2016 in Canada

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Events from the year 2016 in Canada.

Incumbents

January 10 – The recently opened Nipigon River Bridge near Nipigon, Ontario is closed to traffic after a mechanical failure, severing the Trans-Canada Highway and forcing a detour into the United States.[1]
January 17 – The government of Justin Trudeau announces the appointment of David MacNaughton as Canadian Ambassador to the United States and Marc-André Blanchard as the Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations.[2]
January 22 – Four people are killed and seven others are injured in a shooting spree at a house and high school in La Loche, Saskatchewan.
January 28 – First case of Zika virus was reported in Canada. Contracted by people returning from the affected areas[3]
January 29 – A very large avalanche kills five and injures eight near McBride, British Columbia.[4]

February 17 - The Montreal newspaper La Presse publishes an interview with a man who reports that influential film director Claude Jutra began sexually abusing him at the age of six, corroborating more limited allegations of pedophilia against Jutra in Yves Lever's newly published biography of the director.[5] Despite having urged caution upon the initial reports, numerous organizations and governments respond to the new interview by announcing plans to remove Jutra's name from various events and geographic sites named in his honour, including Québec Cinéma's Prix Jutra film awards, the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's Claude Jutra Award, and numerous streets and public parks throughout Quebec.[6]

April 4 - The 2016 Saskatchewan general election results in a third consecutive majority government for Premier Brad Wall and the Saskatchewan Party.
April 10 - 52% of delegates at the 2016 NDP convention voted in support of a leadership review motion to hold a new leadership race within 24 months.[7] Party leader Tom Mulcair announces he will stay on as leader until his replacement is chosen.[8]
April 19 - The 2016 Manitoba general election results in a majority victory for Brian Pallister and the Progressive Conservative Party, defeating Premier Greg Selinger and the governing New Democratic Party.

May 3–4 - The city of Fort McMurray, Alberta is fully evacuated due to a catastrophic wildfire that destroyed numerous structures.
May 8 - The first 5-pin perfect game in the 52-year history of the Youth Bowling Canada Nationals was bowled in Calgary, Alberta.
May 10 - Canada 2016 census
May 29 - Two people - including an intern from Red River Community College - are severely beaten by two addiction-rehab teenagers in Selkirk, Manitoba. Both victims survived but the intern may lose eyesight.

June 28 - A huge explosion completely destroys a house and damages 24 others in Mississauga, Ontario. At least one person is dead and 13 others are injured, according to Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services. Thousands of residents are forced to evacuate and many spend the night at a local community shelter[9]

July 29 - A caravan of motorcycles wrecked in a chain reaction crash after attempting to pass an RV that was making a left turn. One of the riders was killed and at least nine were injured. The wreck happened near Edmundston, New Brunswick.

September 9–14 dogs died in a Saskatoon, Saskatchewan kennel after a thermostat or HVAC failure heated a boarding room to 37 C overnight.
September 15 - Mylan Hicks, a member of the Calgary Stampeders, dies after getting shot outside a Calgary nightclub.

October 25 – Former nurse and serial killer Elizabeth Wettlaufer is charged with the murders of eight of her patients. She was accused of killing the elderly victims with insulin injections over a period of seven years in Woodstock, Ontario and London, Ontario[10]

November 7 - Yukon general election held, resulting in a Liberal majority government.