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List of Canadian events in 1993
Events from the year
1993 in Canada
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Incumbents
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Crown
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Federal government
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Provincial governments
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Lieutenant governors
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Premiers
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Territorial governments
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Commissioners
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Premiers
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Events
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January to June
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- January 25 ?
Catherine Callbeck
becomes
premier of Prince Edward Island
, replacing
Joe Ghiz
following a
leadership election
. This is Prince Edward Island's first
female premier
, and the first time in Canada that two provinces or territories have simultaneously had female premiers (until
March 2011
).
- January 28 ? Six
Innu
youths from
Davis Inlet
, aged 11 to 14, are caught on video
sniffing gasoline
as a
suicide
attempt.
- February 24 ? Prime Minister
Brian Mulroney
announces his resignation (effective June 25) amidst political and economic turmoil.
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- March 4 ? Canadian soldiers shoot and kill a Somali man outside their base in
Somalia
.
- March 12 ? Governor General
Ray Hnatyshyn
proclaims a constitutional amendment adding
section 16.1
to the
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
.
- March 16 ? Canadian soldiers beat to death
Shidane Arone
, a
Somali
teenager, in Somalia.
- March 18 ? Master Corporal
Clayton Matchee
is arrested in connection with Shidane Arone's death.
- March 29 ?
1993 Prince Edward Island general election
: Catherine Callbeck's Liberals win a majority. She is the first female premier to lead a party to victory in a general election.
- April 2 ? The
Farm Credit Corporation Act
is passed.
- June: The
Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act
and the
Nunavut Act
are passed, leading to the eventual creation of
Nunavut
in 1999.
- June 11 ?
John Savage
becomes premier of
Nova Scotia
, replacing
Donald Cameron
.
- June 15 ?
Alberta election
:
Ralph Klein
's PCs win a seventh consecutive majority.
- June 20 ? A landslide on the
South Nation River
destroys the abandoned townsite of
Lemieux, Ontario
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- June 25 ?
Kim Campbell
becomes prime minister, replacing
Brian Mulroney
. She is the first woman to be the country's head of government.
July to December
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Full date unknown
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Arts and literature
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New works
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- Margaret Atwood
,
The Robber Bride
- Rejean Ducharme
,
Devade
- Dave Duncan
,
The Stricken Field
- William Gibson
,
Virtual Light
- Michael Ignatieff
,
Scar Tissue
- Thomas King
,
One Good Story, That One
- Antonine Maillet
,
Le nuit des roi
- Yann Martel
,
The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios
- Farley Mowat
,
My Father's Son
- Robert J. Sawyer
,
Fossil Hunter
- Jeffrey Simpson
,
Faultines, Struggling for a Canadian Vision
Awards
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- American-born
E. Annie Proulx
's
The Shipping News
, set in Newfoundland, wins the American
National Book Award
- See
1993 Governor General's Awards
for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Books in Canada First Novel Award
:
John Steffler
,
The Afterlife of George Cartwright: A Novel
- Geoffrey Bilson Award
:
Celia Barker Lottridge
,
Ticket to Curlew
- Gerald Lampert Award
:
Elisabeth Harvor
,
Fortress of Chairs
and
Roberta Rees
,
Eyes Like Pigeons
- Marian Engel Award
:
Sandra Birdsell
- Pat Lowther Award
:
Lorna Crozier
,
Inventing the Hawk
- Stephen Leacock Award
:
John Levesque
,
Waiting for Aquarius
- Trillium Book Award
:
Jane Urquhart
,
Away
and
Margaret Atwood
,
The Robber Bride
- Vicky Metcalf Award
:
Phoebe Gilman
Television
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Film
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Music
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- Bryan Adams
,
So Far So Good
- Jann Arden
,
Time for Mercy
- The Band
,
Jericho
- Big Sugar
,
Five Hundred Pounds
- Blinker the Star
,
Blinker the Star
- Blue Rodeo
,
Five Days in July
- Cowboy Junkies
,
Pale Sun, Crescent Moon
- Crash Test Dummies
,
God Shuffled His Feet
- Crash Vegas
,
Stone
- cub
,
Betti-Cola
- Celine Dion
,
The Colour of My Love
- Doughboys
,
Crush
- Eric's Trip
,
Love Tara
- Lawrence Gowan
,
...but you can call me Larry
- Great Big Sea
,
Great Big Sea
- Grievous Angels
,
Watershed
- Hart-Rouge
,
Blue Blue Windows
- The Headstones
,
Picture of Health
- I Mother Earth
,
Dig
- The Inbreds
,
Hilario
- Intermix
,
Phaze Two
- Junkhouse
,
Here Lies Happiness
and
Strays
- King Cobb Steelie
,
King Cobb Steelie
- The Look People
,
Crazy Eggs
- Lost Dakotas
,
Sun Machine
- Sarah McLachlan
,
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
- Me Mom and Morgentaler
,
Shiva Space Machine
- Moxy Fruvous
,
Bargainville
- Odds
,
Bedbugs
- The Pursuit of Happiness
,
The Downward Road
- The Rankin Family
,
North Country
- Rose Chronicles
,
Dead and Gone to Heaven
- Rush
,
Counterparts
- Jane Siberry
,
When I Was a Boy
- Skydiggers
,
Just Over This Mountain
- Spirit of the West
,
Faithlift
- The Tea Party
,
Splendor Solis
- 13 Engines
,
Perpetual Motion Machine
- Shania Twain
,
Shania Twain
- Voivod
,
The Outer Limits
Sport
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Births
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- January 4 ?
Aaryn Doyle
, actress and singer
- January 6 ?
Jesse Carere
, actor
- January 21 ?
Jason Godin
, politician
- January 26 ?
Cameron Bright
, actor
- February 24 ?
Phillip Danault
, ice hockey player
- March 14 ?
Demetrius Joyette
, actor
- March 15 ?
Alyssa Reid
, singer-songwriter
- March 15 ?
Mark Scheifele
, ice hockey player
- April 8 ?
Tyler Shaw
, singer-songwriter
- April 20 ?
Kurtis Gabriel
, ice hockey player
- April 23 ?
Brooke Palsson
, actress
- April 25 ?
Lyldoll
, singer-songwriter
- May 16 -
Atticus Mitchell
, actor and musician
- May 18 -
Stuart Percy
, hockey player
- May 20 -
Kevin Roy
, hockey player
- May 26 -
Katerine Savard
, swimmer
- June 6 -
Jesse Carere
, actor
- June 15 -
Boone Jenner
, ice hockey player
- July 1 -
Brett Ritchie
, ice hockey player
- July 3 -
PartyNextDoor
, rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer
- July 9 -
Emily Hirst
, actress
- July 28 ?
Hannah Lochner
, actress
- August 6 ?
Charlie Bilodeau
, pair skater
- September 1 -
Alexander Conti
, actor
- September 11 -
Oliver Scholfield
, field hockey player
- November 28 -
Stephanie Park
, paralympic wheelchair basketball player
- December 16 -
Stephan James
, actor
- December 29 -
Gabby May
, artistic gymnast
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- Full date unknown - David Benoit, Canadian-American wrestler and son of
Chris Benoit
Deaths
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- January 26 ?
Jeanne Sauve
, politician and first female
Governor General of Canada
(born
1922
)
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- January 28 ?
Helen Hogg-Priestley
, astronomer (born
1903
)
- February 28 ?
Ruby Keeler
, actress, singer and dancer (born
1909
)
- April 2 ?
Alexander Bell Patterson
, politician (born
1911
)
- April 15 ?
John Tuzo Wilson
, geophysicist and geologist (born
1908
)
- April 30 ?
Colin Emerson Bennett
, politician and lawyer (born
1908
)
- May 2 ?
Stephen Juba
, politician and Mayor of
Winnipeg
(born
1914
)
- May 9 ?
Jacques Dextraze
, Canadian general (born
1919
)
- May 30 ?
H. Gordon Barrett
, politician (born
1915
)
- June 9 ?
Alexis Smith
, actress (born
1921
)
- July 9 ?
Garry Hoy
, lawyer (born
1955
)
- August 14 ?
Francis Mankiewicz
, film director, screenwriter and producer (born
1944
)
- September 12 ?
Raymond Burr
, actor (born
1917
)
- September 27 ?
Fraser MacPherson
, jazz musician (born
1928
)
- October 24 ?
Tracy Latimer
, murder victim (born
1980
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