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INCUMBENTS

Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II

Governor General - Edward Schreyer

Prime Minister - Pierre Trudeau

Premier Of Alberta - Peter Lougheed

Premier Of British Columbia - Bill Bennett

Premier Of Manitoba - Howard Pawley

Premier Of New Brunswick - Richard Hatfield

Premier Of Newfoundland - Brian Peckford

Premier Of Nova Scotia - John Buchanan

Premier Of Ontario - Bill Davis

Premier Of Prince Edward Island - James Lee

Premier Of Quebec - René Lévesque

Premier Of Saskatchewan - Grant Devine

See 1983 Canadian Incumbents for more

EVENTS

January 17 - Saskatchewan MLA Colin Thatcher resigns as Minister of Energy and Mines after several well-publicised disputes with Premier Grant Devine .

January 21 - JoAnn Thatcher , wife of Saskatchewan MLA Colin Thatcher , is Murdered in her Regina home. Colin would later be convicted of the crime.

February 1 - Pay Television begins operating in Canada.

February 15 - the Tamarack Review ceases publication

March 4 - Bertha Wilson is appointed Canada's first female Supreme Court justice

March 5 - Steve Podborski wins Gold at the World Cup Of Skiing

and crisis

April 5 - Lieutenant-Governor David Lam summons Premier Bennett to Government House . The L-G issues emergency warrants to cover spending until a snap election.

June 2 - Air Canada Flight 797 makes an emergency landing in Cincinnati, Ohio - a fire kills 23 of 41 passengers onboard.

June 9 - Bill 101 , protecting the French language in Quebec is ruled unconstitutional

June 11 - Brian Mulroney replaces Joe Clark as leader of Progressive Conservative Party Of Canada

June 19 BC Place in Vancouver opens

flight 143 crash-lands in Gimli, Manitoba .

October 1 - North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization is established

November 17 - The Western Grain Transportation Act is passed

December 23 - Jeanne Sauvé is appointed Canada's first female Governor General

Canada agrees to allow testing of American Cruise Missile s in the west

Grey Cup - Toronto Argonauts won 18-17 over the British Columbia Lions

Vanier Cup - Calgary Dinos won 31-21 over the Queen's Golden Gaels

The Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station , the first Nuclear power plant in the Maritimes

ARTS AND LITERATURE

:New Books

''A Time for Judas'' - Morley Callaghan

''Unearthing Suite'' - Margaret Atwood

''Seagull on Yonge Street'' - Bill Bissett

See 1983 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

, '' Shoeless Joe ''

, ''Matinee Light''

, ''Remembering History''

, ''The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick''

Graham Greene makes his film debut in '' Running Brave ''

David Cronenberg 's '' The Dead Zone '' is released

A film is made of Farley Mowat 's '' Never Cry Wolf ''

BIRTHS

February 2 - Jordin Tootoo , hockey player

April 7 - Kyle Labine , actor

May 20 - Dan Blackburn , hockey goalie

June 22 - Sheena Lawrick , Olympic softball player

September 27 - Jay Bouwmeester , hockey player

DEATHS

June 12 - Norma Shearer , actor

July 13 - Gabrielle Roy , author

July 29 - Raymond Massey , actor

Alden Nowlan , author

Stan Rogers , musician

Yves Theriault , author

Graham Spry , broadcaster