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August 20 - The 1973 Artistic Woodwork strike begins. It ends on December 5, 1973. [4] October 17 - OPEC dramatically raises the price of oil. This is a boon to Alberta but hurts central Canada. November 1 - Waterloo Lutheran University is renamed Wilfrid Laurier University; November 13 - A jury refuses to convict Henry Morgentaler for ...
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12 March Canada withdraws from the War in Afghanistan at the end of the first phase. [133] [134] [143] 2018: 17 October The Cannabis Act becomes law, making recreational cannabis use legal throughout the country. Canada is the second country (after Uruguay in 2013) to legalize recreational cannabis use nationwide. [144] 2020: 7 January - March
Category: 1973 in Canada. ... 1973 in Canada by province or territory (12 C) / 1973 disestablishments in Canada (9 C, 3 P) ... Pride Week 1973; S.
March 13 – A treaty between Canada and Denmark is ratified, establishing the maritime border between Ellesmere Island (Canada) and Greenland (Denmark). Measuring approximately 1,449.4 nautical miles (2,684.3 km; 1,667.9 mi), it is the longest negotiated international continental shelf boundary.
April 4 – Canada's first confirmed case of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant. [10] April 12 – 2021 Yukon general election is held, resulting in a minority government for the Liberals, who are given support in the legislature (from April 28), by the New Democrats. April 17 – 2021 Conservative Party of Quebec leadership election is held.
November 12 – Air Canada Flight 812 is hijacked. Paul Joseph Cini is later arrested without incident. December 1 – A moving Montreal Metro train crashes into a second parked train, killing one person. December 26 – Air Canada Flight 932 is hijacked by Patrick Critton and flown to Cuba.
1973 – Emile Christian, American trombonist, cornet player, and composer (b. 1895) 1973 – Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, President of Mexico, 1952-1958 (b. 1889) [48] 1979 – Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player and coach (b. 1905) 1980 – Oswald Mosley, English lieutenant, fascist, and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1896)