The Quebec Sales Tax (QST) rises 1 percentage point to 8.5%.
Undergrounders novel, by Canadian author David Skuy is published.[3]
January 12 – A stolen snowplow leads Toronto police on a chase, crashing into several cars. Toronto police officer Sergeant Ryan Russell died and the alleged thief ended in hospital with gunshot wounds.[4]
February 1 – A claim at the British Columbia Worker's Compensation Board results in the SPCA and RCMP opening an investigation into a massacre of approximately 100 sled dogs at a Whistler adventure service. See Whistler sled dog cull.
February 8 – Nearly 1,500 government lawyers and crown prosecutors go on strike in Quebec, claiming to be overworked and underpaid.[9]
February 27 – Stephen Harper announces that Canada will place additional sanctions against Libya along with those originally announced by the UN, including asset freezes and a ban on financial transactions with the Libyan government.[12][13]
A wind storm off the coast of the British Columbia Lower Mainland brings wind gusts up to 140 kilometres per hour, knocking out power to 55,000 residents.[14]
July 21 – A heat wave across Eastern Canada peaks with temperatures reaching as high as 37.1 degrees Celsius (humidex: 51 degrees Celsius) in Toronto, Ontario.[34]
July 22 – Montreal city officials report at least 10 heatwave-related deaths.[35]
August 14 – A massive shooting occurs outside a casino in Kelowna, British Columbia, killing one and injuring four others, including a Hell's Angels member. Jonathan Bacon, one of the Bacon Brothers and one of the most notorious gangsters in British Columbia suspected to have been with the Red Scorpions, is the only one killed in the shooting.
August 23 – An earthquake, originating in the American state of Virginia, is felt in areas across the country from Sudbury, Ontario to Fredericton, New Brunswick. There were no injuries nor damage in Canada.[41]
October 27 – A plane crash occurs outside of Vancouver International Airport after failing to land there. 11 people are injured as a result, and one person, the pilot, is killed.
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