August 2005 in Canada

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August 30, 2005

* The Supreme Court of British Columbia amends the definition of adultery under the Divorce Act after a woman contested the definition after her husband was caught with another man. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1125413668502_20/?hub=TopStories (CTV)]
* Mayor of Toronto David Miller and Justice Minister Irwin Cotler meet to discuss the recent surge in gun-related violence in Toronto. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1125421130024_1/?hub=TopStories (CTV)]
* Governor General Adrienne Clarkson announces 82 new members of the Order of Canada. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1125423584833_18/?hub=TopStories (CTV)]
* Hurricane Katrina could hit Ontario Wednesday. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1125406427597_14/?hub=Canada (CTV)]
* World Trade Organization deals setback for Canada in US - Canada softwood lumber dispute. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1125405821523_131/?hub=Canada (CTV)]
* Two Toronto men dead from West Nile virus. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1125444685973_42/?hub=Canada (CTV)]

August 27, 2005

* The Canadian government to ask Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to rescind satellite radio licences. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1125100750999_41/?hub=Canada (CTV)]
* Rona shuts down Karla Homolka's boss. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1125150875578_18/?hub=TopStories (CTV)]
* Conservative leader Stephen Harper calls United States Ambassador to Canada David Wilkins' comments on lumber 'out of line'. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1125168848847_7/?hub=Canada (CTV)]
* Animal rights agencies fear pit bulls will be abandoned or deserted when the new Ontario law banning pitbulls comes into effect. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1125165259903_2/?hub=Canada (CTV)]
* Newfoundland and Labrador bait service loses millions of dollars. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1125168369903_52/?hub=Canada (CTV)]

August 26, 2005

* The Snowbirds are grounded after the August 24 crash in Thunder Bay, Ontario. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20050826_snowbird_crash_050825/?hub=TopStories (CTV)]
* Crew extinguishes fire in vessel off Nova Scotia coast. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1125068872403_120478072/?hub=TopStories (CTV)]
* An anti-violence activist is gunned down in Toronto. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1125062636441_12/?hub=TopStories (CTV)]
* Canada joins NASA's underwater mission. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1125069825349_120479025/?hub=TopStories (CTV)]
* Rising fuel prices boosting interest in Smart cars. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1125059938426_31/?hub=TopStories (CTV)]
* A statue is unveiled in honour of four Alberta mounties killed in a Mayerthorpe, Alberta incident. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1125025449210_10/?hub=Canada (CTV)]
* Canada, U.S. wage war of words over U.S.-Canada softwood lumber dispute. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1125073280434_120482480/?hub=Canada (CTV)]
* Dutch shipping company Biglift Goedkoop B.V. is fined $70,000 dollars for violating the Canada Shipping Act. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/26/dutch_ship20050826.html (CBC)]
* The British Columbia Marijuana Party leader says if he goes to jail in the United States, he will die there. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/25/Marijuana_extradition_BC20050825.html (CBC)]

August 25, 2005

* Prime Minister Martin vows Quebec will not be ignored in the next election. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124991683966_3/?hub=TopStories (CTV)]
* The Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal from terrorist suspect Adil Charkaoui. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124980918218_120390118/?hub=TopStories (CTV)]
* Royal Canadian Mounted Police and other police raid Norbourg Asset Management Inc. offices in Toronto and Montreal after allegations of fraud. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124984255442_120393455/?hub=TopStories (CTV)]
* A Sikh group files a complaint over hard hat wearing, with the Ontario Human Rights Commission, against the Canadian Pacific Railway. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124974464948_136/?hub=Canada (CTV)]
* A gas leak prompts an emergency evacuation in Saint John, New Brunswick. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124989559877_12/?hub=Canada (CTV)]
* Governor General-designate Michaëlle Jean popularity slips due to the Quebec sovereignty controversy. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124992251562_120401451/?hub=Canada (CTV)]
* Ontario's Ministry of Community and Social Services pledges $2.5 million dollars to domestic violence agencies. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124985979131_120395179/?hub=Canada (CTV)]

August 24, 2005

* A Snowbirds pilot ejects safely after his plane crashes, in Thunder Bay, Ontario. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124921792246_55/?hub=TopStories (CTV)]
* Karla Homolka's former employer claims to have proof she violated her court ordered conditions. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124886322174_17/?hub=TopStories (CTV)]
* Prime Minister Martin waits to challenge U.S. President George W. Bush on the U.S.-Canada softwood lumber dispute. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124918597715_120327797/?hub=Canada (CTV)]
* The Prime Minister apologizes for the treatment of Ukrainian Canadians during the First World War when about 5,000 were placed in internment camps. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124922297760_16/?hub=Canada (CTV)]
* Top police officers call for greater sharing of intelligence. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124916771273_120325971/?hub=Canada (CTV)]
* Anger mounts in New Brunswick and the U.S. state of Maine as plans by two American companies are to build two natural gas processing plants. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124911485788_120320685/?hub=Canada (CTV)]

August 23, 2005

* Two lawsuits against the Ontario government regarding its handling of the 2003 SARS outbreak, is approved to go ahead by Ontario Superior Court of Justice Justice Maurice Cullity. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/23/SARS_lawsuits20050823.html (CBC)]

August 21, 2005

* Liberals meet in Western Canada at caucus meeting. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124473891128_119883091/?hub=TopStories (CTV)]
* Former Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons and Associate Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada James Jerome, dies. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124652196949_16/?hub=Canada (CTV)]
* British Columbia mortgages alleged serial killer Robert Pickton's land for $10 million dollars. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124649944304_10/?hub=Canada (CTV)]

August 20, 2005

* A Canadian man is killed in Haiti while trying to flee from kidnappers. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/19/Canadian_killed_Haiti20050819.html (CBC)]
* United States Vice President Dick Cheney to attend Fraser Institute dinner in Calgary. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/20/cheney_fraser20050820.html (CBC)]
* Airport security workers security system debuts, after three years. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/20/airport_worker_security_20050820.html (CBC)]

August 19, 2005

* Ottawa appoints 10 new Ambassadors from Canada. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/19/new_ambassadors_canada20050819.html (CBC)]
* Former New Brunswick cabinet minister Vaughn Blaney leads team into CFB Gagetown to investigate claims of Agent Orange being used. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/19/Gagetown_Agent_Orange20050819.html (CBC)]
* The Royal Canadian Mounted Police decides not to press criminal charges against former employees of Hollinger International. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/19/NoRCMPfraudcharges0819.html (CBC)]
* Canadian Forces in Khandahar open-fire on a vehicle. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/19/Canadians_fire050819.html (CBC)]
* The Ontario government announces funding for 50 additional midwives. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/19/Ontario_Midwives050819.html (CBC)]

August 18, 2005

* Assaulted daughter pleads to keep her father out of jail. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/18/daughters_plea_2005_08_18.html (CBC)]
* The Canadian Medical Association announces its support for a two-tiered healthcare system. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/18/health_care_2005_08_18.html (CBC)]
* The Supreme Court of Canada agrees to hear a case brought forth by four fathers forced to pay back child support. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124374038311_119783238/?hub=TopStories (CTV)]
* The United States Ambassador to Canada urges more talks in the US - Canada softwood lumber dispute. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124367574233_18/?hub=Canada (CTV)]
* is deployed to the Canadian Arctic to prohibit illegal fishing and to reassert sovereignty in the North. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124378985606_119788185/?hub=Canada (CTV)]
* Alberta police make record ecstasy drug bust. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124370046015_90/?hub=Canada (CTV)]
* Ottawa police begin issuing e-tickets. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124366972493_23/?hub=Canada (CTV)]

August 17, 2005

* Two dead after police chase in London, Ontario. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/17/London_ON_police_chase_two_dead20050817.html (CBC)]
* A Nova Scotia man appears in court on double murder charges in an August 15 arrest. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/18/Nova_Scotia_double_murder_update20050818.html (CBC)]
* A Canadian man is arrested on an American Amtrak train in Ohio after exposing himself and going through passengers' luggage. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/19/ugly_Canadian_on_Amtrak20050819.html (CBC)]

August 15, 2005

* A lockout of 5,500 CBC employees, represented by the Canadian Media Guild, goes into effect at 12:01 AM. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/14/CBC_locks_out_employees20050815.html (CBC)]
* A Canadian man is abducted and killed in Iraq. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/15/Canadian_killed_Iraq20050815.html (CBC)]
* A man convicted in the April 1999 Taber, Alberta school shootings escapes from open custody in Toronto. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/15/Taber_killer_walks_away_from_halfway_house20050815.html (CBC)]
* The inquiry into the wrongful conviction of David Milgaard is extended into 2006. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/15/Milgaard_hearing_extended20050815.html (CBC)]
* Canadian Blood Services drops restrictions on blood donors from Britain and France. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/15/Canadian_Blood_Service_drops_restrictions20050815.html (CBC)]
* WestJet follows Air Canada by putting a fuel tax on airfares. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124119815340_119529015/?hub=Canada (CTV)]
* Police investigate a double murder near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124142959134_4/?hub=Canada (CTV)]
* Two Canadian women are injured in a roadside bomb explosion in the Sinai region of Egypt. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124106214094_53/?hub=Canada (CTV)]
* Conservative leader Stephen Harper's Chief of Staff becomes another casualty to be forced out of the party. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124145935568_59/?hub=Canada (CTV)]
* Pre-trial hearings resume in Robert Pickton case. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124139928210_25/?hub=Canada (CTV)]
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August 14, 2005

* CN Rail is given a Monday deadline to clean up the Wabamun Lake oil spill. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/14/wabamun050814.html (CBC)]

* Fisheries and Oceans Canada approves bowhead whale hunting in Nunavut community. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/14/bowhead050814.html (CBC)]

August 12, 2005

* Hundreds pay last respects to Smokey Smith. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1123887271322_119296471/?hub=Canada (CTV)]
* The RCMP decides there will be no criminal investigation into the actions of Gurmant Grewal. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1123886830175_119296030/?hub=TopStories (CTV)]
* Ayaan Hirsi Ali urges Canadian Muslims to reject Islamic law, Sharia. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1123898366194_53/?hub=TopStories (CTV)]
* Canada threatens sanctions against the United States for ignoring the decision by the NAFTA Extraordinary Challenge Committee which favoured Canada. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1123868371563_119277571/?hub=TopStories (CTV)]
* Canada's Premiers demand the Governor General-designate express her views regarding Quebec sovereignty. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1123867922693_119277122/?hub=TopStories (CTV)]
* A 15 year old murder is solved but the killer's identity is kept secret from victim's family - family outraged. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1123847181346_70/?hub=TopStories (CTV)]
* Ontario to help hire 1,500 new police officers in response to recent surge in Toronto violent crimes rise. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1123853854577_119263054/?hub=TopStories (CTV)]

August 11, 2005

* Justice Canada stiffens penalty against crystal meth, increasing the maximum penalty from 10 years in prison to a life sentence. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/11/crystal-meth050811.html (CBC)]
* StatCan: Significantly fewer Canadian women are smoking. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/11/Smoking-survey-050811.html (CBC)]
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August 10, 2005

* The Canada Revenue Agency will spend $30 million more to capture foreign tax haven users. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/10/tax-centres050810.html (CBC)]
* 1 person killed in southern Alberta oil well explosion, [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1123669294554_119078494/?hub=Canada (CTV)]
* A bus collides with trucks in Alberta, 8 injured. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1123680311517_20/?hub=TopStories (CTV)]
* The Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan begin patrol of Kandahar streets. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1123681459429_119090659/?hub=TopStories (CTV)]
* NAFTA Extraordinary Challenge Committee panel sides with Canada in US - Canada softwood lumber dispute. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1123684364136_119093564/?hub=TopStories (CTV)]

August 8, 2005

*The Transportation Safety Board investigation into the cause of the Air France Flight 358 crash rules out mechanical failure. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/08/air-france-update050808.html (CBC)]
*Northwestern Ontario records 57 new forest fires, bringing total to 130. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/08/ontario-fires050808.html (CBC)]
*Montreal Transit Corporation increases security by installing 1,200 new surveillance cameras in the Montreal Metro System. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/08/montreal-metro-050808.html (CBC)]
*Canada and Denmark plan September 2005 to discuss Hans Island territorial dispute. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/08/08/hans-island-050808.html (CBC)]

August 6, 2005

* A train derailment causes sodium hydroxide to spill into the Cheakamus River, just north of Vancouver, [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/06/bc_derail050806.html (CBC)]

August 5, 2005

* A memorial for the 60th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/05/hiroshima-canada-050805.html (CBC)]
* Data is retrieved from the flight data recorder aboard Air France Flight 358. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/05/plane-runway050805.html (CBC)]
* Canada develops its own no-fly list. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/05/lapierre-050805.html (CBC)]

August 3, 2005

* Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin will announce on Thursday that Michaëlle Jean has been chosen to succeed Adrienne Clarkson as Governor General of Canada. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/03/gg050803.html (CBC)]

August 2, 2005

* Air France Flight 358 slides off the runway at Toronto Pearson International Airport and bursts into flames in a nearby ravine. All 309 passengers and crew on board survive.
* Five new Senators are appointed, including: former Vancouver mayor Larry Campbell, former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's Chief of Staff Hugh Segal, former Quebec MP Andrée Champagne, Dennis Dawson of Quebec and Winnipeg businessman Rod Zimmer. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1123008530052_118417730/?hub=TopStories (CTV)]

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