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The classic "bonjour, hi" greeting in Montreal is known by many Vermonters who venture up to the multi-lingual city. A new language bill that recently went into effect in Quebec aims to strengthen the ...
A new law recently passed in Quebec, Canada designed to force immigrants to learn and use French in a short amount of time has many game developers in the area worried. The new bill could make it ...
Backers of Quebec's sweeping new law to promote French usage in the Canadian province hail it as the most important measure in nearly half a century to protect the language in mostly English-speaking ...
The Parti Quebecois is leading the polls for next month's provincial election in Canada. If they win a majority, they intend to tighten Quebec's already established language laws. NPR's Arun Rath ...
Language is inextricably bound to identity in Quebec, a former French colony that fell to Britain in 1763. Today, French-speaking Quebecers are a minority in North America, where their language faces ...
Update: I received an informative e-mail with a counterpoint from French gaming site Jouez.com's editor Francoise Taddei. See what he has to say below our original post. A new rule went into effect on ...
Issaquah-based Costco and five other U.S. companies are filing a lawsuit against the government of Quebec, Canada, which is trying to force them to operate their stores in that province in French. The ...
This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR West. I'm Arun Rath. If you've been to Montreal, you may have been greeted in stores with the phrase bonjour hi. That friendly greeting could soon be illegal.