In the lifetime of anyone younger than about fifty, the Canadian flag has always been its current simple, yet bold and distinctive, red-and-white maple leaf design. And those who weren't around ...

The red maple leaf makes the Canadian flag unmistakable. It gets displayed prominently on occasions like Canada Day or year-round at government properties, but recently flags have been popping up just ...

I was startled to read that Fred Pearce suspects “sugar maples, yellow birch, red spruce and others are likely to shift north into Canada” (3 October, p 42). Too late! They are already here.

Flag Day in Canada is taking a renewed importance this year amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated calls to annex Canada and turn it into the “51st state.” Cher, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus ...

Canada’s maple leaf flag born amid bitter debate Leader Lester Pearson wanted a flag to represent the new, multicultural Canada. John Diefenbaker was vehemently opposed. The battle was ferocious.

Maple Leaf milestone: Celebrating 60 years of Canada’s iconic flag and how it became a symbol of national pride The Canadian flag — which many fly as a source of national pride — was adopted on Dec.

Botanists say the image on the new $20 bills is the leaf of a Norway maple, not the familiar sugar maple that graces Canada's flag. The Bank of Canada defends the image, saying it's a "stylized ...

The Bank of Canada has barked up the wrong maple tree with its new plastic banknotes, using a foreign Norway maple leaf as the emblem on the notes instead of the sugar maple that the country has ...

Photo by TONY CALDWELL / POSTMEDIA Fifty-seven years ago, at noon on Feb. 15, our red and white maple leaf flag was formally raised for the first time across Canada.

Canada's national flag celebrates 60 years of representing the country. The Weather Network's Nathan Coleman looks into the history of the iconic flag. The red maple leaf makes the Canadian flag ...