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January 5 – Canada defeats Russia 4–3 to win gold at the 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. [ 3 ] January 8 – Fifty-seven Canadians, as well as approximately 80 others ultimately travelling to Canada, are killed after Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot down by Iran shortly after takeoff from Tehran Imam Khomeini ...
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 .
This was the first MLB game played in Canada during the 2021 season after travel restrictions along the Canada–United States border were lifted. The Jays won the game. The Jays won the game. July 31 – Swimmer Penny Oleksiak becomes the most decorated Canadian Olympian of all-time after she wins her seventh overall Olympic medal - a bronze ...
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 ...
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 ...
(1929–2020) 30 June 1984 17 September 1984 Appointment (32nd Parl.) Liberal (Ldr. 1984) Did not hold a seat in legislature 23rd [40] Minister of Justice, Minister of Finance; Trudeau Patronage Appointments. Never sat in parliament as prime minister. First prime minister since Bowell not to have been born in Canada. 18: Brian Mulroney (1939 ...
1973–1975 recession: October 1974 March 1975 Early 1980s recession in the United States: June 1981 October 1982 Early 1990s recession: March 1990 May 1992 Great Recession: October 2008 May 2009 COVID-19 recession: February 2020 2021
June 14 – Canada and Denmark end their competing claims for Hans Island by dividing the island roughly in half ending what was referred to as the Whisky War. [ 24 ] June 16 – Two Canadian venues – BC Place in Vancouver and BMO Field in Toronto – were announced by FIFA as two of the sixteen venues for the 2026 World Cup .