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Controversy erupts after Quebec legislature adopts Bill 96

Alena Matushina. (Photograph by Tara De Boer)

Alena Matushina. (Photograph by Tara De Boer)

Society

I’m an immigrant living in Quebec. Bill 96 makes me feel like a second-class citizen.

The controversial Bill 96, which enacts French language reform laws across Quebec, is making non-French-speaking immigrants like Alena Matushina reconsider their future in the province.

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Ahmed Hussen has a plan to solve Canada’s housing crisis

Ahmed Hussen has a plan to solve Canada’s housing crisis

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Ahmed Hussen has a plan to solve Canada’s housing crisis

Kirsten Hillman on U.S. protectionism and the possible return of Donald Trump

Kirsten Hillman on U.S. protectionism and the possible return of Donald Trump

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Kirsten Hillman on U.S. protectionism and the possible return of Donald Trump

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(Photography by Erik Tanner)

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Stephen Poloz. (Photograph by Jessica Deeks)

Stephen Poloz. (Photograph by Jessica Deeks)

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Alena Matushina. (Photograph by Tara De Boer)

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I’m an immigrant living in Quebec. Bill 96 makes me feel like a second-class citizen.

The controversial Bill 96, which enacts French language reform laws across Quebec, is making non-French-speaking immigrants like Alena Matushina reconsider their future in the province.

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Chronic exhaustion, derailed lives and no way out. This is long COVID.

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The team of scientists guarding Canada against COVID variants—'the known unknown'

A pupil takes a Corona antigen rapid test in Cologne, Germany on Apr. 9, 2021. (Marius Becker/ AP)

A pupil takes a Corona antigen rapid test in Cologne, Germany on Apr. 9, 2021. (Marius Becker/ AP)

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A health-care work walks along the line up of people waiting outside a COVID testing facility in Ottawa, on Sept. 15, 2020 (Adrian Wyld/CP)

A health-care work walks along the line up of people waiting outside a COVID testing facility in Ottawa, on Sept. 15, 2020 (Adrian Wyld/CP)

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The pandemic is breaking parents

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Jim Walmsley. (Photo by Cody McEachern/SaltWire Network)

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This man is building a tiny-home utopia in P.E.I.

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Nikolich, Cathcart, Thomas, Lukas, Coco and Roxy. (Photography by Riley Smith)

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This family left their Toronto bungalow for rural Nova Scotia

(Illustration by Pete Ryan)

(Illustration by Pete Ryan)

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Education

(Courtesy of Dale Northey/Simon Fraser University)

(Courtesy of Dale Northey/Simon Fraser University)

Education

Canada’s best Comprehensive universities: Rankings 2022

Students stay masked at a 2021 orientation event outside the University of Calgary’s Schulich School of Engineering (Courtesy of Schulich School of Engineering/University of Calgary)

Students stay masked at a 2021 orientation event outside the University of Calgary’s Schulich School of Engineering (Courtesy of Schulich School of Engineering/University of Calgary)

Education

Campus life at Canadian universities during the second pandemic school year

(Courtesy of Christine Kufske/University of Toronto)

(Courtesy of Christine Kufske/University of Toronto)

Education

Canada's best university nursing programs: 2022 rankings

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Private School Kids running in field

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Game On: How Canada became a tennis superpower

Game On: How Canada became a tennis superpower

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Game On: How Canada became a tennis superpower

Yaroslava, left, and her 11-year-old son Nazar escaped from Ukraine as the war broke out. They travelled five days and hundreds of kilometres in search of sanctuary. (Photography by Markian Lozowchuk)

Yaroslava, left, and her 11-year-old son Nazar escaped from Ukraine as the war broke out. They travelled five days and hundreds of kilometres in search of sanctuary. (Photography by Markian Lozowchuk)

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My escape from Ukraine to Canada

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World

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Canadian paramedics are in crisis

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