| Date |
What
happened on this day |
| May.15 |
May 15/1991 Ontario - Angry independent truckers close down 20 km of Highway 401 near Toronto; cause huge traffic jams. 15 May 1980 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa agrees to extend natural gas pipeline from Montreal to Quebec City. 15-May-1873 The proposal to dis |
| May.12 |
May 12/1992 Montreal Quebec - Canadas largest charter airline, Nationair, declares bankruptcy. |
| May.09 |
May 09/1991 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa and the provinces unveil a 5 year $100 million plan to combat ground-level ozone, a harmful component of city smog. |
| May.08 |
May 08/1987 BIRTH OF THE LOONIE
Ottawa Ontario - Royal Canadian Mint unveils one-dollar coin to replace the paper dollar; made of nickel, copper and recycled tin, the loonie has a loon engraved on its rear side.
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| May.07 |
May 07/1988 Moncton NB - Mila Mulroney struck in the stomach by a placard during a labor rally outside a Tory gathering; a man is arrested but no charges are laid. |
| May.05 |
May 05/1992 Calgary Alberta - William Hopper says Petro-Canada to lay off 1,200 employees by end of 1993; company lost $598 m in 1991; largest corporate loss in the history of Canada |
| May.03 |
May 03/1991 Charlottetown PEI - Brian Mulroney 1939- promises 500-job GST processing centre for Summerside to help community hard hit by closing of Canadian Forces Base. |
| May.02 |
May 02/1962 Ottawa Ontario - Canadian dollar officially pegged at US 92.5¢. 2-May-1907 Riots break out in Rawalpindi and East Bengal, spreading to the Punjab .2-May-1930 Riots break out in Amritsar. |
| May.01 |
May 01/1987 London England - British Customs seizes Air Canada jet at Heathrow Airport after discovering a major hashish shipment from India; plane released after Air Canada pays substantial fine. |
| Apr.30 |
Apr 30/1970 Vancouver BC - First computer-controlled CP Rail coal train reaches Roberts Bank from mines in Alberta. 1950 Edmonton Alberta - Construction starts on $95 million Interprovincial Pipeline to carry oil from Alberta to the Lakehead. |
| Apr.29 |
Apr 29/1995 Kitchener Ontario - Butchers finish making the worlds longest sausage, with a length of 28.77 miles. 29-April-1639 Delhis Red fort construction commenced by laying the Foundation Stone by Shah Jahan. This fort was completed on May 13, 1646. 29 |
| Apr.28 |
28-April-1701 John Norris of Britain met Aurangjeb at Parnela in South India. 28-April-1952 The war between Japan and India ended. |
| Apr.25 |
Apr 25/1940 Quebec City - Quebec women allowed to vote and run for office in provincial elections, 22 years after women were granted the federal vote. 1867 Tokyo is opened for foreign trade.1933 US & Canada drop Gold Standard .1976 India all out for 97 vs |
| Apr.24 |
Apr 24/1985 Ottawa Ontario - Supreme Court of Canada ruling allows Sunday shopping in most provinces. 1952 Sarnia Ontario - First shipment of oil from Alberta arrives in Ontario by pipeline and lake freighter. 24-April-1929 First non-stop flight from Engl |
| Apr.22 |
Apr 22/1980 Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa to boycott 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow, to protest Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. 1864 US mints 2¢ coin .1st appearance of In God We Trust .1931 Egypt & Iraq sign peace treaty .1969 1st human eye transplant per |
