Amid the cash-flow problems, DCM's main lender, Canada-based Maple Trade Finance, has taken control of some of the company's assets, said Carole-Ann Miller, Maple Trade's president.

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

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Amtrak and Via Rail Canada jointly operate routes between the United States and Canada, including the Maple Leaf from New York City to Toronto.

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That is what life is like for the Hutterite community in Maple Grove, Canada, on the remote prairies of Manitoba province.

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There will always be a huge gap in team values because telecommunications companies like Rogers and Bell Canada can leverage the media rights for the Maple Leafs multiples of what Stillman can command in media fees for the Blues.

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And while the Canucks may lack the broad cache of the Canadiens or Maple Leafs, the presence of a Canada-based club in the finals never hurts.

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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 Norway maple, however, is a popular tree in central and eastern Canada, after being imported from Europe.

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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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But the industry is growing in western Canada and Alaska, and it's being studied as a possible add-on venture for maple syrup producers across the northeastern United States.

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