On November 9 Pearson gave his blessing. Cabinet endorsed the design soon after. Archbold, Rick. I Stand for Canada: The Story of the Maple Leaf Flag. Macfarlane, Walter, & Ross, 2002. ISBN ...

Until the red and white "Maple Leaf flag" we all know was ... The debate was really over whether or not Canada should ditch the Union Flag in its new design, thereby minimizing ties to the United ...

Red and white had long been Canada’s official colours, and the maple leaf a well-recognized emblem, so it’s no surprise the simple flag won over thousands of designs under consideration by an official ...

It was 1961 when Lester Pearson asked Matheson to begin researching what it would take for Canada to have a flag ... maple leaf looks the way it does -- that was all John Ross Matheson." His ...

Porsche is auctioning a one-off GT3 RS to mark its new Toronto experience center. It’s inspired by Canada’s flag and features ...

red maple leaf Canadian flag is so prevalent, so generally revered, it seems impossible that its creation 50 years ago was fraught with controversy. Debate in and out of Parliament got so ugly ...

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 ...

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 ...

MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO — Maple Leaf Foods Inc. officially unveiled the name of its future new pork company on Oct. 10, which will be known as Canada Packers ... the Canadian flag, drawing on ...

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 ...