1999 in Canada

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See also: 1998 in Canada, other events of 1999, 2000 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Contents

1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Arts and literature
4 Births
5 Deaths

Incumbents

Events

January 1 - An avalanche destroys a school gymnasium during New Year's celebrations in Kangiqsualujjuaq in far northern Quebec, killing 9.
February 9 - Brian Tobin's Liberals are re-elected in Newfoundland
February 13 - the last hockey game is played at Maple Leaf Gardens as the team moves to the new Air Canada Centre
April 1 - Nunavut becomes the newest territory. Paul Okalik becomes its first premier
April 6 - A disgruntled employee kills four in Ottawa before killing himself
April 16 - Wayne Gretzky retires from hockey
April 28 - In Taber, Alberta, a 15-year-old boy, who has recently been withdrawn from public school to escape bullying, walks into W.R. Myers High School and shoots two students with a .22 rifle, killing one (Jason Lang) and injuring the other.
May 1 - Sponsorship scandal: The federal government issues a $615,000 contract for a report from Groupaction into its own activities.
May 11 - Chevron announces a major natural gas find in the Northwest Territories
May 17 - The Saskatchewan government awards David Milgaard after he was jailed for 23 years for a murder he did not commit
May 20 the Supreme Court expands gay spousal rights
May 27 - Julie Payette becomes the first Canadian to board the International Space Station
June 3 - Ontario election: Mike Harris's PCs win a second consecutive majority
June 3 - Canada and the United States sign a treaty to divide the Pacific salmon fishery
June 4 - An agreement on split-run magazines prevents looming trade war with the United States
June 7 - Bernard Lord's Conservatives win a surprise election victory in New Brunswick
June 10 - The Reform Party of Canada votes to become the Canadian Alliance
June 17 - Canadian citizen Stanley Faulder is executed in Texas, despite diplomatic complaints by the Canadian government
June 21 - Bernard Lord becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Camille Thériault
June 30 - A British Columbia court strikes down Canada's child pornography laws
July 23 - August 8 - The Pan-American games are held in Winnipeg
July 27 - The Conservatives win a majority government in Nova Scotia
August 16 - John Hamm becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Russell MacLellan
August 20 - The Supreme Court rules that Quebec cannot secede unilaterally, but that Canada is obliged to recognize a clear yes vote
August 20 - Eaton's files for bankruptcy
August 24 - Onex announces a plan to buy and merge Air Canada and Canadian Airlines
August 25 - Dan Miller, as interim leader of the NDP, becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Glen Clark who resigned on the 21st
September 15 - Louise Arbour appointed to the Supreme Court replacing Antonio Lamer
September 19 - Saskatchewan election: Roy Romanow's NDP wins only a minority but forms a coalition with the Liberals to maintain control of the Legislative Assembly
September 25 - The federal government refuses requests for aid by the six remaining Canadian NHL franchises
October 5 - Gary Doer of the NDP becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Gary Filmon of the Conservatives
October 7 - Adrienne Clarkson becomes Governor General
October 8 - Bill Clinton dedicates the new Embassy of the United States in Ottawa
October 15 - Robert Mundell wins the Nobel Prize for economics
October 19 - Air Canada, backed by other airlines, announces a takeover bid for Canadian Airlines
November 3 - Beverley McLachlin becomes the first female chief justice of the Supreme Court
November 5 - A Quebec court decides that Onex's bid for Air Canada is illegal
November 5 - Quebec sign law is overturned
November 13 - Lennox Lewis defeats Evander Holyfield to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World
November 21 - Nimiq 1 Canada's first direct broadcast digital TV satellite launched by a Proton K Blok DM-3 rocket from the Tyuratam launch centre in Kazakhstan.
December 8 - Air Canada takes over Canadian Airlines
December 11 - The verdict in the Just Desserts shooting case is handed down. Two of the accused are found guilty, the third is acquitted.
December 14 - Montreal resident Ahmed Ressam is arrested in Seattle and found with large quantities of explosives

Arts and literature

New Works:

Russell Smith - Young Men
Bonnie Burnard - A Good House
Antonine Maillet - Chronique d'une sorcière de vent

Awards

Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction: Bonnie Burnard, A Good House
See 1999 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Books in Canada First Novel Award: Andre Alexis, Childhood
Gerald Lampert Award: Stephanie Bolster, White Stone: The Alice Poems
Geoffrey Bilson Award: Iain Lawrence, The Wreckers
Marian Engel Award: Janice Kulyk Keeger
Norma Fleck Award: Andy Turnbull and Debora Pearson, By Truck to the North: My Winter Adventure
Pat Lowther Award: Hilary Clark, More Light
Stephen Leacock Award: Stuart McLean, Home from the Vinyl Cafe
Trillium Book Award English: Alistair MacLeod, No Great Mischief
Trillium Book Award French: Andrée Christensen and Jacques Flamand, Lithochronos ou le premier vol de la pierre
Vicky Metcalf Award: Joan Clark

Music

Céline Dion, Alanis Morissette, and Shania Twain win major Grammy Awards

Births

Deaths

January 10 - Walter Harris, politician
February 18 - Neil Gaudry, Manitoba politician
March 3 - Gerhard Herzberg, scientist
March 9 - Harry Somers, composer
April 4 - Greg McConnell, indie rock musician (Lost Dakotas)
May 23 - Owen Hart, WWF wrestler
June - Gordon Towers, politician
June 17 - Stanley Faulder, murderer
June 30 - Tyrell Dueck
July 16 - Alan Macnaughton, politician
August 12 - Jean Drapeau, mayor of Montreal
September 24 - Robert Bend, Manitoba politician
October 31 - Greg Moore, racing car driver
December 2 - Matt Cohen, author
December 11 - Big Ben, race horse
December 20 - Hank Snow, country singer
December 30 - Rick Danko, musician

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