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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The Quebec government tabled a bill Thursday to expand the province’s language regulations to adult and …
Read More »WATCH | Black pudding lobbers take aim in annual English tradition
The World Black Pudding Throwing Championships returned on Sunday to the northwestern English town of Ramsbottom. The annual event sees contestants vying to knock as many Yorkshire puddings off a six-metre-high ledge as they can by hurling blood sausages at them. News Source link
Read More »Trump’s praise of Liberian leader’s ‘good English’ prompts eye rolls and frustration
Liberians reacted with a mix of anger and weary resignation Thursday after discovering that the leader of their country’s closest bilateral partner does not appear to know what language they speak. At a meeting at the White House on Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump responded to brief remarks from his …
Read More »U.S. truckers fear job loss as new English language rules take effect
At a trucking school in New Jersey, students are manoeuvring 18-wheelers around traffic cones. Other future drivers look under hoods to perform safety checks, narrating as they examine steering hoses for cracks and leaks. An instructor glides between speaking Spanish and English as he teaches Manuel Castillo, a native Spanish …
Read More »How an abandoned couch brought joy and mystery to an English village
As It Happens5:59How an abandoned couch brought joy and mystery to an English village It was a flash of inspiration that set the community photo project in motion. On a quiet Sunday morning in early April, in the rural village of Lydbrook, England, photographer Alex Elton-Wall leapt out of bed …
Read More »30-tonne pile of garbage dumped illegally leaves English town residents stinking mad
As It Happens6:3130-tonne garbage pile dumped on rural English road It was a sight that James Johnson will never forget: a 15-metre long — that’s the length of a school bus — heap of garbage strewn across the road, dumped illegally. “We had old building materials, rubble, soil, waste from houses, …
Read More »CBC’s new CEO says cutting government funding would ‘cripple’ English and French services
The new CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada says Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s promise to defund the public broadcaster could “cripple” both its English and French services and change the country’s news and entertainment media landscape for the worse. “It is to some extent an existential threat because it wouldn’t be the same …
Read More »Quebec will invest in protecting French. Critics say the province is policing the private sphere
As Quebec says it will “go on the offensive” to protect French, announcing a whopping $600 million over five years on Sunday, some critics say the data the government is using lacks some nuance and that the province is “policing the private sphere.” At a press conference, Quebec French Language …
Read More »Ontario English Catholic teachers vote to hand union strike mandate
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The day after elementary school teachers in Ontario voted in favour of a strike mandate, Catholic teachers have handed their union the same bargaining tool. Teachers represented by the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association (OECTA) voted 97 percent in favour of a …
Read More »English Montreal School Board hosts community leaders to speak about Bill 96 impact – Montreal
The implementation of Bill 96, Quebec’s reform of its French language law, has been a thorn in the side of the province’s English-speaking community. One area highly affected is education. That’s why the English Montreal School Board (EMSB) organized an evening of talks, where different community members discussed the legislation’s …
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