Is it real? Flags flying off the shelf, a reported tidal wave of national pride, patriotism now the word of the day. But hang ...

For centuries, Canada’s identity was stitched together ... were not entirely understood at the time. In any case, a new flag debate broke out almost as soon as the fighting ended.

But Canada was really going against the grain when ... So when the federal government was flooded by proposed designs for the new flag in the early 1960s, many submissions assumed the next banner ...

following years of friction among some Canadians who wanted to keep the original flag as a nod to Canada's British roots. Former prime minister John Diefenbaker and others wanted a new flag to ...

If you look at any attempt to change a national flag — such as the abortive 2016 attempt in New Zealand — the alternatives are almost always simplified designs that can be identified from a distance.

and the first time the flag officially flew in Canada was on Feb. 15, 1965. According to the federal government's website, new settlers to Canada would use flags from their home country here — ...

Canada adopted the maple leaf flag on Feb. 15, 1965. And one of those six original flags is on display at Windsor's Chimczuk ...

Offer only available to new and qualified returning subscribers ... “There I was, staring at my flag, representing Canada, feeling the power of a whole country and feeling grateful for this ...

The Canadian flag has taken shifts being divisive since ... his podium pronouncing the new slogan “Canada First.” “Sometimes, it does take a threat to remind us what we have, what we could ...

Canada’s maple leaf flag is 60 years old, and Windsor is celebrating the anniversary by showing off one of the few originals. One of six historic maple leaf flags to soar over Parliament Hill on ...