Flag
The flap over Yellowknife’s flag-raising practices
At the request of Turkish Yellowknifers, the city proclaimed Oct. 29 as ‘Turkish Republic Day’ and raised the iconic flag outside city hall. Then complaints started rolling in.
This Alberta town holds funerals for worn-out flags
Throwing a flag in the trash is frowned upon. Some people in Grande Prairie have taken it upon themselves to organize a proper burial each year for worn-out flags, complete with speeches and a lunch for guests.
Waving the flag: How the Maple Leaf looms over the election
What can you expect when a party leader comes to your town? A massive Canada flag, for starters.
Your mostly unalienable right to fly the flag
Seems the Conservative bill on flag-flying will not apply to the most powerful condo board of all.
Standing in front of the flag
Judging from this footage, the Liberals have taken the important step of acquiring a large Canadian flag to use as a backdrop to Mr. Ignatieff. This, obviously, to counter Stephen Harper’s very large flag.
It’s the flag debate
Old-timers have commented that the vitriolic climate in the House this week rivals the 1964 Flag Debate, in which Lester Pearson and John Diefenbaker slugged it out. Actually, this is turning into another sort of flag debate.