" As a short introduction to my post I will tell you the followign story. I was born in Antwerp, in the Flemish speaking region of Belgium. In 1940 my parents and I go to Brussels to stay there. Quickly...
Belgium's in a tizzy over the lack of Dutch language skills demonstrated by their country's most beautiful woman. I guess the Canadian equivalent would be if our Miss Canada couldn't discuss back bacon and...
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I guess the adage when in Rome...................... holds true for Quebec in saving their culture, and protecting the French language, though assimilation into French society certainly seems to be their goal...
"It's not always easy being a francophone in Alberta, and that even goes for a 136-kilogram Siberian tiger named Boris.
When the seven-year-old tiger arrived at Edmonton's Valley Zoo from a Montreal-area zoo last...
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A fake news bulletin that Belgium
was to split sparked outrage in both halves of the country on Thursday,
although the television station responsible provoked a debate about the
nationâs future.âIrresponsible,â
âquestionableâ and...
According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and salads. ...
created by mtippett | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 13504 views | 1 comment