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January 1 :Montreal Dorval Airport is renamed, after some controversy,Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport .
*January 5 :Canadian dollar value climbs above $0.78 US, for the first time since July 1993.
*January 5 : In the2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships , Team USA defeats Team Canada 4–3 in the Final atHelsinki ,Finland .
*January 7 : TheNational Hockey League suspends theToronto Maple Leafs 'Mats Sundin after he throws his stick into the stands after it breaks. No one was hurt and he was suspended only one game.
*January 7 :Randy Ferbey wins Canada Cup opener.
*January 12 :Stephen Harper enters leadership race for the newConservative Party of Canada .
*January 13 : U.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush allows Canada to bid for contracts inIraq .
*January 16 : Race begins inNunavut general election, 2004 .
*January 19 : Government of Canada challenges Department of Justice against repayment of benefits to same-sex couples dating back to 1985.
*January 19 : TheSûreté du Québec announce a new police force to fightorganized crime .
*January 22 :Montreal 'sCentre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine warns of a former surgeon who may have infected 2,600 patients withHIV , by letter.
*January 27 : A Canadian soldier, Corporal Jamie Murphy, is killed in asuicide attack inAfghanistan . Three other soldiers are also injured.
*January 29 :North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer requests Canadian soldiers to keep a presence in Afghanistan after the scheduled return of troops in August.
*January 30 : TheSupreme Court of Canada upholds a law allowing parents to spank their children within "reasonable limits".February
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February 2 : TheSpeech from the Throne is read byGovernor General Adrienne Clarkson in the Senate chamber.
*February 2 :Wiarton Willie thegroundhog predicts six more week of cold weather onGroundhog Day .
*February 6 : Canadian SPCA finds 100 dead cows and 100 more being improperly cared for, on anAlberta farm.
*February 6 : TheCanadian Broadcasting Corporation announces it will use a broadcast delay during Don Cherry's Coaches Corner onHockey Night in Canada , after he makes anti-French andEurope an comments, a possible violation of theOfficial Languages Act of Canada .
*February 10 :Auditor General of Canada Sheila Fraser releases a study on the federal government's advertising andsponsorship inQuebec which notes millions of dollars were mishandled. (See:2004 Canadian sponsorship scandal ).
*February 12 : TheWorld Health Organization endorses aHealth Canada plan to deal with a potentialinfluenza pandemic .
*February 12 : AMoose Jaw, Saskatchewan woman, now 18, who became aquadriplegic after being hit by a vehicle at age 4, is awarded $12 million in a lawsuit against the driver, the city and the former police chief. It is the largest lawsuit awarded in Saskatchewan history.
*February 13 :Jane Stewart , former Human Resources Development Canada Minister, announces her retirement from politics, to work for theUnited Nations International Labour Organization
*February 16 :Conservative Party of Canada Member of Parliament Elsie Wayne announces her retirement from politics.
*February 16 : TheCanadian Recording Industry Association ask a judge to order many CanadianInternet service provider s to hand over names of 29 suspected illegal fileswappers.
*February 16 : Polling day,Nunavut general election, 2004 . Of the 19 members of theconsensus government , 1 is acclaimed and 18 elections are held. Eight members of the previous government are re-elected, five are defeated, and five who did not run again are replaced. MLAs will choose the premier from among themselves on March 5; incumbentPaul Okalik is challenged byTagak Curley .
*February 17 : John Bryden,Liberal Party of Canada Member of Parliament forAncaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot in theCanadian House of Commons , resigns from the party due to thePrime Minister of Canada 's sponsorship scandal.
*February 17 : Canada donates $800,000 to theWorld Food Program and $350,000 to theInternational Red Cross , to help with the current food and medical needs inHaiti , following the recent coup there.
*February 18 :Auditor General of New Brunswick Daryl Wilson reportsPremier of New Brunswick Bernard Lord lied about the province having a budget] surplus of $1,000,000. Lord accuses the Auditor General of "accounting semantics".
*February 19 :Jeremy Hinzman , a US soldier from the US 82nd Airborne Division inNorth Carolina , seeks refugee status in Canada as aconscientious objector to serving inIraq . He currently lives inToronto with his wife and child.
*February 19 : Starting inBuffalo, New York , and ending inNiagara Falls, Ontario , a cross-border police pursuit results in dead Canadian woman.
*February 20 :2004 CN Rail workers strike (Canada) .
*February 20 : TheSaskatchewan Minister of Justice ,Frank Quennell , announcesAlberta JusticeEdward P. McCallum will head an inquiry intoDavid Milgaard 'swrongful conviction .
*February 20 :South Korea ,Singapore ,Japan andHong Kong ban poultry and birds imports from Canada, after thevirus H7 is found. It is not linked toH5N1 (virus) , which was blamed for killing 22 people inAsia (See also:avian influenza ).
*February 20 : Canada is part of multi-national delegation with theUnited States ,France andCaribbean nations sent toHaiti , to help end the conflict.
*February 21 : A joint investigation into the February 19 cross-border police chase is made byNiagara Falls, New York Police,Niagara Falls, Ontario Police andCanada Customs and Revenue Agency , to determine if proper procedure was followed.
*February 23 :Microcell Solutions Inc. suesTelus Communications,Bell Mobility , Rogers Wireless andSociété Tele-Mobile , in aQuebec superior court , for violating its trademark "Fido" dog image.
*February 23 : Toronto nurse Andrea Williams files a $600 million lawsuit against the governments of Canada andOntario due to her contractingSARS , during the 2003 outbreak.
*February 24 : Prime MinisterPaul Martin suspends threeCrown corporation heads in steps dealing with the sponsorship scandal. Those suspended areMichel Vennat , president of theBusiness Development Bank of Canada ,Via Rail presidentMarc LeFrançois andCanada Post presidentAndré Ouellet .
*February 25 :Vancouver International Airport (YVR) announces $1.4 million expansion.
*February 26 :Canadian Forces send nine members of elitecounter-terrorism unitJoint Task Force 2 toHaiti to aid in evacuating Canadians.
*February 28 : Canadian businessman James Sabzali, living inPhiladelphia since 1996, fined and sentenced to a year probation for violating theUnited States embargo against Cuba .
*February 28 :Royal Canadian Mounted Police Corporal Jim Galloway shot dead during a standoff.March
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March 3 :United Nations International Narcotics Control Board criticizesCanada for having a provincially run "safe house " for drug users inVancouver, British Columbia .
*March 3 : RCMP investigate threatening letters sent toCharlottetown, Prince Edward Island government and media buildings.
*March 3 : FormerJean Chrétien aide Jean Carle linked to2004 Canadian sponsorship scandal .
*March 5 :Paul Okalik re-elected asPremier of Nunavut inNunavut general election, 2004 .
*March 5 :Canadian Forces plans to send 450 troops, including three infantry platoons and six helicopters from 430 Squadron inValcartier, Quebec , and members of I Company 2nd BattalionThe Royal Canadian Regiment , based atCanadian Forces Base Gagetown inNew Brunswick , toHaiti for a 90-day mission.
*March 5 :Prime Minister Paul Martin fires the President ofVia Rail ,Marc LeFrançois .
*March 5 :Abdurahman Khadr , who admitted recently to havingAl-Qaeda andOsama bin Laden links, alleges to working for theCentral Intelligence Agency as an informant.
*March 6 :Sheila Copps loses nomination toTony Valeri to represent the riding ofHamilton East—Stoney Creek in the 2004 federal election.
* March 7-8:UN Secretary General Kofi Annan visits Canada to meet withGovernor General of Canada Adrienne Clarkson , Prime Minister Martin, andLouise Arbour , who was recently namedUN High Commissioner for Human Rights . Topic of discussion with the PM will be theHaiti crisis.
*March 8 : Vancouver Police investigate aNational Hockey League incident involvingVancouver Canucks Todd Bertuzzi andColorado Avalanche rookieSteve Moore . Moore was hit by Bertuzzi resulting in Moore's receiving a neck injury and concussion. Moore is out of the lineup indefinitely.
*March 9 :Sheila Copps files an appeal of the Liberal nomination loss and a complaint to the RCMP.
*March 9 :Belinda Stronach winsConservative Party of Canada nomination for riding of Newmarket-Aurora, defeatingLois Brown 512-412 in total votes.
*March 9 : Second form ofavian influenza found onBritish Columbia farm.
*March 9 :Ottawa police chiefVince Bevan admits involvement in investigatingMaher Arar before he was deported toSyria .
*March 9 : Protests across the country againstCitizenship and Immigration Canada for arrest ofAlgeria n refugee Mohamed Cherfi byQuebec City police for failing to report an address change. He had been hiding in a church, which is normally considered a refugeesafe house
*March 9 :2004 Canadian sponsorship scandal investigation finds $2.3 million missing which was to be used to fund the Bluenose 2.
*March 12 :Canadian Forces begin deployment to Haiti to support peacekeeping force.
*March 12 :CFB Gagetown ,New Brunswick Colonel Barry McLeod named Chief of Staff ofUnited Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC ). He will arrive there in July.
*March 12 :2004 Canadian sponsorship scandal investigation results in firing ofMichel Vennat , theBusiness Development Bank of Canada 'sPresident .
*March 15 :Treasury Board of Canada President Reg Alcock announces a "merit-based" system to appoint new CEOs forCrown corporation s.
*March 15 :Quebec government warns 1,144 people who attended an acupuncture clinic (owned by Suzanne Sicotte) inMontreal to take blood tests forHIV andhepatitis .
*March 15 :Brad Wall appointed leader of theSaskatchewan Party .
*March 16 : Equifax confirms security breach resulting in the illegal access to files containing credit information of 1,400 Canadians.
*March 17 : House of Commons committee summons 11 federal bureaucrats in investigation of the sponsorship scandal for a private hearing, later to become a public hearing.
*March 17 :Canadian Food Inspection Agency creates a programme for routine testing of poultry foravian influenza (bird flu), afterBritish Columbia had to destroy 57,000 chickens.
*March 17 : Fisheries MinisterGeoff Regan announces increased patrols outside the 320-kilometre limit off Canada's east coast.
*March 17 : A stamp is created in honour of formerGovernor General of Canada Ray Hnatyshyn .
*March 17 : 170Canadian Forces soldiers sent to Haiti to providesecurity (SeeOperation Halo ).
*March 18 : Kickbacks discovered in free flag giveaway discovered from 1996 promise bySheila Copps to give away one million free flags.
*March 20 : In theConservative Party of Canada leadership election, 2004 ,Stephen Harper wins on the first ballot to become leader of the party and the official opposition.
*March 22 : Federal government announces an aid package worth almost $1 billion to farmers hurt bymad cow disease .
*March 22 :Conservative Party of Canada leaderStephen Harper appointedPeter MacKay asDeputy Leader .
*March 22 :Supreme Court of Canada juristFrank Iacobucci announces his retirement effective June.
*March 22 : Canada condemnsIsrael 's assassination ofHamas founderShaikh Ahmed Yassin .
*March 22 : Canada introduces a bill to protect public service workerwhistleblower s.
*March 23 : The2004 Canadian budget is announced.
*March 23 : The government of Canada will sell its stake inPetro-Canada within next twelve months.
*March 24 : RCMP release documents detailing investigation of newspaper reporterJuliet O'Neill telling how they searched for details of her knowledge of theMaher Arar case. A January 2004 raid of her house was also documented.
*March 24 :Canadian Food Inspection Agency orders slaughter of 275,000 chickens and turkeys inBritish Columbia to fightavian influenza outbreak.
*March 24 :Myriam Bédard testifies to acommittee investigating the sponsorship scandal that she heardJacques Villeneuve was paid millions of dollars to wear a Canadian flag on his racing suit; Villeneuve calls this allegation "ludicrous".
*March 25 :Supreme Court of Canada rules 9–0 in not holding Catholic Church of Canada responsible forsexual abuse ofaltar boy s by a Newfoundland priestKevin Bennett .
*March 26 : Supreme Court of Canada upholds legitimacy ofpre-nuptial agreement s saying it cannot be considered unfair at the time of signing.
*March 26 : Minister of Foreign Affairs Bill Graham speaks at a memorial conference at theUnited Nations for the 1994Rwanda massacre, reminding people to not forget thegenocide .
*March 26 : Canada makesOne-Tonne Challenge .
*March 29 : TheProgressive Canadian Party registers withElections Canada to elect members into theCanadian House of Commons in the 2004 Canadian federal election.
*March 29 : RCMP] raid anOttawa area home, arrestMomin Khawaja on terrorism charges.
*March 29 :Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario police officer arrested for possessing $2.5 million worth of cocaine.
*March 30 :Auditor General of Canada Sheila Fraser criticizes flaws in national security.
*March 30 : Ottawa area manMomin Khawaja arrested on March 29 is charged with acts of terrorism under theCanada Anti-Terrorism Act .
*March 31 :Colin Thatcher is denied earlyparole .
*March 31 : 170 people, including 29 Canadians, arrested in drug bust across Canada and theUnited States .
*March 31 : Discovery finds that million flag promise in 1996 bySheila Copps was organized byGroupaction .
*March 31 :Federal Court of Canada rejectsCanadian Recording Industry Association request to obtain names of musicfileswapper s, making the sharing legal.
*March 31 :Saskatchewan government releases 2004 budget, raising the Provincial Sales Taxes from 6% to 7%.April
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April 1 : RCMP confirms arrest ofMohammad Momin Khawaja is related to arrests inUnited Kingdom .
*April 1 : United StatesDepartment of Homeland Security exempts Canadians from beingfingerprint ed and photographed when entering the United States.
*April 1 : Federal riding redistribution comes into effect: number of seats rises from 301 to 308.
*April 1 :Same-sex marriage in Canada : the first legalsame-sex marriage inQuebec is celebrated;Michael Hendricks and René Leboeuf wed inMontreal .
*April 6 : Canada orders slaughter of 19 millionBritish Columbia poultry due toavian influenza .
*April 6 :2004 Canadian sponsorship scandal -Jean Pelletier , formerCanadian Prime Minister's Office Chief of Staff, alleges there was "no direction" in the federal sponsorship programme.
*April 6 : TheCanadian national women's ice hockey team wins the2004 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships .
*April 7 :Fadi Ihsan Fadel , a Canadian humanitarian working inIraq , taken hostage among group of other nationals.
*April 7 : Former Member of Canadian Parliament Jack Ramsay's son Spencer found dead in their family home.
*April 8 : NineHells Angels members fromMontreal are convicted ofdrug trafficking andgangsterism .
*April 8 : Department of Justice considering extraditing alleged mafia leaderVito Rizzuto to theUnited States . He is accused of three murders in 1981.
*April 14 : Prime MinisterPaul Martin announces extension to deployment of current soldiers inAfghanistan until summer 2005.
*April 15 :Member of Parliament Svend Robinson confesses to stealing a ring from an auction firm and then takes medical leave.
*April 16 : The auction firm that Svend Robinson stole the ring from says it will not pursue charges against him.
*April 16 : Canadian hostage inIraq ,Fadi Ihsan Fadel , freed.
*April 16 : CanadianMember of Parliament John Cannis (Scarborough Centre Liberal Party) calls for deportation ofAbdurahman Khadr .
*April 17 :Dalai Lama visits Canada for 19-day tour.
*April 17 : Canadian peacekeeper in Prnjavor,Bosnia-Herzegovina , injured in road accident, one civilian also injured. (See:Operation Palladium )
*April 19 : Canadians Edge andChris Benoit win the World Tag Team Championships on RAW (World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)).
*April 20 :Rifat Mohammed Rifat , a Canadian citizen, taken hostage in Iraq.
*April 27 :Air Canada flight 109, a Halifax toVancouver 767, is escorted by twoCF-18 s after a suspicious threat is received byNorth American Aerospace Defense Command .
*April 27 :Deputy Prime Minister of Canada Anne McLellan introduces new $690 million national security and foreign security initiative.
*April 29 : Prime Minister Martin speaks at a U.S. conference reaffirming position not to join coalition inIraq , but says Canada wants to aid in rebuilding Iraq.
*April 29 : ANorth American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) panel rules in favour of Canada in theUS - Canada softwood lumber dispute against the United States.May
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May 3 : Canadian businessmanNaji al-Kuwaiti is reported to have been taken hostage inIraq onApril 28 ; he is released May 4.
*May 10 :2004 Canadian sponsorship scandal -Jean Brault , president ofGroupaction , andCharles Guité arrested by the RCMP for fraud.
*May 17 :Ken Dryden announces his candidacy in the 2004 Canadian election representing the Liberal Party in theCanadian electoral district ofYork Centre, Ontario .
*May 18 :Supreme Court of Canada upholds law on spending limit byspecial interest group s during elections.
*May 18 :Karlheinz Schreiber ordered extradited toGermany on charges of fraud, bribery, and failure to pay taxes.
*May 27 :Conservative Party of Canada official languages critic Scott Reid resigns after making comments suggesting reduction of French language access.
*May 27 : Former Public Works MinisterAlfonso Gagliano launches $4.5 million lawsuit against Prime Minister Martin and the federal government.
*May 27 : Farmers' income hits 25-year low in 2003 from drought and mad cow crisis.
*May 30 : Vandal(s) spraypaint anti-gay messages on the office ofLiberal Party of Canada candidate Glen Murray (Charleswood-St. James). Murray was Canada's first openlyhomosexual municipal leader as the mayor of Winnipeg (1998–2004). :PJune
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June 3 :US - Canada softwood lumber dispute :United States Commerce Department will cut its tax on softwood lumber exports, effective 2005.
*June 3 : Peel, Ontario Police charge another 13 officials at the federal Department of Human Resources Development in fraud, bribery, and receiving secret commissions investigation.
*June 10 :Elections Canada 's Chief Electoral Officer announces changes to allow televised results of upcoming election without delay after closing of local polling stations.
*June 13 :Michael Schumacher wins the2004 Canadian Grand Prix held inMontreal ,Quebec .
*June 17 :Michael Briere pleads guilty to the murder ofHolly Jones , admits to viewingchild pornography immediately before the murder.
*June 18 : TheConservative Party of Canada issues, retracts, reissues, and reretracts a news release entitled "Paul Martin Supports Child Pornography?"
*June 28 : TheLiberal Party of Canada wins aminority government of 135 seats in the 2004 federal election (155 seats were needed for a majority). TheConservative Party of Canada wins 99 seats,New Democratic Party 19,Bloc Québécois 54, and one seat is won by an independent candidate.
*June 29 :Lethbridge ,Alberta city councillorDar Heatherington is convicted of public mischief after a police investigation concludes that she falsely alleged being stalked by a constituent. She previously faced similar charges after a 2003 investigation inGreat Falls, Montana , concluded that she filed a false report of having been abducted and raped.July
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July 2 : Nine-year-oldDjamshid Djan Popal arrives inToronto . Early diagnoses suggest Popal suffers frompatent ductus arteriosus , a condition he cannot get treatment for in his nativeAfghanistan , but will be able to in Canada thanks to fundraising efforts by theMuslim Association of Hamilton and volunteering doctors.
*July 6 : Five-year-oldTamra Keepness , of Regina, is declared missing; massive police search ensues.
*July 11 : Hail and torrential rain causes flooding in Edmonton; damage to theWest Edmonton Mall is estimated in the millions of dollars.
*July 13 : TheCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) does not renew the broadcasting license of theQuebec City FM radio stationCHOI , citing obscene and offensive content; it is the first time a Canadian station has been forced off the air as a result of crude material.
*July 14 :Same-sex marriage in Yukon :Yukon territory becomes the fourth province or territory to legalizesame-sex marriage .
*July 14 : Foreign affairs minister Bill Graham orders the withdrawal of Canada's ambassador toIran after Canada is denied attendance at the trial ofMohammed Reza Aghdam Ahmadi , alleged murderer of Canadian-Iranian citizenZahra Kazemi .
*July 15 : Peterborough is hit with 235 mm of rain, backlogging the city's sewer system and flooding streets.
*July 16 : Iran announces it will allow some diplomatic observers at the trial ofZahra Kazemi 's alleged murderer; Canada suspends the withdrawal of its ambassador to Iran.
*July 18 : Trial ofZahra Kazemi 's alleged killer abruptly ends; Canadian ambassador to Iran is recalled.
*July 19 : Two-time Olympic medallistNicolas Gill is chosen by theCanadian Olympic Committee to be Canada's flag-bearer at the2004 Summer Olympics .
*July 19 : Stepfather of missing Regina girlTamra Keepness is charged with assault causing bodily harm; the alleged altercation occurred at 3 a.m. the morning ofJuly 6 , four hours after Tamra was last seen by the family.
*July 20 : Prime ministerPaul Martin announces his new cabinet, which includes new faces such asice hockey greatKen Dryden , former BC premierUjjal Dosanjh , and former Progressive Conservative and the openlygay Scott Brison .
*July 22 : An arrest is made in theCecilia Zhang murder case, 9 months after she was abducted.
*July 24 : AnIran ian court acquits the accused killer of Iranian-Canadian journalistZahra Kazemi of charges of "semi-intentional murder".
*July 30 : Two audits claim that suspendedCanada Post presidentAndre Ouellet overlooked contract-tendering and hiring protocols and ran a massive expense budget; he is given a week to explain his actions.August
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August 5 :Bill Clinton signs his autobiography "My Life" at aToronto bookstore and draws huge lineups.
*August 6 : Former NDP MPSvend Robinson pleads guilty to theft over $5000 for stealing a ring, and receives a conditional discharge; he avoids jail time and a criminal record but receives a sentence of 100 hours of community service.
*August 9 :Lethbridge ,Alberta city councillorDar Heatherington resigns after being convicted of public mischief.
*August 12 :Andre Ouellet resigns as head ofCanada Post .
*August 19 :Lyse Lemieux ,Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec , resigns her position as a result of criminal charges.
*August 20 :Groupe TVA andSun Media announce plans to acquireToronto, Ontario television stationToronto One fromCHUM Limited when CHUM purchases theCraig Media stations.
*August 20 :Catherine Clark is announced as the new host of a daily local talk show inOttawa, Ontario .
*August 24 :Louise Charron andRosalie Abella are nominated to theSupreme Court of Canada .
*August 25 : AToronto man takes one woman hostage outside of Union Station before being shot dead by a Toronto Police Emergency Task Force sniper.
*August 26 :Larry Fisher denied parole.Saskatchewan plans aninquiry possibly starting in 2005 into the incident.
*August 26 :Todd Bertuzzi enters not guilty plea inBritish Columbia court for assaultingSteve Moore .
*August 29 : Closing ceremonies for the2004 Summer Olympics are held. Canada wins 12 medals, its lowest medal count since taking 10 at the1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
*August 30 : Charron and Abella are formally appointed to the SCOC.
*August 30 : TheCanadian Passport Office asks permission to use facial recognition technology to detect potential terrorists.eptember
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September 2 :Minor league baseball (AAA)Pacific Coast League baseball leaves Canada as theEdmonton Trappers play their last game.
*September 8 : Canada gives theUnited Nations $20 million forSudan peacekeeping .
*September 10 : The federal government announces $500-million to help cattle farmers hurt by the restricted trade of cattle stemming from one case of Mad Cow disease in 2003.
*September 10 : FormerLethbridge ,Alberta , city councillorDar Heatherington is given a 20-month conditional sentence forpublic mischief .
*September 13 -15: Health care conference inOttawa between Prime MinisterPaul Martin and the provinces.
*September 13 : Canada's first same-sex divorce occurs, inOntario .
*September 16 :Same-sex marriage in Manitoba : The Supreme Court ofManitoba rules the province's ban on same-sex marriages unconstitutional.
*September 18 :John Tory wins the leadership of theProgressive Conservative Party of Ontario .
*September 22 : Ottawa forgives debts ofSenegal ,Ghana andEthiopia .
*September 22 : CanadianFairuz Yamucky , who was held captive inIraq for 16 days, is returned home.
*September 24 :Same-sex marriage in Nova Scotia : The Supreme Court ofNova Scotia rules the province's ban on same-sex marriages unconstitutional.
*September 27 :Calgary Health Region investigatesE. coli outbreak affecting more than 600 people. Three localrestaurant s suspected.
*September 29 : About 24North Korean s inBeijing ,China , successfully scale the wall of the Canadian embassy seeking asylum.
*September 29 :Nelson, British Columbia city council reject plan to build amonument dedicated to Americandraft dodger s.
*September 29 : TheMontreal Expos play their last game inMontreal . The team moved toWashington, DC for 2005.
*September 30 : It is announced that Governor GeneralAdrienne Clarkson will serve an additional year as Canada's viceroy.
*September 30 :Air Canada emerges from bankruptcy protection.October
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October 1 : Governor GeneralAdrienne Clarkson 's term extended one year.
*October 1 :Manitoba ,New Brunswick , andAlberta introduce new anti-smoking laws.
*October 2 : Poet/musicianMeryn Cadell comes out astransgender onCBC Radio One .
*October 4 : Canada's firstminority government since 1979 is sworn in.
*October 4 :Amnesty International releases a report slamming Canada's lack of protection of Aboriginal women.
*October 4 : Canada opens an investigation against United Nations Relief and Works Agency for possible relations withHamas terrorists.
*October 5 :Speech from the Throne
*October 5 : A fire aboard warship|HMCS|Chicoutimi|SSK 879, located off the coast ofIreland , leaves 57 sailors adrift.
*October 6 :Same-sex marriage in Canada : TheSupreme Court of Canada begins three days of hearings to determine the legality of same-sex marriage under the Constitution.
*October 13 : warship|HMCS|Chicoutimi|SSK 879 LieutenantChris Saunders 's funeral is held at a Halifax, Nova Scotia church.
*October 14 : ABoeing 747 MK Airlines cargo plane crashes after takeoff atHalifax International Airport .
*October 17 : The ten finalists in the CBC's "The Greatest Canadian " series are announced. They are SirFrederick Banting ,Alexander Graham Bell ,Tommy Douglas ,Terry Fox ,Wayne Gretzky , SirJohn A. Macdonald ,Lester B. Pearson ,David Suzuki ,Pierre Trudeau and, in a surprise which many Canadian media commentators have heavily mocked, Don Cherry.
*October 19 : A lawyer inToronto successfully challenges a traffic ticket on the basis that the city had not posted bilingual traffic signs in accordance withOntario 's "French Language Services Act" of 1986. The city is expected to appeal the decision.
*October 20 :British Columbia lowers its provincial sales tax from 7.5% to 7%.
*October 20 : The Canadian dollar closes at $0.8029, its first time above $0.80 since 1993.
*October 25 :Alberta premierRalph Klein obtains a dissolution of the legislature; an election is called forNovember 22 .
*October 28 : Minister of JusticeIrwin Cotler sendsSteven Truscott 's case to theOntario Court of Appeal , 45 years after the sentence to hang.
*October 28 :Supreme Court of Canada rulesNewfoundland and Labrador was justified in deferringpay equity to women during a financial crisis.November
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November 4 : Two couples file suit forsame-sex marriage in Newfoundland and Labrador .
*November 4 :Citizenship and Immigration Canada web traffic jumps sharply as manyU.S. Democratic Party supporters react to the recent U.S. election
*November 5 :Same sex marriage in Saskatchewan : ASaskatchewan judge declares that same-sex couples have the right to marry in that province.
*November 12 : TheSaskatoon Police Department fire two constables for their involvement in theNeil Stonechild case.
*November 15 : TheUnited States Department of Homeland Security tightens border security at three checkpoints, includingBlue Water Bridge inSarnia, Ontario — 17 other checkpoints will have similar security before 2005, part of theUS-VISIT programme.
*November 15 : TheU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission opens a civil fraud lawsuit againstConrad Black .
*November 16 : It is announced that U.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush will visit CanadaNovember 30 for a two-day visit, his first formal visit to the country since becoming president in 2001.
*November 18 : Prime MinisterPaul Martin expelsMississauga—Erindale Member of Parliament Carolyn Parrish from the Liberal Partycaucus , after the controversial MP tells theCanadian Press she feels no loyalty to the party or the prime minister.
*November 18 : TheCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission approves an application by the Americannews channel FOX News for a digital licence.
*November 19 : The CRTC approvesCHUM Limited 's purchase ofCraig Media .
*November 21 : The Toronto Argonauts win theGrey Cup for the first time since 1997.
*November 22 :Ralph Klein wins his 4th mandate as Premier ofAlberta
*November 29 :Tommy Douglas is voted "The Greatest Canadian " in a CBC popular television series poll..
*November 30 : U.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush arrives inOttawa for a two-day official visit.December
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December 9 : TheSupreme Court of Canada issues its decision for the same-sex marriage sent to it by theGovernment of Canada . The court finds that the federal government has jurisdiction over the definition of marriage and can pass a law to change it.
*December 19 : Prime Minister Paul Martin arrives inLibya for an official two-day visit. This is the first visit to that country by a Canadian prime minister.
*December 21 : TheSupreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador legalizes same-sex marriage.
*December 23 : Danny Williams, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador pulls down the Canadian flags in a protest of his province's treatment by the federal government.
*December 27 : TheCanadian government donates $ 4 million to the2004 Indian Ocean earthquake relief effort and pledge a further $36 million.
*December 29 : TheUnited States Department of Agriculture announces the resumption of beef importation effectiveMarch 7 ,2005 after banning it after findingmad cow disease in oneAlberta pig.Arts and literature
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Wayson Choy , "All That Matters"
*Jane Jacobs , "Dark Age Ahead "
*Alice Munro , "Runaway"
*Miriam Toews , "A Complicated Kindness "Awards
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Giller Prize :Alice Munro , "Runaway"
*Governor General's Awards : See2004 Governor General's Awards .
*Griffin Poetry Prize :Anne Simpson , "Loop"
*Stephen Leacock Award : Ian Ferguson, "Village of the Small House: A Memoir of Sorts"
*Juno Awards of 2004 Film
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February 29 -Denys Arcand 's film "The Barbarian Invasions " wins theAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Television
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January 12 : "Rick Mercer Report " and "This Is Wonderland " debut on the CBCports
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January 25 :Chris Benoit of Edmonton winsWorld Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)'s 2003 Royal Rumble
*January 29 :Hockey Canada and theCanadian Hockey League jointly announceVancouver will host the2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
*February 9 : CanadianClara Hughes wins bronze in theworld speed skating championship
*February 10 : The Canadian softball team wins silver in theworld softball championship
*February 10 : CanadianFrançois Bourque wins bronze in theworld junior alpine ski championship
*February 29 :Colleen Jones 'curling team wins the Scott Tournament of Hearts, inRed Deer, Alberta , 7-4
*March 6 -14: Nokia Brier atSaskatoon, Saskatchewan
*March 11 :Vancouver Canucks forwardTodd Bertuzzi suspended without pay for remainder of regular season and playoffs for injuringSteve Moore of theColorado Avalanche
*March 14 : CanadianChris Benoit wins the World Heavyweight Championship atWrestleMania XX (World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE))
*April 6 : Canada wins theIIHF 2004 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships defeating theUnited States , 2-0 in Halifax, Nova Scotia
*April 19 : Canadians Edge andChris Benoit win World Tag Team Championships on "RAW" (World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE))
*April 24 : Canada wins the Women's World Curling Championship
*May 9 : TheCanadian national men's hockey team wins the Men's World Ice Hockey Championships 5-3 over Sweden
*May 29 : Peter Gibbons winsCASCAR 'sMOPAR 250 atDelaware Speedway
*May 31 : CanadianSylvain Grenier and his tag team partnerRob Conway win World Tag Team Championships on "RAW" (World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE))
*June 6 : Peter Gibbons winsCASCAR 'sPower Water 200 atCayuga 2000 Speedway
*June 12 :Mark Dilley winsCASCAR 'sDodge Dealers of Ontario 200 atPeterborough Speedway
*June 20 :Jeff Lapcevich winsCASCAR 'sClarington 200 atMosport International Raceway
*July 4 :Dave Whitlock winsCASCAR 'sCanada Day Shootout atCayuga 2000 Speedway
*July 10 :Jeff Lapcevich winsCASCAR Toronto Indy 100 km at theToronto Molson Indy
*July 11 : Canadian Edge winsWWE Intercontinental Championship at Vengeance (World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
*July 24 :Jeff Lapcevich winsCASCAR 'sCanadian Tire 100 at theVancouver Molson Indy
*July 31 :Dave Whitlock winsCASCAR 'sMOPAR Parts 300 atRace City Motorsport Park
*September 14 : Canada wins the World Cup of Hockey
*November 21 :92nd Grey Cup inOttawa Births
Deaths
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January 4 -Robert Hylton Brisco , politician
*January 7 -Doug Creighton , founder of the "Toronto Sun "
*January 7 -Doug Morton , member of theRegina Five (painter)
*January 15 -Alex Barris , actor and writer
*January 17 -Jim Penner , Manitoba politician
*February 8 -Nicholas Goldschmidt , conductor
*February 9 -Gerald Bouey , former Governor of the Bank of Canada
*February 9 -Claude Ryan , formerQuebec Parti libéral du Québec leader
*February 9 -Janusz Zurakowski , first man to fly theAvro Arrow
*February 21 -Guido Molinari , artist
*February 29 - Toni Onley, painter
* February 29 -Nat Taylor , inventor of thecineplex
*March 5 -Tooker Gomberg ,environmentalist and former politician commits suicide by jumping from a Halifax-Dartmouth bridge
*March 18 -Harrison McCain , co-founder ofMcCain Foods Limited
*March 19 -Mitchell Sharp ,politician
*March 20 orMarch 21 -Pierre Sévigny , war hero and former cabinet minister, involved inMunsinger Affair scandal
*March 24 -Ontario LiberalMember of Provincial Parliament Dominic Agostino
*March 26 -Sheldon Oberman , children's writer
*May 9 -Eric Kierans , economist and politician
*June 4 -Brian Linehan , interviewer
*June 14 -Jack McClelland , publisher
*June 17 -Gerry McNeil , hockey player
*July 11 -Frances Hyland , stage actress
*July 12 -Betty Oliphant , co-founder ofNational Ballet School
*July 19 -Sylvia Daoust , sculptor
*July 30 -Andre Noble , actor
*September 4 -Moe Norman , professional golfer
*September 5 -Gerald Stairs Merrithew , politician
*September 10 -Leonard Birchall , aviator
*September 15 - Walter Stewart, journalist
*October 3 -John Cerutti , baseball announcer
*October 16 - Doug Bennett, singer
*October 19 -Calvin Ruck , activist and senator
*October 19 -Lewis Urry , engineer and inventor
*October 27 -Al Clouston , humorist
*November 13 -Ellen Fairclough , first female cabinet minister
*November 16 - John Morgan, comedian
*November 30 -Pierre Berton , author
*December 16 -Lawrence O'Brien , politician
*December 22 -Alice Strike , Canada's last surviving femaleWorld War I veteran
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