The good old red and white maple leaf flag is having a bit of an anniversary on Dec. 15. The Canadian flag — which many fly as a source of national pride — was actually adopted on this day back in ...

his co-host Michael has some Canadian blood as well. The maple leaf flag is also used as a bit of a white flag of surrender for Tony, who may need to make peace at times given his strong opinions ...

Maria, research librarian, National Library of Canada: It's not a Canadian thing, per se, but the Maple Leaf is an important national symbol. And why's that? It goes back a long way, likely to ...

In 1963, Canada embarked on a seemingly harmless attempt to create its own flag but the issue revealed a nation hotly divided on what symbol should unite the country. The parliamentary debate on ...

in what became known as the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist. That was serious business in Canada, whose flag is the maple leaf and which supplies most of the world’s maple syrup, but it is also ...