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French-English bilingualism declines in Canada

Canada's statistics reporting agency says the bilingual English-French portion of Canada's population is on the decline as immigration increases. Statistics Canada reported this week that English-French bilingualism declined over the past decade to 17.5 percent of Canada's population, down from 17.7 percent. It was the first drop in the five decades that the government has...

foxnews.com (21 days ago)

World Briefing | The Americas: Argentina: Increases of Cash Handouts to Poor

Argentina’s president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, has announced increases of as much as 35 percent in cash handouts to the poor, students, pregnant women and retirees.

nytimes.com (28 days ago)

World Briefing | The Americas: Canada: Possible Drug Use by Pilot Helped Cause Crash, Report Suggests

The impairment of a pilot and marginal weather led to the crash of a commercial flight of a small turboprop plane in Canada’s far north that killed two people and injured two others, a report released on Wednesday said.

nytimes.com (3 months and 1 day ago)

Four OU students arrested following tuition hike protest

Four female Ohio University students were arrested during the Ohio University Board of Trustees meeting Friday morning following a protest of a tuition increase that was unanimously approved.

athensohiotoday.com (2 months and 2 days ago)

4 arrested in OU tuition protest

Ohio University trustees approved a tuition increase yesterday after campus police arrested four student protesters who refused to leave the meeting.

dispatch.com (2 months and 1 day ago)

World Briefing | The Americas: Canada: Mayor Denies Drug Allegations

After a week of avoiding journalists, Mayor Rob Ford of Toronto on Friday denied accusations that he smoked crack cocaine.

nytimes.com (26 days ago)

Political donations from Quebec firm's employees raise questions

Quebec's chief electoral officer has raised questions about clusters of donations by associates of a Quebec accounting firm to both the Conservative Party of Canada and the Liberal Party of Canada, and to a former Conservative Quebec MP's riding association.

cbc.ca (23 days ago)