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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 ...
July 17 – Toronto FC plays their first home game against Orlando City SC at BMO Field, marking the first MLS game played in Canada during the 2021 season. July 20 – British Columbia declares a state of emergency in response to the 2021 British Columbia wildfires. [33] July 26 – Mary Simon is sworn in as Canada's 30th Governor General. She ...
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.
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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
September 12 - Heritage Canada is established; September 15 - David Barrett becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing W.A.C. Bennett, who had governed for 20 years; September 27 - The sale of fire crackers is banned in Canada; September 28 - CITY-TV begins broadcasting in Toronto; October 30 - Federal election: Pierre Trudeau's Liberals ...
January 18 – Ivan Koloff (Oreal Donald Perras) defeats Bruno Sammartino ending Sammartino's seven-and-a-half-year reign and became the first Canadian WWWF World Heavyweight Champion March 13 – The Toronto Varsity Blues win their fifth (and third consecutive) University Cup by defeating the Saint Mary's Huskies 5 to 4.