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.[1]
  • March – The Apple iPhone is expected to be released on Rogers Wireless service provider.
  • March 3 – 2008 Alberta general election
  • 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
  • April 5 – The Quebec City Armoury burns down.
  • April 19 – Bowie Seamount on the British Columbia Coast becomes a Marine Protected Area.
  • April 26 – The Toronto Transit Commission's union, the ATU Local 113 voted against a contract causing mayhem throughout the city as they gave only an hour's notice to Torontonians. Strike ended the day after when they were forced back to work through legislation. It also revived the debate as to whether the TTC is an essential service or not.
  • May 30 – Maxime Bernier resigned from his federal cabinet post as Minister of Foreign Affairs, after a scandal where it was discovered that he had left confidential NATO briefing documents at the home of his former girlfriend, Julie Couillard. She was a former model who had past romantic links with members of the Hells Angels.
  • June 11 – The federal government officially apologizes for the systematic abuses inflicted to Aboriginal children in the residential school system.
  • June 14 – Howard Hampton announces his resignation from the leadership of the Ontario New Democratic Party, resulting in the commencement of the 2009 Ontario New Democratic Party leadership election.
  • June 20 – Presidential candidate John McCain speaks before the Economic Club of Toronto.

July to September

October to December
  • October 1 – French-language debate for federal party leaders
  • October 2 – English-language debate for federal party leaders
  • October 10 – 2008 British Columbia pipeline bombings: Letters were sent to local media outlets warning oil and gas companies to leave the area saying: "We will no longer negotiate with terrorists which you are as you keep endangering our families with crazy expansion of deadly gas wells in our home lands".
  • October 12 – 2008 British Columbia pipeline bombings: An explosion occurred on a sour gas pipeline to the east of Dawson Creek British Columbia.
  • October 14 – The 40th Canadian general election results in the Conservative Party of Canada holding the largest number of seats in the third consecutive minority Parliament. Stephen Harper remains Prime Minister.
  • October 16 – 2008 British Columbia pipeline bombings: A second blast hit a natural gas pipeline. Workers discovered the blast site at approximately 10:00 a.m. MT off of British Columbia Highway 2.
  • October 20 – Stéphane Dion announces his resignation as Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, effective upon the selection of his successor in May 2009.
  • October 22 – Economic crisis of 2008: The Loonie drops below $ .80US for the first time since mid-2005.
  • October 31 – 2008 British Columbia pipeline bombings: A third bomb detonated at a natural gas wellhead in the region of Dawson Creek
  • November 14 – Eva Aariak is selected as the new Premier of Nunavut at the Nunavut Leadership Forum in Iqaluit.[2]
  • December 1 – 2008 Canadian parliamentary dispute: The Liberal Party of Canada and the New Democratic Party sign an agreement to form a coalition government with the support of the Bloc Québécois if they are successful in ousting the Conservative minority government in a confidence vote.
  • December 4 – The 40th Canadian Parliament is prorogued preventing the Liberal-NDP from ousting the Conservative minority government as planned.
  • December 8 – 2008 Quebec general election
  • December 10 – Michael Ignatieff becomes the interim leader of the Liberal Party, succeeding Stéphane Dion. He is expected to be ratified as permanent leader at the May 2009 Liberal leadership convention.
  • December 28 – Two avalanches occur near Fernie killing 8 people and injuring 3 others.

Arts and literature

Film
Main article: List of Canadian films of 2008

Literature
Main article: 2008 in Canadian literature

Music
Main article: 2008 in Canadian music

Television
Main article: 2008 in Canadian television

Sport

Deaths

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

See also

References
  1. Queen Street Fire Article
  2. "Nunavut names new premier", The Globe and Mail, November 14, 2008.
  3. "Mayer confirmed as gallery director", The Globe and Mail, December 8, 2008.
  4. Jeffrey Buttle retires from figure skating
  5. Small, Peter (March 5, 2009). "Stefanie Rengel named attacker before she died". thestar.com. Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  6. Douchette, Chris (July 3, 2017). "Toronto homicide cop retires after 30 years". Toronto Sun. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  7. Your View: Remembering Don Wittman Archived June 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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