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Incumbents

• Prime Minister - Pierre Trudeau
• Governor General - Edward Schreyer

• 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

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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
• 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
• July 23 - Gimli Glider: Air Canada 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 missiles 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

January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Motto: Multis E Gentibus Vires (From many peoples, strength) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Regina Largest city Saskatoon Lieutenant Governor Lynda M. Haverstock Premier Lorne Calvert (NDP) Area 651,036 km² (7th)  - Land 591,670 km²  - Water 59,366 km² (9. ... . A Legislative Assembly in British constitutional thought is the second-to-top or third-to-top tier of a government led by a Governor-General, Governor or a Lieutenant-Governor, inferior to an Executive Council and equal to or inferior to a Legislative Council. ... Colin Thatcher (born 25 August 1938 in Toronto) was a Canadian politician famous for his involvement in the murder of his ex-wife, JoAnn Wilson. ... A premier is an executive official of government. ... Donald Grant Devine (born 1944) was the Progressive Conservative Premier of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan from May 8, 1982 to November 1, 1991. ... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... JoAnn Wilson (21 August 1939 - 21 January 1983) was the wife of Canadian politician Colin Thatcher. ... Motto: Multis E Gentibus Vires (From many peoples, strength) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Regina Largest city Saskatoon Lieutenant Governor Lynda M. Haverstock Premier Lorne Calvert (NDP) Area 651,036 km² (7th)  - Land 591,670 km²  - Water 59,366 km² (9. ... . A Legislative Assembly in British constitutional thought is the second-to-top or third-to-top tier of a government led by a Governor-General, Governor or a Lieutenant-Governor, inferior to an Executive Council and equal to or inferior to a Legislative Council. ... Colin Thatcher (born 25 August 1938 in Toronto) was a Canadian politician famous for his involvement in the murder of his ex-wife, JoAnn Wilson. ... Regina is the provincial capital of Saskatchewan, Canada and was incorporated as a city on June 19, 1903. ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... Bertha Wilson (born September 18, Canadian jurist. ... The Supreme Court Building in Ottawa The Supreme Court of Canada is Canadas highest court and is located in the capital city of Ottawa. ... March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... Steve Podborski (born July 25, 1957) was a Canadian alpine skier. ... 2 June is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... Air Canada Flight 797 was a scheduled transborder flight that flew on a Houston, Texas-Dallas/Fort Worth-Toronto, Ontario route. ... Cincinnati, The Queen City (also The Queen of the West, The Blue Chip City, The City of Seven Hills, and also referred to as Cincy) is a city in Southwestern Ohio, United States. ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... The Charter of the French Language (also known as Bill 101) is a framework law in the province of Quebec, Canada, defining the linguistic rights of all Quebecers and making French, the language of the majority, the sole official language of Quebec. ... ... June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... The Right Honourable Martin Brian Mulroney, PC, CC (born March 20, 1939), was the eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993. ... The Right Honourable Charles Joseph Clark, PC,CC (born June 5, 1939) was the sixteenth prime minister of Canada from June 4, 1979, to March 2, 1980, and a prominent Canadian politician until his retirement in 2004. ... The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC) was a Canadian centre-right conservative political party that existed from 1867 to 2003. ... June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... BC Place Stadium is Canadas first domed stadium. ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: By sea, land and air we prosper City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Location. ... July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... The Gimli Glider after landing The Gimli Glider is the name given to a famous incident in aviation history, on July 23, 1983, when a Boeing 767-200 jet, Air Canada Flight 143, ran out of fuel at 40,000 feet over northern Canada and had to glide to a... Air Canada (TSX: ACE.RV) is Canadas flag air carrier, headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. ... Gimli, Manitoba is also a town in Manitoba, see Gimli, Manitoba (town) Gimli is a rural municipality in south-central Manitoba, Canada. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). ... Alternative meaning: North American Students of Cooperation The North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (NASCO) is an international organization established under the Convention for the Conservation of Salmon in the North Atlantic Ocean from October 1, 1983. ... November 17 is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... Jeanne Mathilde Sauvé (née Benoit) (April 26, 1922 - January 26, 1993) was a Canadian journalist, politician and stateswoman. ... The Governor General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Canada, normally simply known as the Governor General of Canada in French, Gouverneur(e) général(e) is the Canadian representative of the monarch (presently Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II). ... A Tomahawk cruise missile A cruise missile is a guided missile which uses a lifting wing and most often a jet propulsion system to allow sustained flight. ... Then Prime Minister Joe Clark presents the 1979 Grey Cup to victorious Edmonton Eskimos Danny Kepley and Tom Wilkinson. ... The Toronto Argonauts are a Canadian Football League team based in Toronto, Ontario. ... The British Columbia Lions are a Canadian Football League team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. ... The Vanier Cup (French: Coupe Vanier) is the championship trophy of Canadian Interuniversity Sport mens football. ... The Calgary Dinos are the athletic teams that represent the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. ... The Queens Golden Gaels are the athletic teams that represent Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. ... Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station is a Canadian electrical generating station located in Point Lepreau, New Brunswick. ...

Arts and Literature

New Books

• A Time for Judas - Morley Callaghan
• Unearthing Suite - Margaret Atwood
• Seagull on Yonge Street - Bill Bissett

Awards

• See 1983 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Books in Canada First Novel Award: W.P. Kinsella, Shoeless Joe
• Gerald Lampert Award: Diana Hartog, Matinee Light
• Pat Lowther Award: Rhea Tregebov, Remembering History
• Stephen Leacock Award: Morley Torgov, The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick
• Vicky Metcalf Award: Claire Mackay

Film

• 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

Morley Edward Callaghan (February 22, 1903 - August 25, 1990) was a Canadian novelist, short story writer, playwright, TV and radio personality. ... Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Peggy Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a novelist, poet, literary critic, one of the worlds best-selling authors, and a pioneer of Canadian womens writing. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Each winner of the 1983 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. ... The Books in Canada First Novel Award has a tumultuous history. ... William Patrick Kinsella (born May 25, 1935, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) is a noted novelist who mainly wrote about Canadas First Nations and baseball. ... The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets. ... The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets. ... Rhea Tregebov is a Canadian poet and childrens writer who lives in Toronto, Ontario. ... The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour (usually the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour or just the Stephen Leacock Award) is an annual award presented to the best work of humorous literature written in English by a Canadian. ... The Vicky Metcalf Award is awarded to a writer whose body of work has been inspirational to Canadian youth. ... Graham Greene (born June 22, 1952) is a Canadian actor. ... David Paul Cronenberg (born March 16, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian horror and science fiction film director, who has also worked as an actor. ... The Dead Zone is a novel by Stephen King published in 1979. ... Farley Mowat O.C. (born May 12, 1921) is a Canadian novelist and non-fiction author. ... Never Cry Wolf is a book by Canadian author Farley Mowat, published in 1963. ...

Births

• February 2 - Jordin Tootoo, hockey player
• April 7 - Kyle Labine, actor
• May 20 - Dan Blackburn, hockey goalie
• June 9 - Dean Gualandi, Technical Director, CFRB & all around swell guy
• June 22 - Sheena Lawrick, Olympic softball player
• September 27 - Jay Bouwmeester, hockey player

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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