An innocent question about the whereabouts of a beloved Oshawa flag on an Oshawa Facebook site has led to some wild theories about the fate of the local landmark that’s mysteriously gone missing. After he noticed the distinctive Canadian flag that flies above the SmartCentres plaza near the Highway 401, Stevenson Road exit was no longer flying, Bill Fox posted on the Facebook site June 6: “Okay it’s been a week and that huge Canadian flag near the 401 and Stevenson has been down ..
. I really miss that flag ..
. for wind and weather hints ..
. anyone know what is going on?” Cue the theories. Straight out of the gate came this from Tommy Konsta: “I think Trudeau had it ordered taken down like the rest of Canada.
” This led to 19 replies having nothing to do at all with the flag. Then, Linda Blackwood responded to Fox with: “I love seeing that flag at Sail. It’s a beautiful thing to see when travelling on the 401” And then it was back to yet another theory.
From Kim Harrison: “Probably taken down as it offended someone.” Brendan Kelley added: “It’s pretty bad when people get offended about a flag that represents the country they live in. Our whole world now is so messed up.
” Then Farah Tabassum wrote: “I love to see that flag and when we see it this means we are home soon” Finally: Trudy R. Ledgister: ”Yes, I loved seeing that huge flag flying there.” However, some posters had some theories the flag was damaged and was being replaced (it has been.
