Behind every successful business is a power player behind the scenes making it go.

In the second list of Elizabeth Emblem recipients, some 106 police officers, firefighters, overseas workers and other public servants who died in service were recognised, with the award given to ...

The Elizabeth Emblem is a national form of recognition awarded to the next of kin of police officers, firefighters, and other public servants who died in the line of duty (Cabinet Office/PA) These ...

Thanks to the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), starting this year people will once again have Christmas Day off work. In 2002, the Scrooges in the Democratic ...

The flower, associated with Buddhist symbolism, was chosen by the Sri Lankan government in Colombo as a national emblem during an acute phase of the civil war, which ended some 20 years later, in 2009 ...

4. National sport history obscured by Beers Contrary to popular belief, lacrosse was not Canada’s national sport before hockey. In fact, both of them became national sports on the same day in 1994.

Parliamentarians likely will get a chance later this year to debate whether to adopt a livestock brand as an official national symbol. A bill to create the brand was introduced earlier in June by ...

Representing the floral emblem of Scotland, the Diamond Thistle Brooch once belonged to Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth.

From the classic symbols like the beaver and a Tim Horton's cup, to more niche Canadian references like bagged milk and the North American house hippo, Calgary-based artist Lynne Rennie is piecing ...