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August 20 - The Sudbury, Ontario tornado event, with winds up to 100 miles per hour, hits Sudbury and Field, Ontario. [3] It was one of the worst tornadoes in Canadian history — killing six people, injuring 200, and causing C$17 million dollars in property damage. September 27 - TVOntario begins broadcasting
Ontario Today launched in 1997 as a province-wide two-hour programme produced out of CBC Ottawa, replacing Radio Noon, which was the umbrella name of five different midday programmes by CBC Radio stations in Toronto, Ottawa, Windsor, Sudbury, and Thunder Bay. [2]
October 26 – An evacuation of over 800 members of the Kashechewan First Nation by the Government of Ontario to Ottawa, Sudbury, and other communities in Ontario begins after E. coli is found in their water supply network. November 24 – Opposition leader Stephen Harper moves a motion of no confidence in the government of Paul Martin.
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May 29 – 20-year-old Ojibwe woman Tammy Lamondin-Gagnon disappears from a public park in Newmarket, Ontario, initiating a still-unsolved missing persons case. June 3 – Ontario election: Mike Harris's PCs win a second consecutive majority. June 3 – Canada and the United States sign a treaty to divide the Pacific salmon fishery.
January 29 – A controversial resolution is passed by the city council of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, declaring the city "English-only". February: The federal government announces that it will privatize Petro-Canada; the legislation to do so is introduced in October.. February 12 – A massive tire fire begins near Hagersville, Ontario. It ...
February 8 – Frank Miller becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Bill Davis after the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership election. February 11 – The federal and Newfoundland governments sign the Atlantic Accord paving the way for joint development of Newfoundland's offshore oil and gas reserves.
June 9 - Ontario election: Bill Davis's PCs win a second consecutive minority. June 24 — Social Credit leader André-Gilles Fortin is killed in a car accident. July 28 – Emanuel Jaques, 12, is abducted after being lured into an apartment building under false pretenses on Yonge Street in downtown Toronto. His strangled body is found several ...