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Incumbents

• Prime Minister - Jean Chrétien
• Governor General - Ray Hnatyshyn then Roméo LeBlanc

• Premier of Alberta - Ralph Klein
• Premier of British Columbia - Mike Harcourt
• Premier of Manitoba - Gary Filmon
• Premier of New Brunswick - Frank McKenna
• Premier of Newfoundland - Clyde Wells
• Premier of Nova Scotia - John Savage
• Premier of Ontario - Bob Rae then Mike Harris
• Premier of Prince Edward Island - Catherine Callbeck
• Premier of Quebec - Jacques Parizeau
• Premier of Saskatchewan - Roy Romanow

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Events

• January 5 - Rogers Communications withdraws an unpopular retroactive billing system after widescale consumer protest
• January 7 - The opening of Parliament is televised for the first time
• January 18 - A video of the Canadian Airborne Regiment's brutal hazing rituals is made public
• January 23 - As a result of the Somalia Affair and the video the Airborne Regiment is disbanded
• January 23 - Guy Paul Morin's conviction for murder that had seen him jailed for 11 years is overturned
• February 21 - The inquiry into the April 1994 uprising in the Kingston Women's Prison rules that authorities used excessive force in putting it down
• February 23 - American President Bill Clinton address Parliament
• March 9 - As part of Brian Tobin's Turbot War Canadian officials seize the Spanish trawler the Estai
• March 11 - The Globe and Mail publishes an investigative piece by Gerald Hannon, alleging that Julian Fantino's "Project Guardian" child pornography investigation in London, Ontario is a deliberately falsified attempt to harass members of the city's gay community
• March 15 - Former Nova Scotia Premier Gerald Regan is charged with child abuse
• March 18-March 27 - A major rail strike occurs, the workers are eventually legislated back to work
• March 20 - Erichs Tobias is accused of war crimes
• March 27 - Bell Canada announces major job cuts
• March 31 - Perrin Beatty appointed head of the CBC
• April - Chapters is officially incorporated
• April 5 - Mark Chahal kills 10 people in Vernon, British Columbia
• April 9 - Steve Stavro buys Maple Leaf Gardens from Harold Ballard's estate
• April 16 the Turbot War ends as Canada and the European Union reach an agreement
• April 26 - Direct to home satellite television is made legal in Canada
• May 9 - The law against homosexual adoption is struck down
• May 18 - The trial of Paul Bernardo begins
• May 25 - Egan v. Canada - Supreme Court of Canada rules that sexual orientation is a prohibited grounds of discrimination under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
• May 31 - The RCMP announce a $1,000,000 reward in Air India flight 182 case and restarts its investigation.
• June 6 - Labatt is sold to a Belgian company
• June 8 - Ontario election: Mike Harris's PCs win a majority, defeating Bob Rae's NDP
• June 9 - Floods in Medicine Hat, Alberta force the evactuation of over 5000 people
• June 13 - A strict new gun control law is passed banning most handguns and forcing all rifles to be registered
• June 15-June 17 - The G-7 meet in Halifax, Nova Scotia
• June 21 - Saskatchewan election: Roy Romanow's NDP win a second consecutive majority
• June 28 - Mike Harris becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Bob Rae
• July 17 - Christine Silverberg becomes Canada's first female police chief when she is promoted to that position in Calgary
• July 20 - In Hill v. Church of Scientology of Toronto the Supreme Court upholds Canada's largest ever libel award
• July 27 - Thomson Corp. agrees to sell 27 Canadian newspapers to Hollinger Inc.
• August 1 - Popular Ottawa sportscaster Brian Smith is shot in the parking lot of CJOH by escaped mental patient Jeffrey Arenburg; Smith dies in hospital the following day.
• August 11 - The first ever fatal accident aboard a Toronto Transit Commission subway kills three
• September 1 - Paul Bernardo is found guilty of the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French
• September 6 - The government announces plans to sell off most of its remaining holdings in Petro-Canada
• October 14 - Alexa McDonough is elected head of the NDP, replacing Audrey McLaughlin
• October 26 - The Cree of Quebec hold a plebiscite voting overwhelmingly to stay in Canada
• October 27 - A massive rally is held in Montreal by the No side in the referendum
• October 30 - The 1995 Quebec referendum is held on separation. The No side narrowly wins.
• October 31 - Newfoundland passes a constitutional amendment to overhaul its school system
• November 4 - Radarsat, Canada's first observation satellite is launched
• November 5 - André Dallaire breaks into 24 Sussex Drive, the Prime Minister fends him off with an Inuit sculpture
• November 5 - Paul Bernardo is declared a Dangerous Offender, meaning he will be ineligible for parole
• November 11 - Journalist Judy Steed, in a conference speech, attacks the chair of Ryerson University's journalism program for employing Gerald Hannon as a part-time instructor; the controversy spans the next three weeks.
• November 15 - British Columbia premier announces his resignation because of the bingogate scandal.
• November 20 - Former PM Brian Mulroney sues the government over the Airbus Affair
• November 22 - Don Morin becomes premier of the Northwest Territories, replacing Nellie Cournoyea
• November 23 - Jean Chrétien unveils a law that would give each of Canada's four regions a constitutional veto. The west complains that it deserves more than one.
• November 28 - Canadian National Railway is privatized
• December - Representatives of aboriginal peoples gather and issue the Sacred Assembly Proclamation; from this was developed the Reconciliation Proclamation and the Statement of Principles and Priorities.
• December 6 - The Toonie is introduced
• December 6 - Canada agrees to send 1000 peacekeepers to Bosnia
• December 7 - The Montreal Canadiens trade Patrick Roy to the Colorado Avalanche
• December 11 - Voters in what will become Nunavut select Iqaluit as the capital of the new territory
• December 20 - Lt. Gen Jean Boyle becomes Chief of the Defence Staff
• December 21 - The Krever Commission holds its final hearings
• December 28 - Premier of Newfoundland Clyde Wells announces his retirement

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Arts and Literature

New Books

• Bill Bissett - Th influenza uv logik
• Ann-Marie MacDonald - The Arab's Mouth
• Douglas Coupland - Microserfs
• Stevie Cameron - On the Take
• Dave Duncan - The Hunters' Haunt
• Antonine Maillet - La Fontaine ou la Comédie des animaux
• Farley Mowat - Aftermath: Travels in a Post-War World

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Awards

• Carol Shields wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Stone Diaries
• Robert J. Sawyer wins the Nebula Award for his work The Terminal Experiment
• Giller Prize: Rohinton Mistry - A Fine Balance
• See 1995 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Books in Canada First Novel Award: Shyam Selvadurai, Funny Boy: A Novel in Six Stories
• Geoffrey Bilson Award: Joan Clark, The Dream Carvers
• Gerald Lampert Award: Keith Maillard, Dementia Americana
• Marian Engel Award: Bonnie Burnard
• Pat Lowther Award: Beth Goobie, Scars of Light
• Stephen Leacock Award: Josh Freed, Fear of Frying and other Fax of Life
• Trillium Book Award English: - Margaret Atwood, Morning In The Burned House and Wayson Choy, The Jade Peony
• Trillium Book Award French: - Maurice Henrie, Le Balcon dans le ciel
• Vicky Metcalf Award: Sarah Ellis

Carol Shields, CC , OM , D.Litt. ... The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded since 1948 for distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life. ... The Stone Diaries is a 1993 novel by Carol Shields. ... Robert J. Sawyer (born April 29, 1960) is a Canadian science fiction writer, dubbed the dean of Canadian science fiction by The Ottawa Citizen newspaper in 1999. ... The Nebula is an award given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the two previous years. ... The Giller Prize is an annual award that goes to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story fiction collection published in English. ... Rohinton Mistry (born July 3, 1952) is a Parsee author. ... A Fine Balance is the third book by Rohinton Mistry. ... The 1995 Governor Generals Literary Awards were presented by Roméo LeBlanc, Governor General of Canada on November 14 at the Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto. ... The Books in Canada First Novel Award has a tumultuous history. ... Jump to: navigation, search Shyam Selvadurai (born 1965) is a Canadian novelist who wrote Funny Boy (1994), which won the Books in Canada First Novel Award, and Cinnamon Gardens (1998). ... The Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young Readers is a Canadian literary award that goes to the best work of historical fiction written for youth each year. ... The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets. ... The Marian Engel Award is presented each year by the Writers Trust of Canada in memory of the Canadian writer Marian Engel. ... Bonnie Burnard (born January 15, Canadian novelist who lives in London, Ontario. ... The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets. ... 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 Trillium Award is given annually by the government of the Province of Ontario and is open to books in any genre: fiction, non-fiction, drama, childrens books, and poetry. ... Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Peggy Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a novelist, poet, literary critic, and a pioneer of Canadian womens writing. ... Wayson Choy (蔡韋森 Pinyin: Cài Wéisēn ; Jyutping: Coi3 Wai5-sam1) (born April 20, 1939) is a Vancouver-born Canadian writer of Chinese ancestry who spent his childhood in the Chinatown, Downtown. ... The Trillium Award is given annually by the government of the Province of Ontario and is open to books in any genre: fiction, non-fiction, drama, childrens books, and poetry. ... The Vicky Metcalf Award is awarded to a writer whose body of work has been inspirational to Canadian youth. ...

Music

• Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill released
• Shania Twain's The Woman in Me released

Jump to: navigation, search This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Jagged Little Pill was Canadian singer/songwriter Alanis Morissettes third album, released on June 13, 1995 (see 1995 in music). ... Jump to: navigation, search Shania Twain Shania Twain (born on August 28, 1965) is a Canadian singer and songwriter who has been very successful in the country and pop music genres, setting several sales records for female artists and for country artists. ... The Woman in Me is an album by Shania Twain, released in 1995 (see 1995 in music). ...

Television

• Long running quiz show Front Page Challenge is canceled by the CBC

Front Page Challenge (aired 1957 - 1995) was a Canadian current events-cum-history program disguised as a game show, in which notable journalists attempted to guess what past news story the hidden guest was linked with. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known by the abbreviation CBC, is Canadas government-owned radio and television broadcaster. ...

Film

• Michael Moore's Canadian Bacon is released

Jump to: navigation, search For other people named Michael Moore, see Michael Moore (disambiguation). ... Canadian Bacon is a 1995 comedy/satire film written, directed and produced by Michael Moore. ...

Births

Deaths

• January 28 - George Woodcock, author
• February 23 - Murray Cotterill, labour leader
• April 23 - Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Manitoba politician
• May 6 - John Black Aird, politician
• July 8 - George Johnson, Manitoba politician
• August 2 - Brian Smith, sportscaster
• August 25 - Francis Lawrence Jobin, Manitoba politician
• September 3 - Earle Birney, poet
• September 23 - Philip Gaglardi, British Columbia politician
• September 30 - Jean-Luc Pépin, politician
• October 17 - Herbert J. Smith, president of General Electric Canada
• October 26 - Lucie Cavoukian, photographer
• October 27 - Artin Cavoukian, photographer
• November 3 - Gordon S. Fahrni, doctor
• November 13 - Emmett Hall, Supreme Court Justice
• November 21 - Bruno Gerussi, actor
• December 2 - Robertson Davies, author
• December 3 - Elsie Knott, first female band chief
• December 4 - Little Beaver, wrestler
• December 17 - Jean Fortier, head of Radio-Canada
• Earle Birney, poet
• John Peters Humphrey, legal scholar