A new musical opened on Broadway last week, “Come from Away,” about Gander, a small town in Newfoundland that rallied to care for some seven thousand travellers stuck there after their planes were ...

Two decades after the last dictionary of Canadian English was published, work is finally underway on a new Canadian dictionary. Editors Canada announced in February that the professional organization ...

Marshall McLuhan once said Canada is the world's only country that knows how to live without an identity. What more is needed to bind us together than a dictionary with a 4,833-word entry for "eh" and ...

Canadian English enthusiasts rejoice! For the first time since 1967, A Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles has gotten a major update. While the original offered a wonderful tour of ...

Five years, five lexicographers working full time, and here it is – the new Canadian Oxford Dictionary, and it’s a treat. The editors sent along a challenge with the review package I received. “Does ...

The elusive Canadian identity is often defined by what it isn't, a spirit of absence that may explain what's gone missing from the story of our language. Canada doesn't have its own dictionary. Ten ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Credit: Evheniia Vasylenko) It might not come as a surprise to disgruntled hockey fans in Vancouver, but the handle “Canuck” was ...

The Oxford English Dictionary added about 500 entries today, including such attention-grabbing words as twerk, sext and vaping, but a few uniquely Canadian words also made the cut. The new Canadian ...

Goldfinger: the word conjures up images of gold-smothered women, razor-hatted henchmen and giant lasers. It’s the title of the quintessential James Bond story and reflects perfectly the villain’s ...