In 1965, Canada adopted the Red Maple Leaf as its new national flag.

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Canada also got rid of red ink that decade with a five-year period where spending grew by an average of only 1 percent per year.

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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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The following spring, they set off on foot for the Red River Settlement around Lake Winnipeg in Canada where Scottish aristocrat, the Earl of Selkirk, had promised them land.

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When baby seals were being clubbed to death in 1978 in the Magdalene Islands in Canada, the fund's crusaders painted the seals with red dye, making their coats worthless to furriers.

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The largest cheer was for the host team Canada, with Clara Hughes, defending 5000m speed skating champion waving the flag and clad all in red.

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