1970 in Canada

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See also: 1969 in Canada, other events of 1970, 1971 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Arts and Literature
4 Births
5 Deaths

[edit] Incumbents

The Vancouver Canucks joined the National Hockey League on May 22

[edit] Events

January 1 - The towns Fort William and Port Arthur are merged to create Thunder Bay, Ontario
January 16 - The federal government announces plans to convert the nation to the metric system
February 2 - Canada becomes an official observer at the Organization of American States
February 5 - An oil tanker runs aground in Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia causing a major oil spill
February 16 - Police recover the Grey Cup after it was stolen the previous December
February 17 - The use of phosphates in laundry detergent is banned
March 2 - Keith Spicer is appointed as the first Official Languages Commissioner
March 7 - A total solar eclipse affects the Maritimes
The first Artic Winter Games commence in Yellowknife
March 20 - The Francophonie is established with Canada as a founding member
April 5 - Bobby Orr becomes the first NHL defensemean to win the scoring title
May 1 - The Capitol Cinema, Ottawa's only movie palace, is closed and later demolished
May 2 - Montreal is awarded the 1976 Summer Olympics
May 12 - Robert Bourassa becomes Premier of Quebec after his Liberals defeat the Union Nationale party
May 22 - The Vancouver Canucks join the NHL
May 22 - The CRTC issues the first Canadian content rules for television and radio
May 29 - The Hudson's Bay Company moves its headquarters from London to Winnipeg, Manitoba
June 23 - The first Juno Awards for Canadian music are held
June 26 - The federal voting age is lowered from 21 to 18
July 5 - 109 people are killed in the crash of an Air Canada DC-8
August 2 - Three Canadians are killed when a ferry collides with a Soviet freighter off British Columbia
August 17 - Arthur Erickson is awarded at Expo '70 for his design of the Canadian pavilion
August 20 - A tornado with winds up to 160 kilometres per hour hits Sudbury, Ontario. It was one of the worst torandos in Canadian history killing 6 people, injuring 200 and causing $17 million dollars in property damage. All in under five minutes.
October 5 - October Crisis: British Trade Commissioner James Cross is kidnapped by the FLQ
October 10 - October Crisis: Quebec Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte is kidnapped by the FLQ
October 16 - October Crisis: Pierre Trudeau introduces the War Measures Act to deal with the FLQ threat
October 17 - October Crisis: The body of Pierre Laporte is found in the trunk of a car
October 28 - Gerald Regan becomes Premier of Nova Scotia after his Liberals defeat George Smith's Conservatives
November 6 - Police raid the hiding place of the FLQ's Chenier cell, arresting Bernard Lortie for the kidnapping and murder of Pierre Laporte.
November 12 - Richard Hatfield becomes Premier of New Brunswick after his Conservatives defeat Louis Robichaud's Liberals
December 3 - October Crisis: James Cross is released unharmed by the FLQ
December 28 - October Crisis: The FLQ kidnappers of Pierre Laporte are caught
The Royal Commission on the Status of Women reports to Parliament
TV Ontario begins broadcasting
INCO builds the world's tallest smokestack at Copper Cliff, Ontario
The Pierre Laporte Bridge opens in Quebec City, at the time it is Canada's longest bridge
The Don't Make a Wave Committee, the predecessor organization to Greenpeace, is founded in Vancouver
The first ACTRA Awards are held

[edit] Arts and Literature

New Books

The Collected Works of Billy the Kid - Michael Ondaatje
S th story I to: trew adventure - Bill Bissett
Fifth Business - Robertson Davies
The Journals of Susanna Moodie - Margaret Atwood
Il est par là, le soleil - Roch Carrier
The National Dream - Pierre Berton
La Rivière sans repos - Gabrielle Roy
Counterblast - Marshall McLuhan

New Plays

The Ecstasy of Rita Joe - George Ryga

Awards

See 1970 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Stephen Leacock Award: Farley Mowat, The Boat Who Wouldn't Float
Vicky Metcalf Award: Farley Mowat

Film

Paul Almond's Act of the Heart opens

[edit] Births

January 1 — Krista Sutton, actor
January 19 — Donald Haddow, freestyle swimmer
February 14 — Raine Maida, singer
February 23 — Marie-Josée Croze, actor
February 24 — Jeff Garcia, football player
February 24 — Cameron Grant, breaststroke swimmer
March 18 — Ian Bird, field hockey player
April 8 — JR Bourne, actor
April 11 — Trevor Linden, ice hockey player
May 4 — Karla Homolka, convicted murderer
May 9 — Mario Dumont, Quebec politician
May 11 — Heather Stefanson, politician
May 12 — Mike Weir, golfer
May 20 — Jason York, ice hockey player
June 2 — Patricia Noall, freestyle swimmer
June 12 — Gordon Michael Woolvett, actor
July 3 — Julie Masse, singer
August 6 — Michael Strange, boxer
August 9 — Rod Brind'Amour, ice hockey player
August 19 — James Rajotte, politician
September 1 — Mitsou, singer
September 2 — Mike Wolfs, sailor
September 7 — Keltie Duggan, breaststroke swimmer
October 8 — Heather Jones, field hockey player
November 9 — Chris Jericho, wrestler
November 10 — Sue Reid, field hockey player
November 15 — Jeffrey Adams, wheelchair athlete
December 15 — Michael Shanks, actor
December 19 — Jonathan Cleveland, breaststroke swimmer
December 23 — Catriona LeMay Doan, ice speed skater
December 25 — Stu Barnes, ice hockey player

Maher Arar
Lynn Coady, writer
Sarah Harmer, singer-songwriter
Naomi Klein, activist writer

[edit] Deaths

January 29 - Lawren Harris, Group of Seven painter
February 27 - Marie Dionne, one of the Dionne Quintuplets
March 23 - Del Lord, film director
June 12 - John Keiller MacKay, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
October 17 - Pierre Laporte, Quebec Cabinet minister
Jacob Viner, economist

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