In 1964, the Canadian parliament adopted a national flag with a red maple leaf on a white background.

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Sowinski sticks to classic offerings such as Dover sole, wild salmon en croute, and a crisp maple leaf duck breast with Grand Marnier sauce.

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His first job as a singer came at the Maple Leaf Hotel in Timmins, Ontario, when the barman agreed to give him a beer if he would play a few songs.

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At one point Ballmer stopped to look at a photo of some vintage Maple Leaf players.

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She didn't stop performing until she was 72 and choreographed one of her rare light-hearted works, Maple Leaf Rag, just a year before her death.

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The maple leaf depicted on the bills isn't an indigenous Canadian maple at all, but a nonnative and invasive Norway maple, he claimed in an email exchange with the Bank of Canada.

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The duchess wore a white dress and red hat - the colours of Canada's flag - and the Queen's maple leaf brooch.

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