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Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 2.1 Full date unknown 3 Arts and literature 3.1 New works 3.2 Awards 3.3 Music 4 Sport 5 Births 6 Deaths 6.1 January to June 6.2 July to December 7 References Incumbents Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II Governor General: Jeanne Sauvé Prime Minister: Brian Mulroney Premier of Alberta: Don Getty Premier of British Columbia: Bill Vander Zalm Premier of Manitoba: Gary Filmon Premier of New Brunswick: Frank McKenna Premier of Newfoundland: Brian Peckford then Thomas Rideout then Clyde Wells Premier of Nova Scotia: John Buchanan Premier of Ontario: David Peterson Premier of Prince Edward Island: Joe Ghiz Premier of Quebec: Robert Bourassa Premier of Saskatchewan: Grant Devine See also: 1989 Canadian incumbents for more Events January 1: The Canadian-American Free Trade Agreement comes into effect. January 21: Brian Peckford announces his resignation from politics, giving the party 2 months to find a replacement as party leader and premier. March 1: The Canadian Space Agency is created. March 10: An Air Ontario flight crashes near Dryden, Ontario killing 24 March 13: 2:44 AM ET: A solar coronal mass ejection causes a blackout across all of Quebec, as it hits the Hydro-Québec power grid, affecting 6 million people for more than 9 hours.1 March 20: Alberta election: Don Getty's PCs win a sixth consecutive majority. March 22: Thomas Rideout becomes premier of Newfoundland, replacing Brian Peckford. May 5: Clyde Wells becomes premier of Newfoundland, defeating Thomas Rideout in a general election June 5: The federal government announces sweeping cuts to Via Rail July 31: Cable television network CBC Newsworld is launched. September 1: French cable sports network, RDS, signs on. October 8: The Cormier Village hayride accident kills 13 people and injures 45. December 2: Audrey McLaughlin is elected head of the NDP replacing Ed Broadbent becoming the first female major party leader in Canadian history December 6: École Polytechnique Massacre: Marc Lépine murders fourteen women at the École Polytechnique of the Université de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec. The event proves a spur to both the Canadian feminist and gun control movements. December 21: Quebec uses the notwithstanding clause for the first time. December 31: All rail service is terminated in Prince Edward Island after CN Rail abandons its historic rail lines in the province. Full date unknown Deborah Grey wins a by-election to become the first Reform Party Member of Parliament. Corel releases CorelDraw Heather Erxleben becomes Canada's first official female combat soldier Sidney Altman shares in the Nobel Prize for Chemistry Arts and literature New works Mordecai Richler: Solomon Gursky Was Here Steve McCaffery: The Black Debt Erin Mouré: WSW Joy Fielding: Good Intentions Dave Duncan: West of January Tomson Highway: Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing William Bell: Death Wind Farley Mowat: The New Found Land Awards Books in Canada First Novel Award: Rick Salutin, A Man of Little Faith See 1989 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. Geoffrey Bilson Award: Martyn Godfrey, Mystery in the Frozen Lands, and Dorothy Perkyns, Rachel’s Revolution Gerald Lampert Award: Sarah Klassen, Journey to Yalta Marian Engel Award: Merna Summers Pat Lowther Award: Heather Spears, The Word for Sand Stephen Leacock Award: John Kertes, Winter Tulips Trillium Book Award: Modris Eksteins, Rites of Spring Vicky Metcalf Award: Stéphane Poulin Music Simply Saucer, Cyborgs Revisited Sport May 25 - In Montreal, the Calgary Flames win the Stanley Cup against the Montreal Canadiens. June 5 - First baseball game in SkyDome is played. Births March 7 - Scott Charlebois, student March 19 - Stephanie Horner, swimmer December 2 - Cassie Steele, actress and singer-songwriter Deaths January to June January 20 - Beatrice Lillie, comic actress (b.1894) January 22 - Farquhar Oliver, politician (b.1904) January 31 - William Stephenson, soldier, airman, businessperson, inventor and spymaster (b.1897) February 9 - Ken Adachi, writer and literary critic (b.1929) May 14 - Joe Primeau, ice hockey player (b.1906) May 14 - E. P. Taylor, business tycoon and race horse breeder (b.1901) June 14 - Louis-Philippe-Antoine Bélanger, politician (b.1907) June 26 - Howard Charles Green, politician and Minister (b.1895) July to December July 3 - Peter Fox, politician (b.1921) July 13 - Samuel Boulanger, politician (b.1909) August 10 - George Ignatieff, diplomat (b.1913) November 11 - Kenneth MacLean Glazier, Sr., minister and librarian (b.1912) November 13 - Victor Davis, swimmer, Olympic gold medalist and World Champion (b.1964) November 15 - George Manuel, Aboriginal leader (b.1921) December 6 - Marc Lépine, murderer responsible for the École Polytechnique massacre (b.1964) December 26 - Doug Harvey, ice hockey player (b.1924) December 26 - Maryon Pearson, wife of Lester B. 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Canada’s Pride
The Canadian plains are home to people who know the value and reward of hard work, citizens who appreciate what they have and fight to maintain tradition.

in the world Also in the same year sales of the ZX 4 400cc commenced in Japan 1989 In 1989 sales of the ZXR Series including the ZXR750 and the ZXR400 commenced These supersport machines had styling identical to that of the Kawasaki works racers In the same year sales of the Zephyr 400cc
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Category:1989 in Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Articles and events specifically related to the year 1989 in Canada. ... Pages in category "1989 in Canada" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 ...
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Warmest weekend of 2011 predicted
This weekend is expected to be the warmest one of the year.


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Avalanche captain Adam Foote announces retirement
DENVER -- Surrounded by friends, family and teammates past and present, Colorado Avalanche defenseman Adam Foote announced Friday that he is retiring from professional hockey after the 2010-2011 season.

and renamed Coastal Canada and in 1989 she laid up for the last time in Halifax On March 22nd 1990 she arrived in Alang India where she was scrapped Photograph by Gordon Turner Click here to see the stern shot
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Supreme Court of Canada - Decisions - Reports of 1989, volume 1
Supreme court of canada decisions, news releases and bulletins ... 6 Granger v. Canada (Canada Employment and Immigration Commission) , ; [1989] 1 S.C.R. 141 (February 1, 1989) ...
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Avalanche captain Foote to retire after 19 seasons
DENVER (Reuters) - Colorado Avalanche captain Adam Foote will retire at the end of the NHL season, bringing down the curtain on a 20-year career that included two Stanley Cups and an Olympic gold medal, the team said on Friday.

The Ottawa Choral Society in Barcelona Spain 1989 The OCS rehearsing with Maestro Decker at the Palau Musica de Catalana Barcelona Spain 1989 Italy August 1982 This was the choir s first international tour The choir was invited to
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Facts About Canada
Canada also faces questions about integrity in government following revelations regarding ... The 1989 US-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the 1994 North ...
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Ottawa Watch
News-related items such as news releases, background information and speeches on current and historical matters relevant to Aboriginal people and Northerners from the Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Web site.


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OAG Chapter 10—Elections Canada
"Every citizen of Canada has the right to vote in an election of ... More recently, in the April 1989 Speech from the Throne the government announced that a ...
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Archives go online for area Onion fans
NEW YORK -- The satirical paper of record is dipping into its archives. The Onion announced Monday that it is publishing digitized versions of all its old print editions. TheOnion.com will begin posting a handful of old issues every week for the coming months.

Canada Sears Catalog Page 1989
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8. ER 1989: Toronto, Canada
8. ER 1989: Toronto, Canada. Frederick H. Lochovsky (Ed. ... Relationship Approach, Toronto, Canada, 18-20 October, 1989}, publisher = {North-Holland} ...
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The science of bigger salmon
Biologist Bob Devlin holds two coho salmon, each a year old. The fish on the left has been genetically engineered for faster growth.

Canada Consumer Distributing Catalog Page 1989
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1. KR 1989: Toronto, Canada
Toronto, Canada, May 15-18 1989. Morgan Kaufmann, 1989, ISBN 1-55860 ... of Knowledge: A Minimum Principle in Organizing Knowledge Representation. ...
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Avastin debate highlights challenges of a catastrophic drug program
The expensive drug can help prolong life by months for those suffering from colorectal cancer, but isn’t a cure

Advertising clock made by Gorrie Advertising Services in Toronto ON advertising Molson Export Beer
http://www.canclockmuseum.ca/gallery/CANADIAN_ADVERTISING_CLOCKS/1989.html

Kicksled Canada in Quebec, sells ESLA kicksleds
Kicksled Canada will make you rediscover the pleasure of winter. ... Since 1989, Kicksled Canada has imported the Finnsled from Esla in Finland, the oldest and largest ...
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Don Carmody: Canada’s 100-movie marathon man
From 'Porky’s' to 'Good Will Hunting,' Montreal native Don Carmody has been the man behind money-making movies for four decades

Minwoo my second oldest nephew is going to join the army pretty soon Minwoo who was like that in the picture in 1989 is now going to join the army His brother was standing he really loved to be taken in the photo Time flies I wish all the best for my
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Canada 1989
Canada 1989 - Metallica music, albums, mp3, video, photos and much more!
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Infiniti luxury vehicles in Malaysia by Q4
SEPANG: Edaran Tan Chong Motor Sdn Bhd and Auto Dunia Sdn Bhd have set up a new joint-venture company to introduce the Infiniti luxury vehicle brand in Malaysia by the fourth quarter of the year.

1989 037 001
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