The Fredericton Police Force is trying to increase French proficiency among officers, but it hasn't been easy and it isn't the priority in hiring. "I don't want the language competency to drive the hiring process," Deputy Chief Martin Gaudet said. "I want the hard skills, the soft skills, the emotional skills of the individual to drive the hire." […more]

The Federation of Francophone and Acadian Communities (FCFA) in Canada is demanding concrete action from the federal government to improve the lot of Francophone minority communities and gives it until March 31 to do so. "It's been more than 27 months since this government came to power. Since then, we have had a lot of […more]

Standardized test results released last week show wide discrepancies between students who are in French immersion and those who aren't, the president of the New Brunswick Teachers Association says. Ninety-four per cent of Grade 9 immersion students did well on their English-language assessments compared with 74 per cent of students in the core program. George Daley said […more]

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New Brunswick Grade 6 students continued to struggle on standardized math, science and reading tests in 2017, according to results released Friday. But there was enough of an improvement over dismal 2016 results the Gallant government is calling the scores good news. "Your government is pleased to see improvements in literacy, math and science at […more]

The secret society of the Order of Jacques-Cartier, or La Patente, remains mysterious for many historians. A briefcase filled with documents dating from 1956 to 1965 has just been found in Grand Falls, in northwestern New Brunswick, and sheds new light on this secret group dedicated to the advancement of Francophones in New Brunswick. political […more]

WOODSTOCK: A second attempt at finding a jury for a murder trial has again ended in a mistrial. Kurt Andrew Hudnut, 28, and James Andrew Melanson, 21, are charged with first-degree murder in the death of Wayne Rattray in Tilley. The jury selection process began on Monday morning at the community room of the Ayr […more]

An investigation by the Commissioner of Official Languages in New Brunswick may have consequences for all municipalities in the province The Moncton Fire Department must serve the public in both official languages at all times, concludes New Brunswick's Commissioner of Official Languages, following a complaint by a citizen who could not be served French during […more]

Unsurprisingly, the Prime Minister has respected the principle of alternation, in place since the Second World War with one exception, which consists in successively choosing a judge from outside Quebec, stemming from the tradition of the common law, then a Chief Justice from Quebec civil law. In the last few days, however, several Liberal members […more]

Raymond Théberge, Commissioner designate for Official Languages, presented an astonishing analysis on the subject of Supreme Court of Canada bilingualism: the one Justin Trudeau chose to be the watchdog of the two languages officials stated in committee that this was desirable, but "complex". THE CANADIAN PRESS "In principle, I believe in it; in practice, how […more]

Ambulance New Brunswick and the province have committed to providing bilingual service as part of a lawsuit settlement with a Moncton brother and sister. Danny Sonier had fallen into a diabetic coma in February 2013, but the two paramedics who responded to the Moncton emergency were unilingual anglophones. Ambulance New Brunswick and the province acknowledge in a Court of […more]

Quebec’s legislature has passed a motion calling on store clerks to stick with a simple “bonjour” when greeting customers instead of the hybrid “bonjour, hi” often heard in Montreal. Politicians at the provincial legislature voted unanimously on the Parti Québécois(PQ) motion. The PQ says too many people are speaking both French and English to customers and […more]