1987 in Canada - Definition


1987 in Canada - Definition

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1 Incumbents

Incumbents

January 1 - Frobisher Bay changes its name to Iqaluit
April 30 - Provincial premiers agree to Meech Lake Accord
May 22 - Rick Hansen returns home to Vancouver after his Man in Motion world tour
July 3 - Quebec City becomes the first city in North America to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site
July 31 - A tornado in Edmonton, Alberta kills twenty-seven
August 30 - Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson sets a new world record in the 100 metre dash
September 10 - Ontario election: David Peterson's Liberals win a majority
September 20 - Pope John Paul II visits the Northwest Territories
October - Canadian and American negotiators reach agreement on the Canadian-American Free Trade Agreement
October 27 - Frank McKenna becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Richard Hatfield
November 12 - Dennis Patterson becomes government leader of the Northwest Territories, replacing Nick Sibbeston
November 27 - Rock band Cowboy Junkies record their most famous album, The Trinity Session, at Toronto's Church of the Holy Trinity
The Reform Party of Canada is founded

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