Former Canadian flag, the Red Ensign, gets new, darker life as far-right symbol The perversion of the Red Ensign was first observed among white supremacists, who saw it as a throwback to a time ...

It was born during a crisis of identity. In 1963, Canada was on edge about its British roots. The nation had to decide whether to hold onto its Red Ensign flag, which displayed the Union Jack, or ...

Some call it the first-ever Canadian flag, others a rare piece of Canadian history of uncertain vintage. Either way, it will be sold to the highest bidder as Lot 46… ...

To me, the Canadian flag is almost sacred, and the Red Ensign is as well.” Bright sells three different kinds of Red Ensign flags, including the version used from 1868 to 1922.

A rare 1868 Canadian Red Ensign flag will hit the auction block this summer. Sotheby's Canada says the item will be in its June 2 sale of important Canadian art in Toronto.

A Red Ensign flag is seen in an undated handout photo. The 80th anniversary of ill-fated battle of Dieppe will be commemorated during this year’s national Remembrance Day ceremony with a mysterious ...

February 15 is National Flag of Canada Day. It commemorates the inauguration of the red and white maple leaf flag that was first raised over Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

Many of them requested the flag drape their coffins, Ms. Crompton said. In 1917, more than 15,000 Canadians went into battle under the Red Ensign at Vimy, attacking heavily fortified German positions.

What is known about the now-150-year-old flag begins at a garage sale in Columbus, Neb., in 1965. That was where Charles Lowry found the old Red Ensign in the hands of an American veteran.