Sixty years ago, at the stroke of noon on a crisp, snowy, brilliantly sunny day, the Maple Leaf flag was raised for the first ...

Morris Michtom, a small toy store owner, put two stuffed ’teddy bears’ in his Brooklyn shop window for sale, inspired by an ...

Let us resolve here and now for the sake of all Canadians that this flag, the highest emblem of our nationhood, will never, ever fly over a divided country. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, 25th ...

As Canada marks the 60th anniversary of Flag Day, Joan O'Malley who sewed the very first Canadian flag reflects on events that lead to that history moment. Politicians and Olympians joined others on ...

One of six historic maple leaf flags to soar over Parliament Hill on Feb. 15, 1965, the day Canada left the British Union Jack behind to carve out its own national identity, is on display for eight ...

A group of Canadian senators is sharing views on the country's flag, with some calling it a symbol of pride and togetherness, ...

The North American Vexillological Association — it brands itself as the world’s largest club for flag enthusiasts — has settled on five basic rules for good flag design. They even distilled the rules ...

The Canadian flag — which many fly as a source of national pride — officially flew for the first time on Feb. 15, 1965. It's also the first year Barrie's The Flag Store started and it has been ...

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

The red and white has been a symbol of national pride for many decades, and in the wake of Donald Trump's anti-Canadian rhetoric, a sense of patriotism is sweeping the country.

The Maple Leaf, designed by George F. G. Stanley, will celebrate its 60th anniversary Saturday. Carmen Celestini, a religious studies lecturer at the University of Waterloo, says the flag has ...

All of the country's living former prime ministers are asking Canadians to fly the red maple leaf this weekend in a huge display of national pride as the country stares down U.S. President Donald ...