1986 In Canada

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INCUMBENTS

Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II

Governor General - Jeanne Sauvé

Prime Minister - Brian Mulroney

Premier Of Alberta - Don Getty

Premier Of British Columbia - Bill Bennett then Bill Vander Zalm

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 - David Peterson

Premier Of Prince Edward Island - James Lee then Joe Ghiz

Premier Of Quebec - Robert Bourassa

Premier Of Saskatchewan - Grant Devine

See 1986 Canadian Incumbents for more

EVENTS

January 22 - An investigation determines that a bomb caused the crash of Air India Flight 182

January 31 - The Canadian Dollar hits an all-time low of 70.2 U.S. cents on international money markets

train collides with a Canadian National Railway train near Hinton, Alberta

March 15 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,Wembley,England, Canada beat England 3–1.

May 1 - Shirley Carr becomes the first female head of the Canadian Union Of Public Employees

May 2 - Joe Ghiz becomes premier of Prince Edward Island , replacing James Lee

May 2 - The 1986 World Exposition in Vancouver , British Columbia opens.

's PCs win a fifth consecutive majority, but a smaller majority than before

May 24 - In Calgary , the Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup against the Calgary Flames

May 25 - An attempt is made to assassinate Malkiat Singh Sidhu , a cabinet minister in the India n state of Punjab , in Vancouver

June 19 - The new Competition Act comes into force

June 20 - Jean Drapeau resigns as mayor of Montreal

August 5 - Canada adopts sanctions against South Africa for its Apartheid policies

August 6 - Bill Vander Zalm becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Bill Bennett

August 11 - Tamil refugees are found drifting off the coast of Newfoundland

September 16 - Queen Elizabeth II augments the Coat Of Arms Of Saskatchewan with a crest and supporters

September 30 - Canadian MPs elect the Speaker by secret ballot for the first time.

October 6 - Canada receives a United Nations award for sheltering Refugee s

's PCs win a second consecutive majority

December 8 - The University Of Toronto 's John C. Polanyi shares the Nobel Prize for chemistry for the development of the Chemical Laser

Negotiators begin work on what would eventually be the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement

The birds series of Canadian banknotes is released

Supreme Court rules on the RWDSU V. Dolphin Delivery Ltd. case

Conrad Black buys '' The Daily Telegraph ''

Dinosaur Fossil s are found near Parrsboro, Nova Scotia

The Canadian Amateur Football Association is renamed Football Canada

ARTS AND LITERATURE

:New Works:

Margaret Atwood - ''Freeforall''

W.P. Kinsella - ''The Fence Post Chronicles''

Robert Munsch - ''Love You Forever''

Alice Munro - ''The Progress of Love''

Antonine Maillet - ''Garrochés en paradis''

Hugh Hood - ''The Motor Boys in Ottawa''

William Gibson - ''Count Zero''

:Awards:

See 1986 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

, ''The Story of Bobby O'Mally''

, ''Raspberry Vinegar''

, ''Domestic Fuel''

, ''No Axe too Small to Grind''

:New Music:

Leonard Cohen - ''First We Take Manhattan''

Neil Young - ''First We Take Manhattan''

:New Movies:

James Cameron 's '' Aliens '' is released

David Cronenberg 's '' The Fly ''

Denys Arcand 's '' The Decline Of The American Empire ''

BIRTHS

January 8 - Jaclyn Linetsky , actor

December 12 - Marie-Pier Beaudet , Olympian

DEATHS

February 27 - Jacques Plante , hockey star

March 4 - Elizabeth Smart , poet and novelist

August 20 - Milton Acorn , poet

November 5 - Claude Jutra , filmmaker

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