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Because I am always planning group ballet trips (more on those here ), I spend a lot of time reading reviews on tripadvisor.com, and am...

I bet the Stonewall, Manitoba (pop. 4536) Interlake Spectator never expected it would be quoted in the Oxford English Dictionary ! But ...

It's Canada Day! Let us look at a Canadianism and how to pronounce it.  This is "poutine": Poutine. Do not pronounce lik...

We who have gardens that are plunged in shade are ever grateful to the trusty hosta family. But did you know they have not always been c...

I remember seeing evidence of "fashionista" when we were editing the letter F of the first edition of the Canadian Oxford Dictio...

Follo wing my post accumulating all my ga rdening words , a Wordlady reader has written to inquire about COTONEASTER , a quite popular shru...

God forbid we should use -or spellings like those Americans.  more on this phenomenon: http://katherinebarber.blogspot.ca/.../stupor-or...