TORONTO — Since taking office in March, Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced new policies on trade, foreign affairs and energy that he has cast as necessary for bolstering Canada’s economic ...
Canadian English is evolving so quickly that the ubiquitous “eh?” (as in, “That was some hockey game, eh?”) will soon be a thing of the past. That was one of the findings of a study conducted by Sali ...
As fans of “Degrassi,” poutine, and aggressive politeness are aware, the Canadian accent is very similar to the American one—particularly the Upper Midwestern region (you betcha!). Still, several ...
OTTAWA - Promoters of Canadian English say the federal government is sending the wrong message to the world with its recent use of British spelling in official documents. As we navigate through ...
Linguists say the prime minister’s use of ‘s’ instead of ‘z’ breaks national English conventions Mark Carney says that amid a fundamental shift to the nature of globalisation, his government will ...
University of Rochester linguist Andrew Bray started out studying the evolution of the trademark sports jargon used in hockey for his master’s thesis. For instance, a hockey arena is a “barn,” while ...