January 19, 2008
Language storm erupts in rural Ontario - Montreal Gazette
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Language storm erupts in rural Ontario
Montreal Gazette, Canada - 2 hours ago Years of harmony between French and English in Prescott and Russell county's "English corner" are deteriorating as factions square off in a brawl over a proposed bilingual sign bylaw in Russell township…. … Beth Trudeau, whose daughter was working in the store at the time, said her daughter was "harassed" and "swarmed" by the francophones, whom she labelled "15 French language bigots" in what is now a locally infamous letter to the English-language weekly, the Russell Villager.. … Francophone lodges language complaint against Ottawa police CBC Ottawa |
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