francophone

Quebec is "going on the offensive" to protect and promote French, Minister Jean-François Roberge said on Sunday as he presented a $603-million plan to counter what he described as the language's decline.

Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault is promising to ask the province's hydro utility to consider building new hydroelectric dams, but he is not saying where or how he would realize the complicated, expensive megaprojects.

A new course intended to replace Quebec's polarizing, long-standing ethics and religious culture curriculum will teach students how to be proud members of Quebec society, the province's Education Minister said on Sunday, October 24, 2021.

Viewers' choice awards celebrating the most popular stars on Quebec television will be handed out next month, and all of the 70 stars nominated are white.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was barely a minute into his speech on Monday, March 11, 2019, announcing a deputy leader from Quebec when he invoked the memory of Jack Layton, who famously led the party to its 2011 sweep of the province that propelled the party to official Opposition status.

Montreal's mayor apologized on Wednesday, December 5, 2018, for speaking almost entirely in English as she delivered a speech highlighting international foreign investment in Montreal.

The high-stakes political manoeuvring continues in New Brunswick, with Liberal Premier Brian Gallant seeking a formal alliance with the Greens — and another potential king-maker saying he'll work with any party.

At a downtown Montreal hotel last week, Quebec solidaire co-spokesperson Manon Masse looked out at members of the city's business community and calmly declared she wanted a revolution.

The federal heritage minister says she never agreed to exempt online streaming giant Netflix from any sales tax on its service as part of a deal that has been a political nightmare in her home province of Quebec.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau nominated an official languages commissioner on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, as well as a lobbying commissioner.

Statistics Canada has officially set the record straight on a computing error that led it to publish false information on the decline of native French speakers in Quebec last year.

A new study suggests anglophone Montrealers drink more excessively than their francophone and allophone counterparts and that tippling habits are split along linguistic and cultural lines.

It's been more than a month since the pipeline company promised to fix a French keyword search issue for the Energy East application, brought to light by National Observer.

A major Canadian pipeline company is coming under fire again for failing to provide francophones the same access to information it grants anglophones on a controversial pipeline project.

CBC's decision to end anonymous comments on its stories sparked plenty of debate in the comments section on Thursday