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The Maple Leaf

Canada’s Maple Leaf flag, adopted in 1964 after decades of heated debate, replaced colonial symbols to unify the nation. Once controversial, it now proudly represents Canada’s identity on the global stage.

Bombs away

The wild story of Japanese balloon bombs floated over North America

The Charlottetown Conference

The 1864 Charlottetown Conference was initially designed to discuss a union of the three Maritime provinces. But delegates from the Province of Canada heard about the

JA, VI ELSKER DETTE LANDET

When Canada welcomed Norwegian mariners exiled from their homeland by the Nazis, it brought new meaning to the country’s de facto national anthem—“Yes, we love this country”

War measures

The War Measures Act went into law on Aug. 4, 1914, allowing the cabinet to bypass the House of Commons and the Senate and to rule

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