What should we make of the Red Ensign? Most people see it only when it is brought out on Remembrance Day, and few times apart from Nov. 11. Controversy over Canada’s first flag recently re ...

Canada was in the midst of debate about changing the country’s flag from the Red Ensign to the Red Maple Leaf flag we all know today. There was staunch resistance to the idea from British ...

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 ...

Stephen Harper inherited his fascination with vexillology, the study of flags, from his father, Joseph. In this, his third book, Canada’s 22nd prime minister puts his passion on paper.

”The Red Ensign flag flies at Victory Green to remind us all of the importance of seafarers who still to this day leave their loved ones for months on end to work on ships that heavily ...