The flag Michael Levenston plans to fly if Canadian democracy falters under the weight of threats to sovereignty, extremism or an act of war arrived at his door last week in a soft, padded envelope.

Flevogracht, a saltie that sails under the flag of the Netherlands, travels in the Duluth harbor toward the Aerial Lift Bridge on Tuesday, April 29.

The flag belonged to Levenston’s father, the late Lt.-Col. Gerald Levenston, who fought with the 2nd Canadian Corps and was chosen to meet with Nazi Germany’s soldiers in the Netherlands to ...

The flag Michael Levenston plans to fly if Canadian democracy falters under the weight of threats to sovereignty, extremism or an act of war arrived at his door last week in a soft, padded envelope.