August 2005 in Canada
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Deaths in August[edit]
Ongoing events• U.S.-Canada softwood lumber dispute [edit]
Upcoming events[edit]
Upcoming holidays• August 1: Civic Holiday1 [edit]
Upcoming elections• ?: 39th general election [edit]
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August 30, 2005
- The Supreme Court of British Columbia amends the definition of adultery under the Divorce Act after a woman contested the definition after her husband was caught with another man.(CTV)
- Mayor of Toronto David Miller and Justice Minister Irwin Cotler meet to discuss the recent surge in gun-related violence in Toronto.(CTV)
- Governor General Adrienne Clarkson announces 82 new members of the Order of Canada.(CTV)
- Hurricane Katrina could hit Ontario Wednesday.(CTV)
- WTO deals setback for Canada in US - Canada softwood lumber dispute.(CTV)
- Two Toronto men dead from West Nile virus.(CTV)
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August 27, 2005
- The Canadian government to ask CRTC to rescind satellite radio licences.(CTV)
- Rona shuts down Karla Homolka's boss.(CTV)
- Conservative leader Stephen Harper calls United States Ambassador to Canada David Wilkins' comments on lumber 'out of line'.(CTV)
- Animal rights agencies fear pit bulls will be abandoned or deserted when the new Ontario law banning pitbulls comes into effect.(CTV)
- Newfoundland and Labrador bait service loses millions of dollars.(CTV)
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August 26, 2005
- The Snowbirds are grounded after the August 24th crash in Thunder Bay, Ontario.(CTV)
- Crew extinguishes fire in vessel off Nova Scotia coast.(CTV)
- An anti-violence activist is gunned down in Toronto.(CTV)
- Canada joins NASA's underwater mission.(CTV)
- Rising fuel prices boosting interest in Smart cars.(CTV)
- A statue is unveiled in honour of four Alberta mounties killed in a Mayerthorpe, Alberta incident.(CTV)
- Canada, U.S. wage war of words over U.S.-Canada softwood lumber dispute.(CTV)
- Dutch shipping company Biglift Goedkoop B.V. is fined $70,000 dollars for violating the Canada Shipping Act.(CBC)
- The British Columbia Marijuana Party leader says if he goes to jail in the United States, he will die there.(CBC)
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August 25, 2005
- Prime Minister Martin vows Quebec will not be ignored in the next election.(CTV)
- The Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal from terrorist suspect Adil Charkaoui.(CTV)
- RCMP and other police raid Norbourg Asset Management Inc. offices in Toronto and Montreal after allegations of fraud.(CTV)
- A Sikh group files a complaint over hard hat wearing, with the Ontario Human Rights Commission, against the Canadian Pacific Railway.(CTV)
- A gas leak prompts an evacuation in Saint John, New Brunswick.(CTV)
- Governor General-designate Michaelle Jean popularity slips due to the Quebec sovereignty controversy.(CTV)
- Ontario's Ministry of Community and Social Services pledges $2.5 million dollars to domestic violence agencies.(CTV)
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August 24, 2005
- A Snowbirds pilot ejects safely after his plane crashes, in Thunder Bay, Ontario.(CTV)
- Karla Homolka's former employer claims to have proof she violated her court ordered conditions.(CTV)
- Prime Minister Martin waits to challenge U.S. President George W. Bush on the U.S.-Canada softwood lumber dispute.(CTV)
- The Prime Minister apologizes for the treatment of Ukrainian Canadians during the First World War when about 5,000 were placed in internment camps.(CTV)
- Top police officers call for greater sharing of intelligence.(CTV)
- Anger mounts in New Brunswick and the U.S. state of Maine as plans by two American companies are to build two natural gas processing plants.(CTV)
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August 23, 2005
- Two lawsuits against the Ontario government regarding its handling of the 2003 SARS outbreak, is approved to go ahead by Ontario Superior Court of Justice Justice Maurice Cullity.(CBC)
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August 21, 2005
- Liberals meet in Western Canada at caucus meeting.(CTV)
- Former Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons and Associate Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada James Jerome, dies.(CTV)
- British Columbia mortgages serial killer Robert Pickton's land for $10 million dollars.(CTV)
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August 20, 2005
- A Canadian man is killed in Haiti while trying to flee from kidnappers.(CBC)
- United States Vice President Dick Cheney to attend Fraser Institute dinner in Calgary.(CBC)
- Airport security workers security system debuts, after three years.(CBC)
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August 19, 2005
- Ottawa appoints 10 new Ambassadors from Canada.(CBC)
- Former New Brunswick cabinet minister Vaughan Blaney leads team into CFB Gagetown to investigate claims of Agent Orange being used.(CBC)
- The RCMP decides not to press criminal charges against former employees of Hollinger International.(CBC)
- Canadian Forces in Khandahar open-fire on a vehicle.(CBC)
- The Ontario government announces funding for 50 additional midwives.(CBC)
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August 18, 2005
- Assaulted daughter pleads to keep her father out of jail.(CBC)
- The Canadian Medical Association announces its support for a two-tiered healthcare system.(CBC)
- The Supreme Court of Canada agrees to hear a case brought forth by four fathers forced to pay back child support.(CTV)
- The United States Ambassador to Canada urges more talks in the US - Canada softwood lumber dispute.(CTV)
- HMCS Fredericton is deployed to the Canadian Arctic to prohibit illegal fishing and to reassert sovereignty in the North.(CTV)
- Alberta police make record ecstasy drug bust.(CTV)
- Ottawa police begin issuing e-tickets.(CTV)
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August 17, 2005
- Two dead after police chase in London, Ontario.(CBC)
- A Nova Scotia man appears in court on double murder charges in an August 15 arrest.(CBC)
- A Canadian man is arrested on an American Amtrak train in Ohio after exposing himself and going through passengers' luggage.(CBC)
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August 15, 2005
- A lockout of 5,500 CBC employees, represented by the Canadian Media Guild, goes into effect at 12:01 AM.(CBC)
- A Canadian man is abducted and killed in Iraq.(CBC)
- A man convicted in the April 1999 Taber, Alberta school shootings escapes from open custody in Toronto.(CBC)
- The inquiry into the wrongful conviction of David Milgaard is extended into 2006.(CBC)
- Canadian Blood Services drops restrictions on blood donors from Britain and France.(CBC)
- WestJet follows Air Canada by putting a fuel tax on airfares.(CTV)
- Police investigate a double murder near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia.(CTV)
- Two Canadian women are injured in a roadside bomb explosion in the Sinai region of Egypt.(CTV)
- Conservative leader Stephen Harper's Chief of Staff becomes another casualty to be forced out of the party.(CTV)
- Pre-trial hearings resume in Robert Pickton case.(CTV)
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August 14, 2005
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada approves bowhead whale hunting in Nunavut community.(CBC)
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August 12, 2005
- Hundreds pay last respects to Smokey Smith.(CTV)
- The RCMP decides there will be no criminal investigation into the actions of Gurmant Grewal.(CTV)
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali urges Canadian Muslims to reject Islamic law, Sharia. (CTV)
- Canada threatens sanctions against the United States for ignoring the decision by the NAFTA Extraordinary Challenge Committee which favoured Canada.(CTV)
- Canada's Premiers demand the Governor General-designate express her views regarding Quebec sovereignty.(CTV)
- A 15 year old murder is solved but the killer's identity is kept secret from victim's family - family outraged.(CTV)
- Ontario to help hire 1,500 new police officers in response to recent surge in Toronto violent crimes rise.(CTV)
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August 11, 2005
- Justice Canada stiffens penalty against crystal meth, increasing the maximum penalty from 10 years in prison to a life sentence.(CBC)
- StatCan: Significantly fewer Canadian women are smoking.(CBC)
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August 10, 2005
- The Canada Revenue Agency will spend $30 million more to capture foreign tax haven users.(CBC)
- 1 person killed in southern Alberta oil well explosion,(CTV)
- A bus collides with trucks in Alberta, 8 injured.(CTV)
- The Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan begin patrol of Kandahar streets.(CTV)
- NAFTA Extraordinary Challenge Committee panel sides with Canada in US - Canada softwood lumber dispute.(CTV)
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August 8, 2005
- The Transportation Safety Board investigation into the cause of the Air France Flight 358 crash rules out mechanical failure.(CBC)
- Northwestern Ontario records 57 new forest fires, bringing total to 130.(CBC)
- Montreal Transit Corporation increases security by installing 1,200 new surveillance cameras in the Montreal Metro System. (CBC)
- Canada and Denmark plan September 2005 to discuss Hans Island territorial dispute.(CBC)
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August 6, 2005
- A train derailment causes sodium hydroxide to spill into the Cheakamus River, just north of Vancouver,(CBC)
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August 5, 2005
- A memorial for the 60th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing.(CBC)
- Data is retrieved from the flight data recorder aboard Air France Flight 358.(CBC)
- Canada develops its own no-fly list.(CBC)
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August 3, 2005
- Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin will announce on Thursday that Michaëlle Jean has been chosen to succeed Adrienne Clarkson as Governor General of Canada. (CBC)
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August 2, 2005
- Air France Flight 358 slides off the runway at Toronto Pearson International Airport and bursts into flames in a nearby ravine. All 309 passengers and crew on board survive.
- Five new Senators are appointed, including: former Vancouver mayor Larry Campbell, former Prime Minster Brian Mulroney's Chief of Staff Hugh Segal, former Quebec MP Andrée Champagne, Dennis Dawson of Quebec and Winnipeg businessman Rod Zimmer.(CTV)
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