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London Calling: The Last Dinner Party and Nothing MattersThis week's sample of what's happening across the Atlantic features a singalong chorus that might embarrass you if the neighbours hear.EconomyMay 23, 2023
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Italy’s government wants to ban English, with fines up to $150KThe proposed law targets the rise of "Anglomania" in Italy and argues that the use of English words "demeans and mortifies" the Italian language.WorldApr 3, 2023
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TDSB makes Indigenous course required English credit for Grade 11The Toronto District School Board has voted to make its required English credit for Grade 11 students a class focused on Indigenous works.EducationFeb 2, 2023
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Bill C-13 coming under fire from anglophone communities in QuebecSome fear that the promotion and protection of French comes at the expense of English.CanadaNov 8, 2022
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N.B. French immersion flap at the core of Dominic Cardy’s cabinet exitThe outspoken former minister of education resigned his post from cabinet over concerns that premier Blaine Higgs was intent on taking a 'wrecking ball' to French immersion.EducationOct 15, 2022
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Change to census question raises concerns over language data, expert saysThe national statistics agency flipped the order of two questions related to which language Canadians spoke at home on a regular basis and which languages they spoke most often.CanadaOct 3, 2022
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B.C. leads provinces for residents whose primary language at home isn’t English or FrenchThe 2021 census found that 17.1 per cent of British Columbians predominantly speak a language that is not English or French within their household.CanadaAug 17, 2022
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Proportion of French speakers declines in Quebec and nearly everywhere in CanadaThe number of Quebecers who reported English as their first official language topped one million, while one in 10 report speaking predominantly English at home.CanadaAug 17, 2022
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Judge suspends two articles of Quebec’s new language law regarding legal translationsJustice Corriveau ruled that the sections of Bill 96 that require corporations to pay a certified translator to produce French versions of legal documents should be suspended.CanadaAug 12, 2022
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Saskatoon cyclist begins next chapter in EuropeHe earned a podium finish in a race that also saw him involved in a crash, and all of this as he looks to compete at the junior worlds.CanadaAug 4, 2022
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