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July 5: The Air Canada Flight 621 accident occurs as the deadliest aviation incident in Toronto. 1971: May 22: Ontario Place opens. June 3: The Spadina Expressway project into downtown is cancelled to go no further than Eglinton Avenue. November 6: The Toronto Daily Star is renamed as The Toronto Star. 1972 Toronto's first Gay Pride Week is held.
November 2 – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith wins a mandatory leadership review by UCP membership with 91.5% of the vote. [110] November 14–December 8 – Taylor Swift embarks on her nine stops in Toronto and Vancouver for the highly anticipated Eras Tour. The shows in Canada mark the end of the Eras Tour overall.
April 5–16 – The 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship is held in Brampton, Ontario. [28] April 5 – 2023 Canada ice storm: Two people are killed and over a million people are without power after an ice storm strikes Ontario and Quebec. [29] April 9 – The 2023 Canadian Ringette Championships are held in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Canada sends a delegation to the Paris Peace Talks, the conference resolving war issues. Canada signs the Versailles treaty as part of the British Empire, with parliament's approval. [91] Prohibition in Canada ends federally. [92] 1919: May 15 -June 26: The largest strike in Canadian history; the Winnipeg General strike occurs. Soldiers ...
The COVID-19 pandemic was first detected in Canada in late mid-January 2020 and by March, all provinces and territories had declared states of emergency. As of June 2022, Canada has reported 41,000 COVID-19 related deaths, [17] a third highest mortality rate in North America followed by the United States and Mexico.
April 5 – The Just Desserts shooting occurs in Toronto, May 10 – Annular solar eclipse happened in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes. June – An Ontario farmer is allowed to grow 10 acres (40,000 m 2) of marijuana for research purposes.
March 18 – Proceedings of the Senate of Canada were televised for the first time in the chamber's history. [4] March 20 – The Crucifix that has hung in the Montreal council chamber since 1937 is taken down. [5] [6] March 30 to April 7 – 2019 World Men's Curling Championship in Lethbridge
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.