1986 in Canada

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Events from the year 1986 in Canada.

[edit] Incumbents

See 1986 Canadian incumbents for more

[edit] Events

[edit] January to June

January 22 - An investigation determines that a bomb caused the crash of Air India flight 182
January 31 - The Canadian dollar hits an all-time low of 70.2 U.S. cents on international money markets
February 8 - Hinton train collision: 23 people are killed when a VIA Rail train collides with a Canadian National Railway train near Hinton, Alberta
May 1 - Shirley Carr becomes the first female head of the Canadian Union of Public Employees
May 2 - Joe Ghiz becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing James Lee
May 2 - The 1986 World Exposition in Vancouver opens.
May 8 - Alberta election: Don Getty's PCs win a fifth consecutive majority, but a smaller majority than before
May 25 - In Vancouver an attempt is made to assassinate Malkiat Singh Sidhu, a cabinet minister in the Indian state of Punjab
June 14 - An accident involving the "Mindbender" roller coaster at West Edmonton Mall kills three people and seriously injures a fourth
June 19 - The new Competition Act comes into force
June 20 - Jean Drapeau resigns as mayor of Montreal

[edit] July to December

August 5 - Canada adopts sanctions against South Africa for its apartheid policies
August 6 - Bill Vander Zalm becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Bill Bennett
August 11 - Tamil refugees are found drifting off the coast of Newfoundland
September 16 - Queen Elizabeth II augments the Coat of Arms of Saskatchewan with a crest and supporters
September 30 - MPs elect the Speaker by secret ballot for the first time.
October 6 - Canada receives a United Nations award for sheltering refugees
October 20 - Saskatchewan election: Grant Devine's PCs win a second consecutive majority
December 8 - The University of Toronto's John C. Polanyi shares the Nobel Prize for chemistry for the development of the chemical laser.

[edit] Full date unknown

Negotiators begin work on what would eventually be the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement
The birds series of Canadian banknotes is released
Supreme Court rules on the RWDSU v. Dolphin Delivery Ltd. case
Conrad Black buys The Daily Telegraph
Dinosaur fossils are found near Parrsboro, Nova Scotia

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] New works

Margaret Atwood - Freeforall
W.P. Kinsella - The Fence Post Chronicles
Robert Munsch - Love You Forever
Alice Munro - The Progress of Love
Antonine Maillet - Garrochés en paradis
Hugh Hood - The Motor Boys in Ottawa
William Gibson - Count Zero

[edit] Awards

See 1986 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Books in Canada First Novel Award: Wayne Johnson, The Story of Bobby O'Mally
Gerald Lampert Award: Joan Fern Shaw, Raspberry Vinegar
Marian Engel Award: Alice Munro
Pat Lowther Award: Erin Mouré, Domestic Fuel
Stephen Leacock Award: Joey Slinger, No Axe too Small to Grind
Vicky Metcalf Award: Dennis Lee

[edit] New music

Leonard Cohen - First We Take Manhattan
Neil Young - First We Take Manhattan

[edit] New movies

James Cameron's Aliens is released
David Cronenberg's The Fly
Denys Arcand's The Decline of the American Empire

[edit] Sport

March 15 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium (England) Canada beats England 3 – 1.
May 24 - In Calgary, the Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup against the Calgary Flames.
The Canadian Amateur Football Association is renamed Football Canada.

[edit] Births

January 2 - Corrine Gustavson, rape and murder victim (d.1992)
January 8 - Jaclyn Linetsky, actress (d.2003)
January 20 - Krystina Alogbo, water polo player
February 13 - Matthew Hawes, swimmer
April 21 - Kevin Graham, water polo player
April 28 - Brandon Jung, water polo player
August 19 - Marie-Christine Schmidt, canoeist
December 12 - Marie-Pier Beaudet, archer
December 16 - Scott Tupper, field hockey player

[edit] Deaths

[edit] January to June

Dr. W.R. Franks

January 4 - Wilbur R. Franks, scientist and inventor (b.1901)
January 26 - Norman MacKenzie, author, lawyer, professor and Senator (b.1894)
February 23 - Louis-Philippe Pigeon, judge of the Supreme Court of Canada (b.1905)
February 24 - Tommy Douglas, politician and Premier of Saskatchewan (b.1904)
February 27 - Jacques Plante, ice hockey player (b.1929)
March 4 - Richard Manuel, composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist (b.1943)
March 4 - Elizabeth Smart, poet and novelist (b.1913)

[edit] July to December

August 20 - Milton Acorn, poet, writer and playwright (b.1923)
November 5 - Claude Jutra, actor, film director and writer (b.1930)
November 10 - King Clancy, ice hockey player (b.1903)
November 19 - Don Jamieson, politician, diplomat and broadcaster (b.1921)
December 31 - Donald Fleming, politician, International Monetary Fund official and lawyer (b.1905)

1986 in Canada

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[edit] Incumbents

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[edit] July to December

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[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] New works

[edit] Awards

[edit] New music

[edit] New movies

[edit] Sport

[edit] Births

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[edit] January to June

[edit] July to December

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