"It was an old flag and he was just going to throw it away ... The Red Ensign served as Canada's de facto national flag from 1892 to 1965, when it was replaced by the Maple Leaf.

Paralympic medallists Nicholas Bennett and Brianna Hennessy will carry the Canadian flag during Sunday's closing ceremony in ...

"I really like Harlow," says Alyssa Griffiths, a 25-year-old from Torbay in Newfoundland ... which new students pin a flag to show where they are from. "We have Canada Day and Thanksgiving ...

The 17-year-old swimmer from Toronto said she was still ... and we're very excited to be able to close out such a great Games holding the flag for Canada." Sprinter Andre De Grasse and ...

will lead Canada's delegation at Wednesday's opening ceremony at 1:20 p.m. ET at Place de la Concorde, the largest square in Paris. Announced Tuesday as flag-bearers, they are part of the 126 ...

But the flag switch was not at all political, insists 72-year-old Kuang Junlin, co-president of Suyuan Association. "We just wanted to express our love for the motherland," he told the BBC.

PARIS - Swimmer Nicholas Bennett and para canoeist Brianna Hennessy have been named Canada’s flag-bearers for Sunday’s closing ceremonies of the Paralympic Games in Paris. The 20-year-old ...

PARIS — Canada's flag-bearers for the Paralympic Games in ... I'll be chilling in the corner if anyone wants to have a chat." The 45-year-old Anderson, who has been dubbed the "Michael Jordan ...

Swimmer Nicholas Bennett and para canoeist Brianna Hennessy have been named Canada’s flag-bearers for Sunday’s closing ceremonies of the Paralympic Games in Paris. The 20-year-old Bennett from ...

PARIS — Swimmer Nicholas Bennett and para canoeist Brianna Hennessy have been named Canada’s flag-bearers for Sunday’s closing ceremonies of the Paralympic Games in Paris. The 20-year-old ...