursday’s French-language debate, it won’t only be about what federal party leaders say. It’ll also be about how they say it. A second or two of hesitation while searching for a word in French...
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Editorial: On signs, Quebec anglos would like some courtesy too, please
The sign regulations Quebec introduced Tuesday do not seem unreasonable. They simply require businesses with English trademark names, which are protected under the law, to add an accompanying few words...
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