2012 in Canada
Events from the year 2012 in Canada .
Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Premiers
Events
January to March
April to June
April 1 – Juno Awards in Ottawa, Ontario
April 12 – John James Grant becomes Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia , replacing Mayann Francis .
April 15 – 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic
April 19
April 20 – Allyson McConnell is convicted of manslaughter after drowning her two sons in the bath as revenge against their father.[ 22] [ 23]
April 23
April 24 – A sawmill in Prince George, British Columbia , explodes, killing two workers.[ 25]
April 24–25 – Saskatchewan 3.0 Summit takes place.[ 26]
April 28 – Seven killed in an Alberta Highway 63 crash near Fort McMurray [ 27]
May 12 – Two private planes collide in midair near St. Brieux, Saskatchewan , killing five people.[ 28] [ 29]
May 18
May 20 – Charles, Prince of Wales , and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall , arrive in Fredericton beginning a four-day royal tour across the country.[ 32]
May 24 – Nearly 700 people are held in two Quebec cities in the biggest single night of mass arrests since student protests over fees began in February.
May 24/25 – International student Jun Lin is murdered in Montreal by Luka Magnotta. A video of Lin's killing and dismemberment featuring necrophilia is uploaded to the internet, Magnotta also mails his victim's hands and feet to Canadian elementary schools and federal political party offices.[ 33]
May 28 – Jason Godin , at 19 years old, becomes the youngest mayor in the history of New Brunswick and Canada.[ 34]
May 30 – Lee Richardson resigns as MP for Calgary Centre , to accept a job as principal secretary to Alberta Premier Alison Redford .[ 35]
June 2 – A shooting at the Toronto Eaton Centre leaves one dead and seven others injured.[ 36]
June 15 – A shooting at the University of Alberta in Edmonton leaves three dead.[ 37]
June 16 – A stage collapses before a Radiohead concert in Toronto , killing one person and injuring three more.[ 38] [ 39]
June 18 – 200th anniversary of the start of War of 1812 .
June 23 – A partial roof collapse at the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake , Ontario, injures dozens and kills two.[ 40]
June 25 – Floods across the British Columbia Interior cause hundreds of people to evacuate. One man was killed.[ 41]
July to September
July 1 – Celebrations of the 145th anniversary of Confederation .
July 3 – The 33rd Finale des Jeux de l'Acadie of Nova Scotia ends.
July 12 – Johnsons Landing, British Columbia , is hit by a landslide. Four people were missing.[ 42] [ 43]
July 16 –
July 31 – Bev Oda resigns as Minister for International Co-operation and as MP for Durham .[ 46]
August 31 – Citing health, Denise Savoie resigns as MP for Victoria .[ 47]
September 4 –
September 6 – 60th anniversary of CBC Television .
September 7 – The government, saying Iran is a "threat to global peace", closes the Canadian embassy in Iran and gives Iranian diplomats five days to leave Canada.[ 51] [ 52]
September 19 – Pauline Marois is sworn in as premier of Quebec , following a general election , becoming Quebec's first female premier , and the first time in Canada that five provinces or territories have simultaneously had female premiers (until February 2013 ).
September 21 – A state funeral is held for former premier of Alberta Peter Lougheed , at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary.
September 24 – An outbreak of E. coli Alberta , a massive beef recall, and the temporary shutdown of XL Foods in Brooks, Alberta .
September 26 – A controversial motion (M-312) to re-open the abortion debate is defeated in the House of Commons, with members voting 203–91 against it.[ 53] [ 54]
October to December
October 2 – A wildfire strikes Vita, Manitoba , destroying at least four houses and one bridge.
October 10 – Suicide of Amanda Todd .
October 18 – The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission rejects BCE's bid to take over Astral Media , citing that the deal would have given the company too much market power.[ 55] [ 56]
October 25
October 26 – 20th anniversary of the referendum of Charlottetown Accord .
October 27 – A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Moresby Island . A small tsunami occurred not long after the quake.[ 60] [ 61]
November 2 – Judith Guichon becomes Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia , replacing Steven Point .
November 5 – Gérald Tremblay resigns as mayor of Montreal , following allegations of corruption within the city government at the provincial Charbonneau commission .
November 8 – An explosion in Sherbrooke kills two people and injures almost 20 more.[ 62] [ 63]
November 9 – Gilles Vaillancourt , the mayor of Laval, Quebec , since 1989, resigns following allegations of corruption within Laval's city government at the provincial Charbonneau commission.[ 64]
November 16 – Michael Applebaum is selected as the new Mayor of Montreal in a council vote, winning 31 votes to 29 for challenger Richard Deschamps .[ 65]
November 23 – Alexandre Duplessis is selected as the new mayor of Laval, Quebec , in a council vote, winning 15 to three over challenger Jacques St-Jean.[ 66]
November 26 – Three federal by-elections . The Conservatives won Calgary Centre (Alberta) and Durham (Ontario), and the New Democratics won in Victoria (British Columbia).
December 3 – Health Canada suspended the licence of Chemi Pharmaceutical Inc., after finding falsified test results, during a health inspection .[ 67]
Arts and literature
Art
Film
Music
Television
New channels launched were Sportsnews, ABC Spark , Explora , and Nat Geo Wild ; leaving the air waves were Dusk , and Fox Sports World Canada . Scheduled to launch are Cartoon Network [ 69] [ 70] Global BC .[ 71]
New series include Total Drama: Revenge of the Island Mr. D Arctic Air The L.A. Complex Les Bleus de Ramville Undercover Boss Canada Canada's Got Talent Saving Hope Over the Rainbow The Bachelor Canada
Literature
Sport
January 2–5: 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships relegation round and finals – Calgary, Alberta
January 16–22: 2012 Canadian Figure Skating Championships – Moncton, New Brunswick
February 1–5: 2012 Molson Canadian Men's Provincial Curling Championship – Saint John, New Brunswick
February 19–26: 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts – Red Deer, Alberta
March 3–11: 2012 Tim Hortons Brier – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
May 27: The Shawinigan Cataractes win their first Memorial Cup by defeating the London Knights 2 to 1. The tournament was played at Centre Bionest in Shawinigan, Quebec
June 10: 2012 Canadian Grand Prix – Montreal, Quebec
July 22: 2012 Edmonton Indy – Edmonton, Alberta
July 27–August 12: Canada at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, UK
August 19–September 9: Canada at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, UK
September 16: Members of the National Hockey League Players' Association are locked out by the owners of the league's franchises
November 23: The Laval Rouge et Or win their seventh Vanier Cup by defeating the McMaster Marauders 37 to 14 in the 48th Vanier Cup played at Rogers Centre in Toronto
November 25: The Toronto Argonauts win their 16th Grey Cup by defeating the Calgary Stampeders in the 100th Grey Cup played at Rogers Centre in Toronto. Courtice, Ontario 's Ricky Foley was named the game's Most Outstanding Canadian Peter Breck died February 6 Barbara Ann Scott died September 30 James Coyne died October 12 January 2 -
January 3 – Josef Škvorecký , Czech-born writer and publisher, cancer
January 4 – Rod Robbie , architect
January 5 – Thelma Forbes , former Manitoba MLA
January 9 –
January 10 – Jean Pigott , former Member of Parliament
January 11 – Edgar Kaiser , businessman
January 15 – Richard Bader , chemist
January 17 – Colin Campbell , Roman Catholic bishop of Antigonish
January 18 – Theo Dimson , artist (born 1930 )
January 19 – Sarah Burke , freestyle skier
January 20 – Margaret Renwick , former Ontario MPP
January 21 – John D. Lowry , film restorer
January 22 – Clarence Tillenius , artist and conservationist
January 25 – Andrew MacNaughtan , photographer and music video director
January 27 – Tom Campbell , former mayor of Vancouver
January 28 – Don Starkell , writer
January 30 –
February 2 – Joyce Barkhouse , writer
February 5 – Blaine MacDonald , editorial cartoonist
February 6 -
February 8 -
February 9 – Fred Dickson , lawyer and Senator
February 10 – Ed Harrison , ice hockey player (New York Rangers , Boston Bruins ). (born 1927 )
February 11 –
February 15 – Doug McNichol , Canadian Football League player
February 16 –
February 18 – Cal Murphy , CFL manager and coach
February 21 – Pierre Juneau , film and broadcast executive.
February 24 – István Anhalt , Hungarian-born composer. (born 1919)
February 28 – Jim Green , American-born politician and activist. (born 1943 ) March 7 – Dave Hrechkosy , hockey player (California Golden Seals , St. Louis Blues )
March 9 – Herb Carnegie , hockey player
March 10 -
March 11 – Tom Manastersky , football player (Montreal Alouettes ) and hockey player (Montreal Canadiens )
March 12 – Madeleine Parent , union leader and women's rights activist
March 16 – Ray Gariepy , ice hockey player. (born 1928 )
March 17 – René Fontaine , politician, Minister of Northern Development (1987–1990). (born 1933 )
March 22 -
March 25 – Bob DeCourcy , hockey player
March 27 – Marc Gervais , Jesuit , writer, and film professor. (born 1929 )
March 28 -
March 30 – Janet Anderson Perkin , baseball player and curler. (born 1921 ) April 3 -
April 7 – Harold Robert Steacy , mineralogist. (born 1923 )
April 9 -
April 11 – Roger Caron , author, prison escape artist, and bank robber, infection. (born 1938 )
April 12 – Robert Kennedy , publisher. (born 1938 )
April 13 – Irving Barber , forester and philanthropist. (born 1923 )
April 14 -
April 16 – Randy Starkman , sports journalist. (born 1960 )
April 18 – René Lépine , real estate developer. (born 1929 )
April 19 – Jacques Martin , Paralympian , gold medalist (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996). (born 1959 )
April 21 – Jerry Toppazzini , ice hockey player (Boston Bruins , Chicago Blackhawks , Detroit Red Wings ). (born 1931 )
April 23 -
April 26 – Ted Newall , businessman. (born 1935 )
April 27 – Allen Tough , scientist, complications of multiple system atrophy . (born 1936 )
April 28 – Al Ecuyer , American-born football player (Edmonton Eskimos ). (born 1937 ) June 4 – Bernard Jean , lawyer and politician, member (1960–1970) and Speaker (1963–1966) of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick . (born 1925 )
June 8 – Pat Mahoney , businessman, politician, and judge, MP for Calgary South (1968–1972), General Manager of the Calgary Stampeders (1965). (born 1929 )
June 11 – Ann Rutherford , actress (Gone with the Wind , The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 1917 )
June 17 – Nathan Divinsky , mathematician, author, and chess master. (born 1925 )
June 22 – Fernie Flaman , ice hockey player (Boston Bruins , Toronto Maple Leafs ) and Hall of Fame member. (born 1927 )
June 25 – Lucella MacLean , baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League ). (born 1921 ) November 3 – Henri Audet , founder of Cogeco media and communications company, originally a cable system
November 4 – Errol Black , academic and politician (born 1939 )
November 5 – Bob Kaplan , politician, oversaw creation of CSIS , Solicitor General (1980–1984), MP for Don Valley (1968–1972) and York Centre (1974–1993) (born 1936 )
November 9
November 12 – Michel Hrynchyshyn , Ukrainian Catholic hierarch, Apostolic Exarch in France, Benelux and Switzerland (1982–2012) (born 1929 )
November 14 – Lucien Laferte , ski jumper (born 1919 )
November 17 – Arnaud Maggs , artist and photographer (born 1926 )
November 21 – Nick Discepola , Italian-born politician, MP for Vaudreuil (1993–1997) and Vaudreuil-Soulanges (1997–2004) (born 1949 )
November 23 – John Kemeny , Hungarian-born film producer (The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Atlantic City 1925 )
November 24 – Shawn Little , politician (born 1924 )
November 27
December 2 – Tom Hendry , playwright, founder of Manitoba Theatre Centre (born 1929 )
December 14 – Hazel McIsaac , politician, Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly member for St. George's (1975–1982) (born 1933 )
December 16 – Laurier LaPierre , broadcaster and politician, Senator from Ontario (2001–2004) (born 1929 )
December 18 – Camil Samson , politician, MNA for Rouyn-Noranda (1970–1981) (born 1935 )
December 19 – Douglas Leiterman , producer and journalist (This Hour Has Seven Days 1927 )
December 20
December 22 – Willy Blok Hanson , Javanese-born dancer (born 1914 )
December 25 – Lynn Watters , Olympic sailor (born 1916 )
December 26 – Rebecca Tarbotton , environmental activist, director of Rainforest Action Network (born 1973 )
December 31
See also
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