2018 in Canada
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Events from the year2018 in Canada.
Incumbents
[edit]The Crown
[edit]Federal government
[edit]Provincial governments
[edit]Lieutenant governors
[edit]- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta–Lois Mitchell
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia–Judith Guichon(until April 24), thenJanet Austin
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba–Janice Filmon
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick–Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau
- Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador–Frank Fagan(until May 3), thenJudy Foote
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia–Arthur LeBlanc
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario–Elizabeth Dowdeswell
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island–Antoinette Perry
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec–J. Michel Doyon
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan–Vaughn Solomon Schofield(until March 21), thenW. Thomas Molloy
Premiers
[edit]- Premier of Alberta–Rachel Notley
- Premier of British Columbia–John Horgan
- Premier of Manitoba–Brian Pallister
- Premier of New Brunswick–Brian Gallant(until November 9), thenBlaine Higgs
- Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador–Dwight Ball
- Premier of Nova Scotia–Stephen McNeil
- Premier of Ontario–Kathleen Wynne(until June 29), thenDoug Ford
- Premier of Prince Edward Island–Wade MacLauchlan
- Premier of Quebec–Philippe Couillard(until October 18), thenFrançois Legault
- Premier of Saskatchewan–Brad Wall(until February 2), thenScott Moe
Territorial governments
[edit]Commissioners
[edit]- Commissioner of Nunavut–Nellie Kusugak
- Commissioner of the Northwest Territories–Margaret Thom
- Commissioner of Yukon–Doug Phillips(until January 31),vacant(January 31 to March 12), thenAngélique Bernard
Premiers
[edit]- Premier of Nunavut–Paul Quassa(until June 14), thenJoe Savikataaq
- Premier of the Northwest Territories–Bob McLeod
- Premier of Yukon–Sandy Silver
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- January 13 to 21 –2018 Canadian Junior Curling Championships.
- January 21 – TheNew Democratic Party of Quebec leadership electionresulted inRaphael Fortinbeing chosen as the new leader for theNew Democratic Party of Quebec.[2]
- January 27 – TheSaskatchewan Party leadership electionresulted inScott Moebeing chosen as the new leader for theSaskatchewan Party.[3]
February
[edit]- February 3 – TheBritish Columbia Liberal Party leadership electionresulted inAndrew Wilkinsonbeing chosen as the new leader of theBritish Columbia Liberal Party[4]
March
[edit]- March 3 – TheSaskatchewan New Democratic Party leadership electionresulted inRyan Meilibeing chosen as the new leader for theSaskatchewan New Democratic Party.[5]
- March 5 – York University strike starts.
- March 10 – TheOntario Progressive Conservative Party leadership electionresulted inDoug Fordbeing chosen as the new leader for theProgressive Conservative Party of Ontario.
- March 11 – Daylight saving time goes into effect.
- March 17–25 –2018 Ford World Women's Curling ChampionshipinNorth Bay.
April
[edit]- April 6 – 16 are killed in theHumboldt Broncos bus crashinvolving the team bus for theHumboldt Broncos,a junior hockey team in theSaskatchewan Junior Hockey League,and asemi-trailer truck.
- April 7 – TheNew Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island leadership electionresulted inJoe Byrnebeing chosen as the new leader for theNew Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island.
- April 23 – A van strikes a group of pedestrians inToronto,killing ten and injuring at least 15.The driver then flees the scene but is later arrested, according to Toronto Police, who are still handling the investigation. Terrorist involvement has not been ruled out.(BBC)(Globe News)(The Guardian)
- April 29 – TheProgressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership electionresulted inChes Crosbiebeing chosen as the new leader of theProgressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador.
May
[edit]- May 11 –United Nationsannounces it is concerned Canada is not doing enough forIndigenous people's status.[6]
- May 18 – A massive fire destroys several buildings in downtownBrandon, Manitoba.
- May 18 to 27 –2018 Memorial Cup,was held at theBrandt CentreinRegina,Saskatchewan.[7]
June
[edit]- June 4 – A teenage girl is sentenced to 40 months imprisonment after being convicted of themurder of Serena McKayinSagkeeng First Nation,Lake Winnipeg.McKay had been severely beaten by two female classmates and then left to die of hypothermia. The attack was videoed and posted to social media.[8]
- June 7 – In theOntario general election,[9]theProgressive Conservative Party of Ontariogain a majority, theNDPbecoming the official opposition andGreen PartyleaderMike Schreinerwon thefirst ever elected seatfor that party in the Ontario parliament.
- June 8 and 9 – The44th G7 summitis held inLa Malbaie, Quebec,Canada.[10]
- June 11 to 17 –2018 FIBA Under-18 Americas Championshipwere held inSt. Catharines,Ontario.[11]
- June 19 – The Parliament of Canada passes the final version of theCannabis Actto legalize recreational use ofcannabis.It will take effect on October 17.[12]
July
[edit]- July 5 – The2018 North American heat wavetook place.[13][14]
- July 18 – The2018 Canadian cabinet reshuffletook place.[15]
- July 22 – A gunman kills two people and injures thirteen others in ashooting rampageinToronto,Ontario.
August
[edit]- August 6 –Saudi Arabiawithdraws its Ambassador from Canada and orders the expulsion of the Canadian Ambassador, in response to Canadian criticism of its poor human rights record.[16]
- August 10 – Four people are killed in amass shooting in Fredericton.
September
[edit]- September 20–22 –2018 CS Autumn Classic InternationalinOakville.
- September 24 –New Brunswick general election,Blaine Higgsand theProgressive Conservativeswin the most seats, but not a majority. PremierBrian Gallantand theLiberalscontinue in power as aminoritygovernment (though having one less seat then the PCs) at the invitation of the lieutenant governor.
October
[edit]- October 1 –Quebec general election,Francois Legaultand theCoalition Avenir Québecwin a majority of seats, easily defeating PremierPhilippe Couillardand theLiberals,Jean-Francois Liseeand theParti Québécois.The CAQ is the first political party since 1970 to win a Quebec provincial election, that was neither Liberal or PQ.
- October 2 –Donna Strickland,an associate professor at theUniversity of Waterloo,shares the award for theNobel Prize in Physicsfor the co-invention ofchirped pulse amplification.
- October 13–20 –2018 World Mixed Curling ChampionshipinKelowna.
- October 16 – Yukon municipal elections.
- October 20 – British Columbia municipal elections.
- October 22 –Ontario municipal elections.
- October 24 – Manitoba municipal elections.
- October 26–28 –2018 Skate Canada InternationalinLaval
November
[edit]- November 4 – Daylight saving time ends.
- November 5 – Prince Edward Island municipal elections.
December
[edit]- December 6–9 –2018–19 Grand Prix of Figure Skating FinalinVancouver.
Deaths
[edit]- 5 January –Jacques Genest,physician and scientist (born1919)
- 8 January –Donnelly Rhodes,actor (born1937)
- 18 January –Nancy Richler,novelist (born1957)
- 25 January –Tommy Banks,pianist and senator (born1936)
- 31 January
- Alf Humphreys,actor (born1953)
- Leah LaBellesinger (born1986)[17]
- 1 February –William Whitehead,writer (born1931)
- 3 February –Bert Brown,senator (born1938)
- 17 February –Dorothy Rungeling,pilot (born1911)
- 22 February –Richard E. Taylor,physicist (born1929)
- 23 February –James Laxer,historian (born1941)
- 1 March –Alexander Buchanan,hip hop artist known by stage name Bender (born1980)
- 2 March –Ronnie Prophet,country singer (born1937)
- 4 March –Moe Racine,football player (born1937)
- 12 March –Danièle Dorice,singer and teacher (born1935)
- 15 March –Bev Desjarlais,politician (born1955)
- 25 March –André Bourbeau,politician (born1936)
- 27 March –James "Quick" Parker,football player (born1958)
- 22 April –Keith Ashfield,politician (born1952)
- 2 May –Bill Torrey,hockey executive (born1934)
- 2 May –Gord Brown,politician (born1960)
- 2 May –Paul Dick,politician (born1940)
- 13 May –Margot Kidder,actress (born1948)
- 19 May –Arvi Liimatainen,film and television producer
- 16 June –Josef Kates,engineer (born1921)
- 28 June -Denis Akiyama,japanese movie actor (born1952)
- 30 June –Smoke Dawg,rapper, singer, and songwriter (born1996)
- 15 July –Ray Emery,hockey player (born1985)
- 18 July –Larry Robinson,football player (born1942)
- 25 July –Bob Brady,football player (born1930)
- 25 July –Sergio Marchionne,businessman (born1952)
- 1 August –Rick Genest,artist known as Zombie Boy (born1985)
- 8 August –Élise Paré-Tousignant,music administrator and pedagogue (born1937)[18]
- 19 August –Alastair Gillespie,politician (born1922)
- 23 September –Eric Berntson,politician (born1941)
- 14 October –Donald Stovel Macdonald,politician (born1932)
- 3 November –Chris Bradshaw,politician (born1944)
- 11 December -John Henry Jackson,football player and restaurateur (born 1938)[19]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Queen Elizabeth II | The Canadian Encyclopedia".www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.Retrieved4 December2022.
- ^"NDP-Quebec to elect new leader in January".Montreal Gazette.The Canadian Press.7 July 2017.Retrieved11 October2017.
- ^"Sask. Party to elect new leader in January 2018".CBC News.19 August 2017.Retrieved11 October2017.
- ^.Shaw, Rob (30 August 2017)."B.C. Liberals open leadership race and set the rules".Vancouver Sun.Retrieved11 October2017.
- ^"Sask. NDP to elect a new leader on March 3, 2018".CBC News. 16 September 2017.Retrieved11 October2017.
- ^"Canada not doing enough on issues facing Indigenous women, UN human rights council says - CBC News".
- ^"Regina to host 100th Memorial Cup in 2018".Sportsnet.18 February 2017.Retrieved11 October2017.
- ^"Manitoba teen who took part in fatal beating gets more than three years in prison".Toronto Star.4 June 2018.
- ^Ferguson, Rob (October 19, 2016)."Ontario moves election date to June 7, 2018".The Toronto Star.ISSN0319-0781.RetrievedDecember 31,2017.
- ^"Canada to host 2018 meeting of G7 leaders in Charlevoix, Quebec".Toronto Star.The Canadian Press. 25 May 2017.Retrieved11 October2017.
- ^Frankie, Bernd (12 April 2017)."St. Catharines nets 2018 FIBA under-18 boys Americas championships".St. Catharines Standard.Postmedia News. Archived fromthe originalon 11 October 2017.Retrieved11 October2017.
- ^"Canada just legalized marijuana. That has big implications for US drug policy".19 June 2018.
- ^Bilefsky, Dan (5 July 2018)."Record-Smashing Heat Wave Kills 33 in Quebec".The New York Times.
- ^"Dangerous heat wave hitting U.S. over Fourth of July weekend".www.cbsnews.com.
- ^"Trudeau adds 5 new ministers in cabinet shakeup that puts focus on seniors, border security | CBC News".CBC.Retrieved2018-07-18.
- ^"Foreign Ministry 🇸🇦 on Twitter".
- ^Pedersen, Erik (2018-02-01)."'American Idol' Finalist Leah LaBelle & Ex-NBA Player Husband Killed In Car Crash ".Deadline.Retrieved2024-03-01.
- ^Paquette, Valérie (August 10, 2018)."Élise Paré-Tousignant nous a quittés"[Élise Paré-Tousignant has left us] (in French). InfoPortneuf.RetrievedNovember 14,2022.
- ^Morgan Campbell,"John Henry Jackson was a quarterback, restaurateur and pioneer"Archived2022-09-16 at theWayback Machine.Toronto Star,December 13, 2018.
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