1988 in Canada

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See also: 1987 in Canada, other events of 1988, 1989 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

Contents

1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Arts and literature

3.1 New works
3.2 Awards

4 Births
5 Deaths

Incumbents

Events

January 28 - Canada's abortion laws are repealed by the Supreme Court.
February 13 - The XV Olympic Winter Games open in Calgary.
March 19 - Jacques Parizeau becomes leader of the Parti Québécois
May - HMCS Halifax, the first Halifax class frigate is launched in Saint John, New Brunswick
May 9 - Gary Filmon becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Howard Pawley
May 21 - The new National Gallery of Canada building opens in Ottawa
June 4 - The Canadian Heraldic Authority is established, with a mandate to grant armourial bearings to worthy Canadians and Canadian corporations. It is the first heraldic authority in the Commonwealth of Nations outside the United Kingdom.
July - The 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics take place in Sudbury, Ontario
July 21 - The War Measures Act is replaced by the Emergencies Act
August 9: Wayne Gretzky is traded to the Los Angeles Kings by the Edmonton Oilers with Mike Krushelnyski and Marty McSorley for Jimmy Carson, Martin Gelinas, the Los Angeles Kings 1989 First Round Draft Pick (later acquired by New Jersey Devils, who selected Jason Miller), 1991 (Martin Rucinsky), and 1993 (Nick Stajduhar) Entry Drafts and cash
September 22 - Prime Minister Brian Mulroney officially apologizes for the WWII internment of Japanese Canadians
September 26 - Sprinter Ben Johnson is stripped of his Olympic gold medal and world record when he tests positive for steroids.
November 21 - In the federal election, Brian Mulroney's Progressive Conservative Party wins a second majority government in an election fought over the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement.
December 15 - The Supreme Court rules that the Quebec Charter of the French Language is unconstitutional
December 21 - The Quebec government reinstates the language laws using the notwithstanding clause
Svend Robinson becomes Canada's first Member of Parliament to come out as gay
Maher Arar immigrates to Canada
David Lam becomes Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
CHUM Limited buys the CHUM-City Building at the corner of Queen and John streets in Toronto as their headquarters.
Conrad Black gains control of The Spectator
Figure skater Kurt Browning completes the first ever quadruple toe loop in competition

Arts and literature

New works

Timothy Findley - Stones
Morley Callaghan - A Wild Old Man on the Road
Jeffrey Simpson - Spoils of Power
Bill Bissett - What We Have

Awards

See 1988 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Books in Canada First Novel Award: Marion Quednau, The Butterfly Chair
Geoffrey Bilson Award: 1988 - Carol Matas, 'Lisa
Gerald Lampert Award: Di Brandt, Questions I Asked My Mother
Marian Engel Award: Edna Alford
Pat Lowther Award: Gwendolyn MacEwen, Afterworlds
Stephen Leacock Award: Paul Quarrington, King Leary
Trillium Book Award: Timothy Findley, Stones
Vicky Metcalf Award: Barbara Smucker

Births

Deaths

bp Nichol, poet

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