Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

I was recently listening to a teaser for a just-launched Montreal podcast when I was once again reminded of how disconnected Quebec politics often appears to be from our city’s cultural and linguistic ...

MONTREAL — Americans who plan to spend a night at the movies here had better brush up their French. “America’s Sweethearts” is known as “Le Couple Cheri”; “Scary Movie 2” is advertised as “Le Film de ...

Listen to him speak English, and Russell Martin could be from anywhere. There are no twangs, no flat vowels, no verbal tics that give away his origin. But listen to him in French and he might as well ...

French has the reputation of being a monocentric language, in contradistinction to languages such as English and Spanish, which are polycentric (i.e., they have several standard varieties). Throughout ...

Montreal, the so-called "city of 100 steeples" blends old-world charm with North American modernity. Nowhere else, says The Independent, does a "multicultural community and distinct French accent ...