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December 2004 in Canada - Definition and Overview |
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This page deals with current events in Canada, of interest to Canada and/or involving Canadians.
- Asian Disaster:
- Canadians donate $20-million, mostly on-line, in record time. (GM) (http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20041231.wxcharity1231/BNStory/Technology/)
- The Canadian government pledged they will match donations made by Canadians on top of their $40 million committment. [1] (http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1104443723554_8?hub=Canada|(CTV))
- Canada to forgive debt of tsunami ravaged nations. (Ottawa Citzen) (http://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=e8a2be9f-e24c-4ea4-9a23-93197c55bbc3)
- Governor General Adrienne Clarkson announces the cancellation of a number of programs after the House of Commons cut her budget by more than $400,000 earlier this month. Some critics charge that Clarkson's cancellation of the annual winter party at Rideau Hall for parliamentarians, diplomats and the Parliament Hill press corps was deliberate retaliation for the budget cut. (CBC) (http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/12/24/clarkson041224.html)
- Stan Koebel, who managed a water supply contaminated with E. coli bacteria in Walkerton, Ontario that killed seven people in 2000, is sentenced to one year in jail. His younger brother Frank Koebel receives nine months of conditional house arrest. (National Post) (http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=32a1cf68-4ebf-4f38-9b50-073b78654c9b) (CBC) (http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/12/20/koebels-sentenced041220.html)
- The military admits that despite spending more than $1 million on repairs to a Sea King helicopter damaged after crashing onto the deck of HMCS Iroquois in February 2003, the helicopter will never again be fit to fly. (CBC) (http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/12/17/seaking041217.html)
- Frank magazine, a Toronto-based publication noted for gossip and satirical articles about the well-to-do, announce that they have ceased publication. (CBC) (http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2004/12/17/Arts/frank041217.html)
- Same-sex marriage in Canada: Federal justice minister Irwin Cotler announces that the bill to legalize same-sex marriage will contain a provision allowing civic officials to refuse to perform such ceremonies. (365Gay) (http://www.365gay.com/newscon04/12/121404canMarr.htm)
- Acting on a reference from Parliament, the Canadian Supreme Court states that a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Canada would be constitutional. They decline to say if the Constitution requires that recognition, saying that by not appealing several provincial courts' decisions to that effect, the government has already adopted that position. (CBC) (http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/12/09/scoc-gaymarriage041209.html) Prime Minister Paul Martin says his government will introduce same-sex marriage legislation in January. (CBC) (http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/12/09/martin-samesex041209.html)
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Example Usage of December |
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atsconsultants: Must See Sports TV: December 11 – 13: Welcome to another terrific weekend of sports viewing, with a lot of great ... http://bit.ly/8hBwAC |
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MuseumTV: TODAY IN TV HISTORY: December 11, 1985 - General Electric agreed to buy RCA for $6.3 billion. Also included in the... http://bit.ly/5MMNvn |
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SummitSign: December is #HazCom, #Right-to-Know, #MSDS month: http://ow.ly/KXqN Go here for placards, #HCMIS lables and signs; Christmas #safety |
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