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List of Canadian events in 1998
Events from the year 1998 in Canada .
Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Premiers
Events
January to March
January 1 –
Toronto and six other communities are merged to form a new megacity.
[19]
Mel Lastman was sworn in as its first mayor.
[20] Three other Ontario cities were similarly merged on the same date in
2001 .
[21]
[22]
January 2 – Three separate avalanches in
British Columbia kill a total of nine people.
January 5 – The
Ice Storm of 1998 , caused by
El Niño , strikes southern
Ontario and
Quebec , resulting in widespread power failures, severe damage to forests, and a number of deaths.
January 6 –
Alan Eagleson pleads guilty to fraud.
January 7 – The federal government formally apologizes for the past mistreatment of
First Nations .
January 23 – The
Royal Bank and the
Bank of Montreal announce plans to merge, which are later scuttled by the federal government.
February 6 – The
Hudson's Bay Company takes over
Kmart Canada , folding it into its
Zellers chain.
February 10 –
Canadian National Railway merges with the
Illinois Central .
February 13 – Three girls, all under 18 years of age, are found guilty in
Victoria, British Columbia , of killing 14-year-old
Reena Virk . Three others plead guilty of assault.
February 16 –
Reference Re Secession of Quebec : The Supreme Court is asked to rule on the legality of unilateral Quebec secession.
February 18 – Controversial plans to include a
Holocaust memorial in the
Canadian War Museum are scrapped.
February 24 – In the federal budget, Finance Minister
Paul Martin delivers a balanced budget.
March 2 –
Daniel Johnson , leader of the
Quebec Liberal Party , announces his resignation.
March 6 – The
Dionne Quintuplets are given money and an apology by the Ontario government.
March 6 –
British Columbia doctors begin the first of a series of protests against funding shortages.
March 12 –
Quebec and
Newfoundland resolve the long-running
Churchill Falls dispute.
March 12 –
Mutual Life of Canada acquires
MetLife to become Canada's second-largest insurance company.
March 23 – Senator
Andy Thompson is forced to resign his
Senate seat after not attending for two years.
March 24 – The
Nova Scotia election leaves the
Liberals and
NDP tied for the most seats.
March 27 –
Jean Charest announces that he will seek the leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party.
March 27 – The federal government agrees to compensate
hepatitis C victims of tainted blood.
April to June
July to September
Canadian Coast Guard Ship
Henry Hudson searches for
Swissair Flight 111 debris following a crash off the coast of
Peggys Cove , Nova Scotia.
October to December
Arts and literature
New books
Awards
Music
Film
Television
Canada's
Sesame Street switches to showing exclusively Canadian content, renaming itself
Sesame Park , as it no longer uses any American made segments from Sesame Street
Canadian children's television show
Rolie Polie Olie debuts.
Dance
Sport
Births
January 9 –
Sean Day , Belgium-born ice hockey player
January 13 –
Gabrielle Daleman , figure skater
January 19 –
Ella Shelton , ice hockey player
February 3 –
Michael McLeod , ice hockey player
February 6 –
Aviva Mongillo , singer and actress
February 26 –
Isaac Durnford , actor
March 12 –
Annaleise Carr , swimmer
May 20 –
Nam Nguyen , figure skater
July 23 –
Houdini , rapper (died
2020 )
August 8 –
Shawn Mendes , singer/songwriter
August 13 –
Carter Hart , ice hockey goaltender
September 17 –
Richard Wang , chess player
October 26 –
Mattea Roach , tutor and
Jeopardy! contestant
October 29 –
Lance Stroll , race car driver
November 13 –
Melissa "Charlie" Storwick , singer-songwriter
December 6 – Micah Berry, actor
December 8 –
Anastasia Rizikov , pianist
December 30 –
Zachary Brault-Guillard , Haiti-born Canadian soccer player
Full date unknown
Deaths
January to March
January 1 –
Arthur Gelber , philanthropist (born
1915 )
January 12 –
Mark MacGuigan , academic and politician (born
1931 )
January 23 –
Donald Davis , actor (born
1928 )
January 28 –
Eddie Sargent , politician (born
1915 )
February 1 –
Sheila Watson , novelist, critic and teacher (born
1909 )
February 20 –
Bob McBride , singer (born
1946 )
February 25 –
W. O. Mitchell , writer (born
1914 )
March 13 –
Bill Reid , artist (born
1920 )
March 16 –
Yves Landry , president of
Chrysler Canada
April to June
April 3 –
Elmer Iseler , choir conductor and choral editor (born
1927 )
April 7 –
Nick Auf der Maur , journalist and politician (born
1942 )
April 16 –
Marie-Louise Meilleur , supercentenarian, the oldest validated Canadian ever (born
1880 )
April 27 –
John Bassett , publisher and media baron (born
1915 )
May 28 –
Phil Hartman , actor, comedian, screenwriter and graphic artist (born
1948 )
June 4
June 20 –
Bobby Gimby , orchestra leader, trumpeter and singer-songwriter (born
1918 )
June 27 –
Joyce Wieland , experimental filmmaker and mixed media artist (born
1931 )
July to September
October to December
October 1 –
Pauline Julien , singer, songwriter, actress and feminist activist (born
1928 )
[24]
October 13 –
Gérard Charles Édouard Thériault , general and
Chief of the Defence Staff (born
1932 )
October 17
November 9 –
Roland Hewgill , actor
November 13 –
Michel Trudeau , student (born
1975 )
November 22 –
Jack Shadbolt , painter (born
1909 )
December 9 –
Shaughnessy Cohen , politician (born
1948 )
December 16 –
John Gallagher , geologist and businessman (born
1916 )
December 23
December 24 –
Syl Apps , pole vaulter and ice hockey player (born
1915 )
Full date unknown
See also
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