Francophone

• Quebec to set quotas for French-language content on streaming platforms

  Quebec tables bill to force streaming platforms to boost French content and set quotas, with exemptions for platforms focused on Indigenous programming.

  Canada

  May 21
  
• Kingston, Ont. ‘double French’ high school celebrates inaugural school year

  After years in the works, Kingston's French high school students came together Wednesday to inaugurate the first 'double French' high school in Kingston.

  Canada

  Sep 13, 2023
  
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• New French elementary school construction begins in Regina

  The school is expected to open in January 2025, and will accommodate up to 325 students.

  Canada

  Jun 29, 2023
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• N.B. to remove decision-making power from anglophone district education councils

  Anglophone district education councils will lose their decision making power, but the councils in francophone districts will retain them in order to respect Charter Rights.

  Education

  May 9, 2023
• Blaine Higgs shouldn’t be so quick to shrug off byelection results: experts

  Premier Blaine Higgs told reporters he wished voters would consider the direction of the province rather than his ability to speak French when casting votes.

  Canada

  Apr 26, 2023
• Canada developing new immigration policy to attract French-speaking people, workers

  The plan says Canada aims to recruit from Africa, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas and attract bilingual workers to francophone minority communities.

  Politics

  Apr 26, 2023
• Kingston, Ont. hosts francophone elementary school hockey tournament

  More than 450 students from across eastern and southern Ontario are taking part in this year's U14 francophone elementary school hockey tournament.

  Sports

  Apr 12, 2023
• ‘We are still here:’ Indigenous Tunisians still fighting for rights 1,300 years after colonization

  It's been more than 1,300 years since the Arabs colonized Tunisia. Why are its Indigenous people, the Amazigh, still struggling for basic recognition?

  World

  Mar 21, 2023
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• Manitoba highlights importance of the French language on 35th International Francophonie Day

  French is the mother tongue for 35,000 Manitobans, and more than 110,000 Manitobans can speak French, according to the latest census figures.

  Canada

  Mar 20, 2023
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• Université de Moncton to study call for new name shedding ties with British officer

  Université de Moncton will study a request to change its name after calls to shed its connection with a British military officer involved in the deportation of Acadians.

  Canada

  Mar 10, 2023