1994 In Canada

February - the first Liberal budget slashes spending in an effort to cut the deficit. Unemployment Insurance and provincial transfer payments are especially hard hit

February 27 - The 1994 Winter Olympics end in Lillehammer , Norway .

March 21 - A civilian inquiry in the behaviour of the Canadian Airborne in Somalia is launched

April 5 - The Just Desserts Shooting occurs in Toronto

June - An Ontario farmer is allowed to grow 10 acres (40,000 m²) of Marijuana for research purposes

June 14 - The New York Rangers defeat the Vancouver Canucks to win the Stanley Cup

September 12 - Quebec Election , the Parti Québécois defeats the Parti Libéral Du Québec , which had been in power for nine years.

September 26 - Jacques Parizeau ( PQ ) is sworn in as premier of Quebec , replacing Daniel Johnson, Jr .

October - A Lockout closes the NHL for the entire first half of the season.

October 5 and October 6 - Members of the Solar Temple cult commit mass suicide

December - Lucien Bouchard is infected with Necrotizing Fasciitis and loses a leg

Conrad Black 's company buys the Chicago Sun-Times

Bertram Brockhouse shares the Nobel Prize In Physics

Hockey is made Canada's official winter sport, Lacrosse is named official summer sport

Cigarette taxes are slashed to battle smuggling and black market organizations

Canadian troops leave CFB Lahr ending the Canadian armed forces presence in Europe

The Alberta Court Of Appeal strikes down a lower court ruling that LGBT persons are to be covered under the province's human rights legislation. The case, originally brought by Delwin Vriend , was subsequently appealed to the Supreme Court Of Canada (see 1998 In Canada .)

ARTS AND LITERATURE

New Works

Margaret Atwood - ''Good Bones and Simple Murders''

Robert J. Sawyer - ''Foreigner''

William Bell - ''Five Days of the Ghost''

Michael Ignatieff - ''Blood and Belonging: Journeys Into the New Nationalism''

Réjean Ducharme - ''Va savoir''

Mordecai Richler - ''This Year In Jerusalem''

Dave Duncan - ''The Living God''

Hank Snow - ''Just a Hank Snow Story''

Alice Munro - ''Open Secrets''

Douglas Coupland - ''Life After God''

Farley Mowat - ''Born Naked''

Awards

See 1994 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

- ''The Book of Secrets''

, ''Losing Eddie: A Novel''

, ''The Lights Go On Again''

, ''The Night You Called Me a Shadow'' and Illya Tourtidis , ''Mad Magellan's Tale''

, ''The Golden Lotus''

, ''Bachelor Brother's Bed and Breakfast''

, ''Conor: A Biography of Conor Cruise O'Brien; Volume 1 Narrative'',

, ''Tant de vie s'égare''

Television

Kids In The Hall ends

Films

Atom Egoyan 's '' Exotica '' is released

BIRTHS

March 30 - Cecilia Zhang , murder victim

DEATHS

March 4 - John Candy , comedian and actor

	APPAREL
	BABY
	BEAUTY
	BOOKS
	CAR TOYS
	CELL PHONES
	DVD'S
	ELECTRONICS
	GOURMET FOOD
	GROCERIES
	HEALTH & PERSONAL
	HOME & GARDEN
	JEWELRY
	MUSIC
	MUSIC INSTRUMENTS
	OFFICE PRODUCTS
	SOFTWARE
	SPORTING GOODS
	TOOLS & HARDWARE
	TOYS
	VIDEO GAMES
	SHOPPING HOME

	MORE SHOPPING...

	CATEGORIES ABOUT 1994 IN CANADA

	1994 in canada1994 in canada

Information About

1994 In Canada