NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 1985 in Canada

January 26 - Frank Miller elected leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party replacing Bill Davis
January 30 - The federal government relaxes laws requiring businesses to use the metric system
February 8 - Frank Miller becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Bill Davis after the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership election
February 10 - A supergroup of Canadian musicians, Northern Lights, gathers to record the charity single Tears Are Not Enough for famine relief in Ethiopia.
February 11 - The federal and Newfoundland governments sign the Atlantic Accord paving the way for joint development of Newfoundland's offshore oil and gas reserves
February 12 - Minister of National Defence Robert Coates resigns after it is revealed that he visited a strip-club while on government business in Germany
February 13 - Denis Lortie is found guilty of murder for his attack on the Quebec National Assembly that killed three
February 28 - Holocaust denier Ernst Z�ndel is found guilty of publishing false news and fermenting racial intolerance
March - Willard Phelps becomes government leader of Yukon, replacing Chris Pearson
March - At the so-called Shamrock Summit between Prime Minister Mulroney and President Ronald Reagan the two agree on cooperation on Missile Defence and free trade
March 12 - Heavily armed Armenian terrorists storm the Turkish embasssy in Ottawa. They kill a security guard and hold a dozen people hostage for four hours
March 21 - Rick Hansen launches his Man in Motion world tour to raise money for spinal cord research
March 29 - 10 are killed after two military planes collide near CFB Edmonton
April 24 - The Supreme Court rules the Lord's Day Act violates Canadians' freedom of religion
May - Tony Penikett becomes government leader of Yukon, replacing Willard Phelps
May 2 - Ontario election: Frank Miller's PCs win a minority, but David Peterson's Liberals will form a coalition with the NDP, forcing Miller to resign
May 9 - The Supreme Court rules that Orders-in-Council are subject to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
May 31 - A tornado in Barrie, Ontario kills twelve
June 23 - Air India flight 182 blows up en-route from Toronto to London; Sikh terrorists are blamed.
June 26 - David Peterson becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Frank Miller
September 1 - The wreck of the RMS Titanic is found off the coast of Newfoundland
September 6 - The Canadian Encyclopedia is launched
September 17 - The tunagate scandal erupts
September 20 - Lincoln Alexander becomes the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, the first Black person to hold a vice regal position in Canadian history
September 25 - The Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology opens in Drumheller, Alberta
October 3 - Pierre-Marc Johnson becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Ren� L�vesque
November 1 - Don Getty becomes premier of Alberta, replacing Peter Lougheed
November 5 - Nick Sibbeston becomes government leader of the Northwest Territories, replacing Richard Nerysoo
December 2 - In the Quebec election, Robert Bourassa's Liberals gain a majority, defeating the Parti Qu�b�cois.
December 12 - Robert Bourassa becomes premier of Quebec for the second time, replacing Pierre-Marc Johnson
December 12 - The worst airplane accident in Canadian history occurs when an Arrow Airlines flight crashes soon after take-off from Gander, Newfoundland. 256 people are killed.
Corel is founded in Ottawa

Arts and literature

New books

Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale
Colin Thatcher - Backrooms: A Story of Politics
Erin Mour� - Domestic Fuel
Farley Mowat - My Discovery of America

Awards

See 1985 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Books in Canada First Novel Award: G. Ursell, Perdue, or How the West Was Lost
Gerald Lampert Award: Paulette Jiles, Celestial Navigation
Pat Lowther Award: Paulette Jiles, Celestial Navigation
Stephen Leacock Award: Ted Allan, Love Is a Long Shot
Vicky Metcalf Award: Edith Fowke

Television

The last episode of The Friendly Giant on CBC

Births

February 27 - Fefe Dobson, singer
November 11 - Kalan Porter, singer
Marc Hall, rights activist

Deaths

April 21 - Foster Hewitt, broadcaster

Categories: Years in Canada | 1985 in Canada

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The Green Lane: Acid rain and the facts (2116 words)
	Initiated in 1985, the Eastern Canada Acid Rain program committed Canada to cap SO emissions in the seven provinces from Manitoba eastward at 2.3 million tonnes by 1994, a 40% reduction from 1980 levels.
	In 2000, Canada's largest contributor of NOx was the transportation sector, which accounted for approximately 60% of all emissions.
	Canada still needs to evaluate the sustainability of forest ecosystems for various levels of acid deposition given the new critical loads for terrestrial ecosystems.

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