{"id":501280,"date":"2026-02-26T17:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/501280\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T17:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:53:08","slug":"go-habs-go-to-return-to-montreal-buses-after-language-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/501280\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Go Habs Go!\u2019 to return to Montreal buses after language controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1772128388_189_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tFeb 26, 2026 | 8:45 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>MONTREAL \u2014 Montreal\u2019s transit agency says the \u201cGo Habs Go!\u201d slogan will return to some city buses next month after the provincial language watchdog authorized the use of the English expression.<\/p>\n<p>The story made headlines last year after the watchdog pressured the agency to scrub the word \u201cgo\u201d from the electronic screens on buses used to cheer on the NHL\u2019s Montreal Canadiens and other sports teams.<\/p>\n<p>But the Office qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois de la langue fran\u00e7aise reversed course after public outcry and a declaration by the province\u2019s French-language minister that the expression \u201cGo Habs Go\u201d is part of Quebec culture.<\/p>\n<p>The Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de transport de Montr\u00e9al says it hadn\u2019t changed the messages until now because the update had to be done individually for each bus during periods of maintenance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By The Canadian Press Feb 26, 2026 | 8:45 AM MONTREAL \u2014 Montreal\u2019s transit agency says the \u201cGo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-501280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}