2001 in Canada Details, Meaning 2001 in Canada Article and Explanation Guide

2001 in Canada Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

Table of contents

1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Arts and literature
4 Births
5 Deaths

Incumbents

Events

January 21 - Chris Jericho wins Intercontinental Championship from Chris Benoit
February 8 - Lorne Calvert becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing Roy Romanow
February 13 - Roger Grimes becomes premier of Newfoundland, replacing Beaton Tulk
March 8 - Bernard Landry becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Lucien Bouchard
March 12 - Alberta election: Ralph Klein's PCs win a ninth consecutive majority
May 4 - Chrétien's longtime Chief of Staff, Jean Pelletier, is made the head of VIA Rail
May 16 - British Columbia election: Gordon Campbell's Liberalss win a landslide victory over Premier Ujjal Dosanjh's NDP.
May 18 - Conrad Black renounces his Canadian citizenship
May 21 - Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit win WWF Tag Team Championship
May 23 - Federal Ethics Commissioner releases a report which clears Alfonso Gagliano of any wrongdoing in the sponsorship scandal
June 5 - Gordon Campbell becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Ujjal Dosanjh
July - Canada becomes the first country in the world to legalize medical marijuana
July 17 - Infighting in the Canadian Alliance forces out leader Stockwell Day
August 24 - Conrad Black sells the National Post to Izzy Asper's CanWest
September 11 - Canada closes its border with the United States in the aftermath of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks in the United States. Canadian government initiates Operation Support. All commercial airplanes flying over the United States are diverted to Canadian airports and passengers are welcomed to stay in Canada (some invited into strangers homes) until they are allowed back into the U.S
October 7 - the 2001 Attack on Afghanistan begins. Canadian fighter pilots and ground troops are involved in the war
December 9 - Chris Jericho becomes first to unify WWE and the WCW Championships hence becoming first undisputed Champion
Chris Hadfield becomes the first Canadian to perform a spacewalk
CTV purchases the Globe and Mail