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Events from the year 2010 in Canada.

Incumbents

Events

January

• January 1 - The Ontario government files a lawsuit (alongside some American states) in an American court to stop the dumping of Asian carp into the Great Lakes, a fish that could damage the fishing industry.^[1]
• January 13 - The Government of Canada sent DART to Haiti to help with the aftermath of the earthquake.
• January 14 - The Government of Canada sent two Canadian Forces Maritime Command ships (Athabaskan and Halifax) with emergency supplies and aid for further assistance in Haiti.^[2] (See: Canada's response to the earthquake and Operation Hestia)
• January 25 - Foreign ministers from around the world meet in Montreal to attend the Ministerial Preparatory Conference of the Group of Friends of Haiti event to discuss how to help Haiti rebuild after the devastating earthquake.^[3]
• January 25 - Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea is pied in her face at the Canada Centre for Inland Waters, west of Toronto, by PETA member Emily McCoy, 37, of New York City, United States^[4].
• January 25 - Newfoundland and Labrador residents witness an unidentified flying object in the sky.^[5]

February

• February 5 - New Democratic Party Leader Jack Layton announces that he has prostate cancer^[6].
• February 7 - The building which houses the CTV Ottawa newsroom is destroyed by an early morning fire^[7].
• February 8 - CFB Trenton Commander Colonel Russell Williams is charged with two counts of murder against two women and two counts of sexual assault of another two women^[8].
• February 11 - Prime Minister Stephen Harper addresses the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, before the Olympics opening ceremony. Provincial Liberals approve while federal Liberals disapprove^[9].
• February 12 - 2010 Olympics: An anti-Olympics protest disrupts the Torch relay route^[10].
• February 12 - 2010 Olympics: Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed during training at the Whistler Sliding Centre.^[11].
• February 14 - 2010 Olympics: Canadian Alexandre Bilodeau won the first ever Olympic gold medal in Canada^[12].
• February 15 - Canada closes its ports to fishing boats from the Danish territories of Greenland and Faroe Islands, as a result of their refusal to accept international shrimp quotas^[13].
• February 18 - John Babcock, the country's last surviving World War I veteran, dies at the age of 109. [1]
• February 20 - The Council of the Federation met with their American counterpart, the National Governors Association, in a Washington, D.C. hotel, for an hour long session entitled "Common Border, Common Ground" to talk about issues such as environment and trade.^[14].
• February 22 - 2010 Olympics: Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir became the first North American couple to win the ice dancing gold.^[15]
• February 26 - A winter storm knocks out hydro across Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes^[16].
• February 28 - Canada wins its 14th gold in the 2010 Winter Olympics making it the most gold ever won by one country.^[17]
• February 28 - The closing ceremonies are held in BC Place.

March

• March 6-13 - The 2010 Arctic Winter Games were held in Grande Prairie, Alberta.
• March 12 - The opening ceremony for the 2010 Winter Paralympics is held in Vancouver.
• March 12 - Three women are shot, two die at a home in Mountain View, Ontario.^[18]
• March 12 - Three men are shot by a former employee at a car dealership in Edmonton. Two of the men die at the scene.^[19]
• March 13 - Two people die, and thirty others are injured during an avalanche at a snowmobile event near Revelstoke, British Columbia.^{[20] [21]}
• March 17 - The territory of Nunavut bans importation of alcohol from Europe, in retaliation for the European Union ban on seal products^[22].

Predicted and scheduled events

January to December

• April 18 - The 2010 Juno Awards will be held in St. John's
• June 25-27 - The 36th G8 summit is to be held in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada. Consecutively, the 4th G20 summit will be held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the same dates^[23].
• June 28-July 6 - Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will pay a nine day Royal Visit in her role as Queen of Canada.
• July 1 - rumoured date of the installation of the 28th Governor General of Canada. It would be the first time that the Queen would be present for it. ^[24]
• September 27 - New Brunswick general election, 2010
• October 10 - Alberta municipal elections, 2010
• October 25 - Ontario municipal elections, 2010

Arts and literature

Art

Film

Music

Television

Literature

Sport

January to March

• January 6-10 - The 2010 Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held in St. John's.
• February 12-28 - 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
• March 12-21 - 2010 Winter Paralympics

Births

Deaths

January

• January 1 - Lhasa de Sela, folk singer (b. 1972)
• January 3 - Barry Blair, comics artist and writer (b. 1954)
• January 7 - Alexander Garnet Brown, politician, member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly (1969–1978) (b. 1930)
• January 8 - Jim Rimmer, graphic designer (b. 1934)
• January 8 - Jean Charpentier, journalist, press secretary for Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau (b. 1936)
• January 11 - Gordon Van Tol, Olympic water polo player (b. 1961)
• January 12 - Georges Anglade, Haitian scientist, author and politician died during the 2010 Haiti earthquake (b. 1944)
• January 12 - Serge Marcil, former Quebec MNA and federal Member of Parliament
• January 14 - P. K. Page, poet (b. 1916)
• January 18 - Kevin O'Shea, ice hockey player (b. 1947)
• January 18 - Kate McGarrigle, folk singer (b. 1946)
• January 21 - Paul Quarrington, writer (b. 1953)
• January 22 - Clayton Gerein, wheelchair sports athlete, seven-time Paralympian (b. 1965)
• January 31 - Edith Josie, newspaper columnist (b. 1922)
• January 31 - Keith Norton, former Ontario MPP and cabinet minister (b. 1941)

February

• February 3 - Lindsay Thomas, stage actress (b. 1978)
• February 5 - Brendan Burke, ice hockey player notable for coming out (b. 1988)
• February 8 - Jacques Hétu, composer (b. 1938)
• February 10 - Charles Baillargeon, professional wrestler (b. 1918)
• February 11 - Heward Grafftey, politician, MP for Brome—Missisquoi (1958–1968, 1972–1980) (b. 1928)
• February 18 - John Babcock, Canada's last surviving World War I veteran (b. 1900)
• February 25 - Andrew Koenig, actor (b. 1968)

March

• March 4 - Arthur Menzies, diplomat (b. 1917)
• March 7 - Mary Josephine Ray, supercentenarian (b. 1895)
• March 10 - Corey Haim, actor (b. 1971)
• March 11 - Sandy Scott, professional wrestler (b. 1934)
• March 11 - John Hill, professional wrestler (b. 1941)
• March 12 - David Ahenakew, First Nations leader and politician (b. 1933)
• March 13 - Gary Mittelholtz, journalist (CBC Radio) (b. 1954)
• March 14 - John Powles, Head of the Canada-Japan Society, Order of the Rising Sun recipient (b. 1949)

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