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1 Incumbents

Premier of Alberta - Peter Lougheed
Premier of British Columbia - W.R. Bennett
Premier of Manitoba - Sterling Lyon
Premier of New Brunswick - Richard Hatfield
Premier of Newfoundland - Frank Moores
Premier of Nova ScotiaRobert Stanfield, 21st Premier ( 1956- 1967) The Premier of Nova Scotia is the first minister for the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. They are the province's head of government and de facto chief executive. The current Premier of Nova Scotia is John Ham - Gerald Regan then John Buchanan
Premier of OntarioThe Premier of Ontario is the first minister for the Canadian province of Ontario. They are the province's head of government and de facto chief executive. The current Premier of Ontario is Dalton McGuinty. See also Prime Minister of Canada Premier (Canad - Bill Davis
Premier of Prince Edward Island - Alexander B. Campbell then Bennett Campbell
Premier of Quebec - René Lévesque
Premier of Saskatchewan - Allan Blakeney

2 Events

January 24 - Cosmos 954 a Soviet satellite breaks up over northern Canada.
June 26 - Air Canada DC-9 overruns runway in Toronto, 2 people die.
August 4 - 41 are killed when a bus plunges into a lake near Eastman, Quebec .
September 18 - Bennett Campbell becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Alexander B. Campbell
October 5 - John MacLennan Buchanan becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Gerald Regan
October 16 - Fifteen federal by-elections are held across the country. The Liberals lose five seats in a major defeat of the Liberal government.
October 18 - Saskatchewan election: Allan Blakeney's NDP win a third consecutive majority
Supreme Court of Canada declares unilingual legislatures and courts unconstitutional
Chris Pearson becomes government leader of Yukon as responsible government is instituted
Under the new immigration act homosexuals are no longer an inadmissable class
VIA Rail is established
The Commonwealth Games are held in Edmonton, Alberta

3 Arts and Literature

New Works

Margaret Atwood - Up in the Tree
Mordecai Richler - The Great Comic Book Heroes and Other Essays
John Gray - Billy Bishop Goes to War
Henry Beissel - Goya

Awards

Alice Munro's Who Do You Think You Are? is nominated for the Booker Prize
See 1979 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Stephen Leacock Award: Ernest Buckler , Whirligig
Vicky Metcalf Award: Lyn Cook

4 Births

January 3 - Daryn Jones, actor
February 26 - Kyle Hamilton, Olympic rower
March 9 - Chris Phillips, hockey player
April 6 - Thomas Herschmiller, Olympic rower
April 26 - Tyler Labine, actor
May 15 - Dwayne De Rosario, soccer player
May 15 - Caroline Dhavernas, actress
June 13 - Matt Bradley, hockey player
June 14 - Steve Bégin, hockey player
July 22 - A. J. Cook, actor
June 28 - Simon Larose, tennis player
September 1 - Joe Stankevicius, Olympic rower
September 5 - Laura Bertram, actor
September 6 - Amy Agulay , field hockey international
September 7 - Matt Cooke, hockey player
September 7 - Devon Sawa, actor
September 20 - Jason Bay, baseball player
September 21 - Paulo Costanzo, actor
September 22 - Steve Moore, hockey player
December 2 - Nelly Furtado, singer
December 23 - Esthero, musician
Rebecca Blaikie, politician

5 Deaths

March 31 - Charles Best, co-discoverer of insulin
April 13 - Jack Chambers, artist
September 9 - Jack Warner, studio mogul

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