JANUARY BC Premier Gordon Campbell is caught driving under the influence of alcohol in Hawaii, USA. Ontario kills Hydro One's sale. The Federal NDP choose new leader Jack Layton in a Toronto Convention. Izzy Asper resigns from CanWest Global's chairman position. A deadly avalanche occurs in British Columbia killing Canadian and American tourists near Revelstoke. Hundreds of thousands across the country demonstrate against the impending war on Iraq.
FEBRUARY A deadly avalanche occurs in British Columbia killing seven students near Revelstoke. A suspect in the Air India Trial Inderjit Singh Reyat pleads guilty of one count of manslaughter. Canadian Dollar starts rising fast, rising above 66 cent mark. Talks on softwood lumber break down between Canada and the United States. Hundreds of thousands across the country demonstrate against the impending war on Iraq.
MARCH Yes side referendum for Olympic Games bid in Vancouver wins. UN Security council looks at Canadian plan, briefly. No one interested, really. FBI releases files from 1969 that says a Trudeau assassination was averted. Iraq War begins. Canada stays out of it. Millions across the country demonstrate against the war. Not much other news as TV and newspapers seem to only care about Iraq.
APRIL The SARS crisis occurs in Toronto. Mike Weir wins the Masters, the first Canadian to do so. The Air India trial begins. Jean Chrétien cellebrates forty years in parliament. Jean Charest and his Liberal Party win a majority in Quebec, the first Liberal government in nine years.
MAY Ten-year old Holly Jones, from Toronto, is found dead after disappearing from her neighbourhood. The Beef industry is struck by a mad-cow case that brings up beef-export bans from Japan and the United States sending the industry into crisis. Peter McKay is elected leader of the Progressive Conservatives after making a deal with David Orchard exchanging assurances that the party will not merge with the Canadian Alliance for Orchard's support.
JUNE Gary Doer and the NDP wins a majority government in Manitoba. Bernard Lord and the PC Party win a one-seat majority in New Brunswick, after his non-position on car insurance hurts his campaign. A court ruling in Ontario allows gay men and women to marry. The Federal government decides not to appeal decision. The pilot involved in the friendly-fire incident in Afghanistan will not be criminally charged.
JULY The City of Vancouver (and Whistler) are granted the 1010 Winter Olympiads, beating out Pyeongchang, South Korea and Salzburg, Austria. An Irani-Canadian journalist from Montreal, Zhara Kazemi, is dead after her arrest in Iran. The family pushes for investigation. Phil Fontaine wins the Assembly of First Nations leadership. Over 450,000 fans show up for a SARS benefit concert in Toronto's Downsview park to see the Rolling Stones, AC/DC and others.
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