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Canada-related events during the year of 1968
Events from the year1968 in Canada .
Provincial governments [ edit ] Lieutenant governors [ edit ] Territorial governments [ edit ] Arts and literature [ edit ] Margaret Atwood –The Animals in That Country Mary Alice Downie andBarbara Robertson ,editors,The Wind Has Wings ,anthology of 77 Canadian poems for children (anthology)Dennis Lee ,editor,T. O. Now ,anthology of 13 "apprentice poets living in Toronto" (anthology)Joe Rosenblatt ,Winter of the Luna Moon Irving Layton ,The Shattered Plinths ,60 new poemsLeonard Cohen ,Selected Poems, 1956-1968 Al Purdy ,Wild Grape Wine Dorothy Livesay ,The Documentaries ,poems from the 1930s and 1940s, and including "Roots", a long poemShawn Graham in 2007 January 1 –Darren Greer ,writer
January 5 –Joé Juneau ,ice hockey player
January 7 –Tara Croxford ,field hockey player
January 13 –Pat Onstad ,international soccer player
January 14 –Michael Meldrum ,swimmer
January 19 -Matt Hill ,voice actor
January 28 –Sarah McLachlan ,musician, singer and songwriter
February 1 –Mark Recchi ,ice hockey player
February 9 –Joel Brough ,field hockey player
February 22 –Shawn Graham ,politician and 31stPremier of New Brunswick
February 27 –Matt Stairs ,baseball player
March 14 –Megan Follows ,Canadian-American actress[5]
March 17 –Patty Sullivan ,television personality
March 30 –Celine Dion ,singer, songwriter and actress[6] April 12 –Adam Graves ,ice hockey player
April 18 –David Hewlett ,UK-born actor
April 20 –Evan Solomon ,writer, magazine publisher and television host
May 8 – Louise Stratten, actress and younger sister of the murdered actressDorothy Stratten
May 12 –Jane Kerr ,swimmer
May 14 –Mary DePiero ,diver[7]
May 20 –William Irwin ,boxer
May 30 –Jason Kenney ,politician and Minister
June 1 –Jeff Hackett ,ice hockey player and coach
June 7 –Macha Grenon ,actress
June 10 –Susan Haskell ,actress
June 16 –Lyne Poirier ,judoka
June 27 –Pascale Bussières ,actress
June 29 –Theoren Fleury ,ice hockey player[8] July 2 –Mark Tewksbury ,swimmer and Olympic gold medalist
July 11 –Michael Cram ,actor and singer-songwriter
July 12 –Paul Hopkins ,actor
July 22 –Harry Taylor ,swimmer
July 23 –Shawn Levy ,director and producer
August 5 –Terri Clark ,country music singer
August 10 –Greg Hawgood ,ice hockey player
August 20 –Jody Holden ,beach volleyball player
September 9 –Lisa Lougheed ,singer and actress
September 19 –Shawn Doyle ,actor
September 20 –Leah Pinsent ,actress
September 22 –Lisa Alexander ,synchronised swimmer
September 23 –Donna McGinnis ,swimmer October to December [ edit ] October 2 –Sandy Goss ,swimmer
October 2 –Glen Wesley ,ice hockey player
October 26 –Tom Cavanagh ,actor
November 1 –Andrea Nugent ,swimmer
November 3 –Debbie Rochon ,actress
November 5 –Terry McGurrin ,actor, comedian and writer
November 14 –Serge Postigo ,actor
November 19 –Gord Fraser ,road racing cyclist
November 25 –Jill Hennessy ,actress and musician, andJacqueline Hennessy ,actress and journalist
December 2 –Darren Ward ,swimmer
December 3 –Brendan Fraser ,actor
December 10 –Caroline Wittrin ,hammer thrower
December 17 –Paul Tracy ,racing car driver Ernest Charles Drury January 31 –George Arthur Brethen ,politician (b.1877 )
February 5 –Frances Loring ,sculptor (b.1887 )
February 13 –Portia White ,singer (b.1911 )
February 16 –Healey Willan ,organist and composer (b.1880 )
February 17 –Ernest Charles Drury ,politician, writer and 8thPremier of Ontario (b.1878 )
March 10 -William John Rose ,historian
March 22 -Margaret Duley ,Newfoundland author
April 29 –Aubin-Edmond Arsenault ,politician and Premier ofPrince Edward Island (b.1870 )
May 30 –Charles Gavan Power ,politician, Minister and Senator (b.1888 )
June 14 –John B. McNair ,lawyer, politician, judge and 22nd Lieutenant Governor ofNew Brunswick (b.1889 )
August 1 –Maurice Spector ,Chairman of theCommunist Party of Canada (b.1898 )
August 14 -Olivier Maurault ,French-Canadian historian
August 21 –Germaine Guèvremont ,French-Canadian writer (b.1893 )[9]
September 26 –Daniel Johnson, Sr. ,politician and 20thPremier of Quebec (b.1915 )
December 15 –Antonio Barrette ,politician and 18thPremier of Quebec (b.1899 )
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"Pierre Elliott Trudeau." Prime Minister of Canada. August 26, 2013. Accessed April 8, 2015.
^ Hubbard, Linda S.; Steen, Sara; O'Donnell, Owen (1989).Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television ISBN 978-0-8103-2070-3 .Retrieved17 March 2020 . ^ "Celine Dion | Biography, Songs, Awards, & Facts" .Encyclopedia Britannica .Retrieved10 February 2020 .^ "Mary DEPIERO - Olympic Diving | Canada" .International Olympic Committee .17 June 2016.Retrieved24 June 2019 .^ Biographical information and career statistics from
^ Kuiper, Kathleen (1995).Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature .Springfield: Merriam-Webster. p. 498.ISBN 978-0-87779-042-6
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