January to June •
January 1 – The magnitude 5.2
Kipawa earthquake occurs in
Ontario and
Quebec. •
January 7 –
Beverley Mclachlin is sworn in as the 17th
chief justice of Canada, and first woman to be appointed to that role. •
January 15 –
CTV News Channel mistakenly airs tape of
Avery Haines flubbing a line and joking about it in terms many viewers find offensive. •
January 19 •
Stephen Kakfwi becomes
premier of the Northwest Territories, replacing
James Antoine. •
HRDC scandal hits the public as a result of an internal audit. •
February 7 –
Rogers Communications buys Quebec's
Vidéotron. •
February 15 –
Thomson Corp sells all its newspaper holdings other than
The Globe and Mail. •
February 24 –
Ujjal Dosanjh becomes
premier of British Columbia, replacing
Dan Miller. •
March 15 – The House of Commons passes the
Clarity Act outlining conditions for another Quebec separation referendum. •
March 25 – The
Reform Party of Canada is dissolved and replaced with the
Canadian Alliance. •
April 19 –
Wiebo Ludwig is found guilty of a 1998 oil well bombing. •
May 6 –
Pat Duncan becomes premier of Yukon, replacing
Piers McDonald. •
May 11 • Effective date of the first modern-day treaty between a First Nation and Canada: the
Nisga'a Final Agreement. • The
Alberta legislature passes a bill allowing the private sector to play a larger role in health care. •
May 12 – The
Bank of Canada withdraws the
$1,000 bill from circulation to fight against
money laundering and
organized crime. •
May 24 –
E. coli outbreak in Walkerton, Ontario. It will eventually kill nine people. •
May 25 – The remains of an unidentified Canadian soldier killed in France in
World War I are brought back to Canada and buried in the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in
Ottawa. •
June 17 –
Seagram announces plans to merge with France's
Vivendi. •
June 29 – Canada passes the
Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act, which extends full benefits and obligations to persons in homosexual relationships, excluding the right to marry.
July to December •
July 8 –
Stockwell Day is elected the first leader of the
Canadian Alliance party. •
July 12 –
Matthew Coon Come is elected leader of the
Assembly of First Nations. •
July 14 – A
tornado near
Pine Lake, Alberta, kills eleven people. •
July 31 –
Conrad Black's Hollinger sells almost all its Canadian newspaper holdings to
Izzy Asper's CanWest. • August – The
prohibition of marijuana is ruled illegal by an Ontario court. •
August 15 –
Michael Cowpland resigns as CEO of
Corel. •
August 26 –
Sponsorship scandal:
Minister of Public Works Alfonso Gagliano is criticized for giving contracts to a firm that employs his son. •
September 9 –
Star Ray TV, a
pirate television station in
Toronto, begins broadcasting. •
September 26 – Long-serving Saskatchewan Premier
Roy Romanow announces his plans to retire. •
September 28 to October 3 –
Death and state funeral of Pierre Trudeau, former prime minister. •
October 16 –
Beaton Tulk becomes
premier of Newfoundland, replacing
Brian Tobin. •
October 27 – The
Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrest
Ripudaman Singh Malik and
Ajaib Singh Bagri in connection with the bombing of
Air India Flight 182. •
November 21 – Launch of
Anik F1 Canada's most powerful
communications satellite to date. •
November 27 – In the
2000 Canadian election Jean Chrétien's Liberals increase their majority in the House of Commons. •
November 30 –
Marc Garneau returns to space for a third time. • December – The federal government opens a
marijuana growing operation in an abandoned mine in
Manitoba.
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