VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP ... Deborah Weismiller said she decided to hang a Canadian flag in the window of her Edmonton home for the first time. “We share a passion for our country ...

Since Confederation, the Canadian national flag had been the British Union Jack - a symbol of Canada's former colonial status. The Red Ensign - a modified version of the flag of the British ...

There was staunch resistance to the idea from British loyalists residing ... Kelly the Red Maple Leaf flag would do the same to promote unique Canadian pride. “The Red Ensign has been borrowed ...