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 ...
Late last year, the term “maplewash” earned the distinction of “Canadian Word of the Year,” in a poll conducted by the Society for Canadian English. The term, which dates back to 2016 and means “the ...
A new musical opened on Broadway last week, “Come from Away,” about Gander, a small town in Newfoundland that rallied to care for some seven thousand travellers stuck there after their planes were ...
As the founding editor of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, she turned to “trashy novels” and parliamentary debates to find Canada’s version of the language. By Ian Austen In Canada, it's possible to ...
As Canada’s language sector begins to recover from the pandemic, it faces a new challenge – a shortage of English-language teachers. In its annual report, Languages Canada said that about one in five ...