Events 2006 in Canada

1 events

1.1 january march
1.2 april june
1.3 july september
1.4 october december
1.5 full date unknown

events
january march

january 1 – thirty cities across province of quebec reconstituted result of referendum held on june 20, 2004.
january 10–29 seniors injured in toronto bus crash.
january 23 – 39th canadian general election results in conservative party of canada holding largest number of seats in parliament, meaning stephen harper become first conservative prime minister.
february 1 – justice john gomery releases final report of royal commission investigating federal sponsorship scandal.
february 6 – stephen harper sworn in 22nd prime minister of canada.
february 11 – rodney macdonald wins leadership of nova scotia progressive conservative party.
february 24 – rodney macdonald sworn in 32nd premier of nova scotia.
february 24 – marshall rothstein nominated supreme court of canada prime minister stephen harper. rothstein first supreme court nominee face all-party committee hearing in parliament before appointment confirmed.
march 2 – supreme court of canada rules in favour of gurbaj singh multani, saying kirpan can worn in canadian schools.
march 23 – british-led multinational military operation involving american, british, canadian , iraqi forces results in release of 3 christian peacemaker hostages held in iraq 4 months; briton norman kember , canadians harmeet singh sooden , james loney.

april june

april 16 – hunter jim martell kills grizzly-polar bear hybrid on banks island in northwest territories.
may 15 – village of embrun, ontario has 150th anniversary.
may 16 – canada 2006 census day.
may 29 – labour dispute leads one-day shutdown of toronto transit commission, stranding commuters in toronto, ontario.
may 31 – 100 millimeters of rain in few hours caused landslides in , around small town of la tuque, in central quebec, damaging roads , flooding houses. state emergency decreted right away , people has been evacuated.
june 2 – terrorism plot—more 400 police officers raid homes in toronto , mississauga, ontario, , arrest 15 people (10 men , 5 youths), part of terrorist cell. men born in canada , reportedly planning attack parliament in ottawa, bank of toronto, military installations, kidnap deputees , behead prime minister stephen harper.
june 13 – nova scotia general election, 2006 won rodney macdonald s conservatives.
june 26 – prime minister stephen harper apologizes on behalf of canadian government chinese head tax.

july september

july 7 – 2 police officers shot , killed in spiritwood, saskatchewan.
july 17 – series of severe thunderstorms hits ontario, causing worst damage province s power grid since ice storm of 1998 , killing 2 people. communities in sudbury, manitoulin , nipissing regions go without power week before can restored. see great lakes-atlantic coast derecho.
august 2 – day after record-breaking heat in ontario , quebec , 2 weeks following series of powerful storms, severe thunderstorms hit vast swath of cottage country in central , eastern ontario. 8 confirmed tornadoes touch down, single largest one-day outbreak in province since 1985. 2 strongest tornadoes rated f2, 1 near bancroft , other direct hit on town of combermere in renfrew county. close 200,000 residents lose power in storms , more 20,000 remain without power on 1 week after event. extensive property , forest damage results. amazingly no fatalities result.
august 9 – journalist barbara kay publishes controversial piece in national post, rise of quebecistan , accuses several quebec politicians of endorsing terrorism , anti-semitism.
august 13 – xvi international aids conference opens in toronto. prime minister stephen harper criticized in media declining attend.
august 26 – elizabeth may elected leader of green party of canada.
september 13 – 2 people killed , nineteen injured in dawson college shooting in montreal.
september 16 – jan wong publishes controversial piece in globe , mail, under desk , alleging dawson college shooter kimveer gill motivated linguistic , cultural alienation quebec society.
september 18 – new brunswick general election, 2006 won shawn graham s liberal party.
september 30 – highway overpass on autoroute 19 in laval collapses, killing 5 people , injuring 6 others.

october december

october 3 – shawn graham becomes premier of new brunswick, replacing bernard lord.
october 4 – turner review , investigation released. prompted murder of zachary turner, report concluded infant s death preventable , newfoundland , labrador s social services system did not adequately act protect him mother.
october 18 – mp garth turner suspended conservative caucus criticizing prime minister stephen harper in online blog.
october 19 – environment minister rona ambrose introduces controversial clean air act, criticized environmentalists , opposition politicians offering virtually no substantive action on climate change until @ least 2011. during debate on act, several opposition politicians allege hear external affairs minister peter mackay refer liberal mp belinda stronach dog.
october 20 – canadian radio-television , telecommunications commission approves sale of controversial quebec city radio station choi-fm rnc media.
october 23 – inco limited shareholders accept takeover offer brazilian mining corporation companhia vale rio doce.
october 25 – krista , tatiana hogan, conjoined twins, born in vancouver.
november 25 – first round of balloting in progressive conservative association of alberta leadership election, 2006. no candidate achieved 50% of votes, runoff held on december 2 between top 3 finishers jim dinning, ted morton , ed stelmach.
november 27 – house of commons votes recognise québécois ethnic group nation within canada in informal motion.
november 27 – byelections held in ridings of london north centre , repentigny; glen pearson retains london north centre liberals, , raymond gravel retains repentigny bloc québécois.
december 2 – liberal party of canada leadership election, 2006 held. liberal delegates select stéphane dion new leader. second round of balloting in progressive conservative association of alberta leadership election, 2006 selects ed stelmach new leader.
december 14 – ed stelmach sworn in premier of alberta.

full date unknown

the caledonia land dispute escalates when ontario provincial police move in remove protesters stopped.
falconbridge ltd. acquired swiss mining company xstrata.
rogers wireless begin deployment of canada s first 3g wireless network.




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