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List of Canadian events in 2008
Events from the year 2008 in Canada .
Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Premiers
Events
January to March
January 3 – In
Montreal , a false bomb threat forces the closing of
Victoria Bridge for four and a half hours.
January 12 – A
road accident near
Bathurst, New Brunswick leaves eight people dead, including seven teenagers and one woman. They were all members of the
Bathurst High School basketball team.
January 15 –
Europol
Operation Koala arrests 9 Canadians in connection to an international
paedophile ring.
January 28 –
CTV 's
Canada AM adds a second hosting team in western Canada, expanding the program to six hours and becoming the first morning television program in North America to air live in all time zones.
February 11 – The first of three treatment facilities open in
Halifax Regional Municipality a $400 million project to clean up the
Halifax Harbour
February 13 – An explosion occurs at a
Taco del Mar on
Broadway Street in Vancouver.
February 20 – A large fire in Toronto, ON destroyed several buildings on the south side of
Queen Street West , between Bathurst and Portland Streets.
[2]
March – The
Apple
iPhone is expected to be released on
Rogers Wireless service provider.
March 3 – The
2008 Alberta general election occurs. The
Progressive Conservative party, led by
Ed Stelmach , wins the election with a majority.
[3]
March 17 –
Federal by-elections in
Toronto Centre ,
Willowdale ,
Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River and
Vancouver Quadra .
March 28 – The start of the
2008 Canadian Commercial Seal Hunt
April to June
July to September
October to December
Date not known
Arts and literature
Film
Literature
Music
Television
Sport
January 16 – January 20 –
2008 Canadian Figure Skating Championships
Men's medalists –
Patrick Chan , gold;
Jeffrey Buttle , silver;
Shawn Sawyer , bronze.
Women's medalists –
Joannie Rochette , gold;
Mira Leung , silver;
Cynthia Phaneuf , bronze.
Pairs' medalists –
Anabelle Langlois /
Cody Hay , gold;
Jessica Dubé /
Bryce Davison , silver;
Meagan Duhamel /
Craig Buntin , bronze.
Dance medalists –
Tessa Virtue /
Scott Moir , gold;
Kaitlyn Weaver /
Andrew Poje , silver;
Allie Hann-McCurdy /
Michael Coreno , bronze.
February 11 – February 17 –
2008 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
March 17 – March 23 –
2008 World Figure Skating Championships
March 22 – March 30 – The
2008 World Women's Curling Championship is held at the
Wesbild Centre in
Vernon , British Columbia, Canada.
Jennifer Jones ' rink from Canada won the gold medal and became world champions.
April 4 – April 14 – The
2008 World Men's Curling Championship is held at
Ralph Engelstad Arena in
Grand Forks, North Dakota .
Kevin Martin 's rink from Canada won the gold medal and became world champions.
April 30 –
2008 CFL Draft :
Moose Jaw native and
Saskatchewan Huskies
Canadian football player
Dylan Barker is chosen first overall by the
Hamilton Tiger-Cats .
May 25 – The
Spokane Chiefs win their second
Memorial Cup by defeating the
Kitchener Rangers 4 to 1. The entire tournament was played at the
Kitchener Memorial Auditorium
July 19 – August 3 – 2008 Rogers Cup
Canada Masters Tennis Tournament: Men's event held in Toronto, women's event held in Montreal.
September 10 – Jeffrey Buttle retires from competitive figure skating.
[9]
September 19 –
Laval, Quebec 's
El Generico (Sami Zayn) and
Marieville, Quebec 's
Kevin Steen win their first
ROH Tag Team Championship by defeating at the
Boston University for
Ring of Honor 's
Driven 2008
November 22 – The
Laval Rouge et Or win their fifth
Vanier Cup by defeating the
Western Ontario Mustangs 44 to 21 in the
44th Vanier Cup played at
Ivor Wynne Stadium in
Hamilton
November 23 – The
Calgary Stampeders win their sixth
Grey Cup by defeating the
Montreal Alouettes 22 to 14 in the
96th Grey Cup played at
Olympic Stadium at
Montreal .
Niagara Falls, Ontario 's
Sandro DeAngelis was awarded the game's
Most Outstanding Canadian
Deaths
January
January 1 – Stefanie Rengel, age 14, is stabbed to death.
[10] David Bashaw, 17, and Melissa Todorovic, 15, were both tried as adults. Convicted of
first-degree murder , they received life sentences.
[11]
January 3 –
Milt Dunnell , sportswriter (born
1905 )
January 4 –
Mort Garson , electronic musician (born
1924 )
January 5 –
John Ashley ,
referee in the
National Hockey League (born
1930 )
January 10 –
Allan McEachern , lawyer, judge and university chancellor (born
1926 )
January 11 –
Murray Cohl , film producer, co-founder of the
Toronto Film Festival and
Canada's Walk of Fame (born
1929 )
January 19 –
Don Wittman , sportscaster (born
1936 )
[12]
January 20 –
Talivaldis Kenins , composer (born
1919 )
January 21 –
Pam Barrett , politician (born
1953 )
January 22 –
Mike Cacic ,
football player for
BC Lions (born
1937 )
February
March
March 2 –
Jeff Healey , jazz and blues-rock guitarist and vocalist (born
1966 )
March 8 –
Donald C. MacDonald , politician (born
1913 )
March 9 –
Simon Reisman , civil servant and chief negotiator of the
Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement (born
1919 )
March 11 –
J. I. Albrecht , manager and director in the
CFL (born
1931 )
March 15 –
Ken Reardon ,
ice hockey
defenceman (
Montreal Canadiens )(born
1921 )
March 18 –
Geoffrey Pearson , diplomat (born
1927 )
March 21 –
George Gross ,
sports journalist , founding sports editor of the
Toronto Sun (born
1923 )
March 24 –
Sherri Wood , journalist (
Toronto Sun ) (born
1979 )
March 28 –
Lorne Ferguson ,
ice hockey player (born
1930 )
April
May
June
June 2 –
Sheela Basrur , medical doctor and Chief Medical Officer of Health in
Ontario (born
1956 )
June 3 –
Pat Egan ,
ice hockey
defenceman (born
1918 )
June 4 –
Jack Byrne (politician) , member of
Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly , mayor of
LB-MC-OC (1986–1993) (born
1951 )
June 6 –
Edwin Tchorzewski , politician (born
1943 )
June 8 –
Charles-Noël Barbès , politician and lawyer (born
1914 )
June 11
June 15 –
Ray Getliffe ,
ice hockey player (born
1914 )
June 20 –
Bea Firth , politician (born
1946 )
June 21 –
William Vince , film producer,
Academy Award nominee (born
1963 )
June 25 –
Bill Robinson ,
ice hockey player (born
1921 )
June 30 –
Arthur Ryan Smith ,
serviceman , politician and
Order of Canada recipient (born
1919 )
July
July 3 –
Oliver Schroer , fiddler, composer and music producer (born
1956 )
July 6 –
Bob Ackles , executive for the
CFL 's
BC Lions (born
1938 )
July 14 –
Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite , novelist, spoken word artist, dub poet, essayist and musician (born
1963 )
July 16 –
Peanuts O'Flaherty ,
ice hockey player (born
1918 )
July 21 –
Sidney Craig , entrepreneur and
thoroughbred horse owner, co-founder of
Jenny Craig, Inc. (born
1932 )
July 22 –
Helen Gardiner , philanthropist and co-founder of the
Gardiner Museum (born
1938 )
July 23 –
N. Robin Crossby ,
game designer , creator of
Hârn role-playing system (born
1954 )
July 25 –
Joseph Gérard Lauri P. Landry , businessman,
senator (1996–1997) (born
1922 )
July 27 –
Fenwick Lansdowne ,
wildlife artist (born
1937 )
July 30
August
September
September 1 –
Thomas J. Bata , businessman (born
1914 )
September 4
September 6 –
Allan Lawrence , politician and Minister (born
1925 )
September 7 –
Larry Shaben , politician, member of
Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1975–1989) (born
1935 )
September 9 –
Richard Monette , actor and
director (born
1944 )
September 10 –
Gérald Beaudoin , lawyer and
senator (1988–2004) (born
1929 )
September 11 –
Bennett Campbell , (1988–2004) (born
1943 )
September 13 –
James W. Snow , politician, member of
Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1967–1985) (born
1929 )
September 15 –
Marion Dewar , politician,
mayor of Ottawa (1978–1985) (born
1928 )
September 18 –
Peter Kastner , actor (born
1943 )
September 23 –
Brock McElheran , conductor and composer (born
1918 )
September 25 –
Ralph Sazio ,
football coach (
Hamilton Tiger-Cats ) (born
1922 )
September 28 –
Anna-Marie Globenski , pianist and teacher (born
1929 )
October
November
December
December 1 –
Betty Goodwin , artist (born
1923 )
December 2 –
Edward Samuel Rogers , businessman, CEO of
Rogers Communications and owner of the
Toronto Blue Jays (born
1933 )
December 9 – Brenda Leipsic, politician (born
1942 )
December 14 –
Hank Goldup ,
ice hockey player (born
1918 )
December 15 –
Mike Blum ,
football player (
Toronto Argonauts ,
Hamilton Tiger-Cats ) (born
1943 )
December 16 –
Joe Krol ,
football player (
Toronto Argonauts ) (born
1919 )
December 21 –
James Fulton , politician,
Member of Parliament for
Skeena (1979–1993) (born
1950 )
December 24 –
Gordon Fairweather , politician,
Member of Parliament for
Royal , New Brunswick (1962–1977) (born
1923 )
See also
References
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"Queen Elizabeth II | The Canadian Encyclopedia" . www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca . Retrieved 4 December 2022 .
^
Queen Street Fire Article
^
"A timeline of Alberta elections since 1905" . CTV News . 6 May 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2024 .
^
"Ukrainian Famine and Genocide ("Holodomor") Memorial Day Act" . laws-lois.justice.gc.ca . 2008-05-29.
^
"Nunavut names new premier" ,
The Globe and Mail , November 14, 2008.
^
"Has God Forsaken Africa?" . Our Collection . National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 23 April 2016 .
^ Game List at
Vast Studios Official Site
^
"Mayer confirmed as gallery director" ,
The Globe and Mail , December 8, 2008.
^
Jeffrey Buttle retires from figure skating
^ Small, Peter (March 5, 2009).
"Stefanie Rengel named attacker before she died" . thestar.com . Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved 31 July 2017 .
^ Douchette, Chris (July 3, 2017).
"Toronto homicide cop retires after 30 years" .
Toronto Sun . Retrieved July 31, 2017 .
^
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