Hier j'ai rendu visite à ma mère qui habite la ville de Grand-Mère pour son anniversaire. J'en ai profité pour un y faire un pèlerinage...

“Imagine being on the verge of extinction while wanting to continue living the language, culture, traditions of the home and...

Bonjour à tous! Il y a toujours une avant-première avant la vraie première. Ben oui, c’est évident…Je suis allé quelques fois au pays de...

Ah Thanksgiving in the ol’ États-Unis, a day Franco-Americans put aside our historic rivalry with our bitter jealous rivals the “English...

We’ve known for quite a long time the children of New France were something special. Farming in a country with six months of winter is no...

Most readers of this blog are very familiar with the New England mill towns, the Quebec diaspora, language loss, yada yada yada. It’s one...

"Candian French" just won la Coupe Stanley! Microsoft recently announced it will be adding our favorite French to its Translator. We know...

In the most 2020 thing ever Alco Prevention Canada has created a new product to well, get people away from you. The Distanceur Alerte 2...

Bonjour! So COVID lockdown + kids + warm weather has had us outside quite a bit the last two months! We will return to regular blogs this...

Since I’m a total history nerd and live in the time of COVID-19 I recently re-watched the PBS documentary The War that made America...

Over the next few months, we’re going to comment on the somewhat controversial show Barkskins. We have dubbed this controversy,...

Voici 3 façons d'utiliser le mot cave au Québec. 1er Façon: Nous pouvons dire de quelqu'un qu'il est cave si ce dernier est stupide ou...

Okay, fellow Americans: how many of you learned about the epic exploration story of Lewis and Clark in history class? Probably most of...

Old Orchard Beach, Maine is a gem. You got a beautiful boardwalk, nice sand, warmish water (by August), and A LOT of French. The first...

À la fin du 19e siècle et au début du 20e siècle, un film à toutes fins pratiques identique à Gangs of New York s’est joué dans les...

Voici 5 expressions utilisées dans la région de la Mauricie au Québec. Vous pouvez également trouver d'autres expressions à cette adresse:...

In the late 19th and in parts of the 20th century a version of the movie “Gangs of New York" played out in some of the mill towns of New...

Voyageur Heritage came out with a really interesting piece covering the lost French towns of Michigan, First off, what? We knew there...

If you're keeping score at home, Richard Clavet, is winning life. Roughly 30 years ago he bought a medium-sized motel in Hollywood,...

If you follow this blog for any amount of time you will notice we are big fans of the Québec based franchise, St Hubert. Its a staple of...