TORONTO - A tree said to have inspired the song The Maple Leaf Forever was a victim of severe weather that hit southern Ontario. The aged silver maple near downtown Toronto was among the many trees ...

The fate of the fallen Maple Leaf Forever tree rests in the hands of City Hall this week. Please, no jokes about dead wood. You may recall the gnarly old silver maple, said to have inspired the song, ...

TORONTO - The stirring brass of a regimental band and the whir of a powerful saw marked the next phase in the life of Canada’s most beloved tree, the silver maple that - legend has it - inspired ...

Author Shel Silverstein’s classic children’s tale of 1964, The Giving Tree, tells of a lifelong relationship between a boy and a tree. As a youngster, the boy makes crowns from its leaves, swings from ...