February 12 - A Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan woman, now 18, who became a quadriplegic after being hit by a vehicle at age 4, is awarded $12 million in a lawsuit against the driver, the city and the former police chief. It is the largest lawsuit awarded in Saskatchewan history.
February 16 - Polling day, Nunavut general election, 2004. Of the 19 members of the consensus government, 1 is acclaimed and 18 elections are held. Eight members of the previous government are re-elected, five are defeated, and five who did not run again are replaced. MLAs will choose the premier from among themselves on March 5; incumbent Paul Okalik is challenged by Tagak Curley.
February 17 - Canada donates $800,000 to the World Food Program and $350,000 to the International Red Cross, to help with the current food and medical needs in Haiti, following the recent coup there.
February 20 - South Korea, Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong ban poultry and birds imports from Canada, after the virusH7 is found. It is not linked to H5N1 (virus), which was blamed for killing 22 people in Asia (See also: avian influenza).
February 20 - Canada is part of multi-national delegation with the United States, France and Caribbean nations sent to Haiti, to help end the conflict.
February 23 - Toronto nurse Andrea Williams files a $600 million lawsuit against the governments of Canada and Ontario due to her contracting SARS, during the 2003 outbreak.
March 9 - Protests across the country against Citizenship and Immigration Canada for arrest of Algerian refugee Mohamed Cherfi by Quebec City police for failing to report an address change. He had been hiding in a church, which is normally considered a refugee safe house
March 12 - Canadian Forces begin deployment to Haiti to support peacekeeping force.
March 12 - CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick Colonel Barry McLeod named Chief of Staff of United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC). He will arrive there in July.
March 15 - Quebec government warns 1,144 people who attended an acupuncture clinic (owned by Suzanne Sicotte) in Montreal to take blood tests for HIV and hepatitis.
March 16 - Equifax confirms security breach resulting in the illegal access to files containing credit information of 1,400 Canadians.
March 17 - House of Commons committee summons 11 federal bureaucrats in investigation of the sponsorship scandal for a private hearing, later to become a public hearing.
March 23 - The government of Canada will sell its stake in Petro-Canada within next twelve months.
March 24 - RCMP release documents detailing investigation of newspaper reporter Juliet O'Neill telling how they searched for details of her knowledge of the Maher Arar case. A January 2004 raid of her house was also documented.
March 24 - Myriam Bédard testifies to a committee investigating the sponsorship scandal that she heard Jacques Villeneuve was paid millions of dollars to wear a Canadian flag on his racing suit; Villeneuve calls this allegation "ludicrous".
April 8 - Department of Justice considering extraditing alleged mafia leader Vito Rizzuto to the United States. He is accused of three murders in 1981.
April 14 - Prime Minister Paul Martin announces extension to deployment of current soldiers in Afghanistan until summer 2005.
April 29 - Prime Minister Martin speaks at a U.S. conference reaffirming position not to join coalition in Iraq, but says Canada wants to aid in rebuilding Iraq.
May 27 - Conservative Party of Canada official languages critic Scott Reid resigns after making comments suggesting reduction of French language access.
May 27 - Former Public Works Minister Alfonso Gagliano launches $4.5 million lawsuit against Prime Minister Martin and the federal government.
May 27 - Farmers' income hits 25-year low in 2003 from drought and mad cow crisis.
June 10 - Elections Canada's Chief Electoral Officer announces changes to allow televised results of upcoming election without delay after closing of local polling stations.
June 18 - The Conservative Party of Canada issues, retracts, reissues, and reretracts a news release entitled "Paul Martin Supports Child Pornography?"
June 29 - Lethbridge, Alberta city councillor Dar Heatherington is convicted of public mischief after a police investigation concludes that she falsely alleged being stalked by a constituent. She previously faced similar charges after a 2003 investigation in Great Falls, Montana, concluded that she filed a false report of having been abducted and raped.
July
July 2 - Nine-year-old Djamshid Djan Popal arrives in Toronto. Early diagnoses suggest Popal suffers from patent ductus arteriosus, a condition he cannot get treatment for in his native Afghanistan, but will be able to in Canada thanks to fundraising efforts by the Muslim Association of Hamilton and volunteering doctors.
July 6 - Five-year-old Tamra Keepness, of Regina, is declared missing; massive police search ensues.
July 11 - Hail and torrential rain causes flooding in Edmonton; damage to the West Edmonton Mall is estimated in the millions of dollars.
July 13 - The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) does not renew the broadcasting license of the Quebec City FM radio station CHOI, citing obscene and offensive content; it is the first time a Canadian station has been forced off the air as a result of crude material.
July 14 - Foreign affairs minister Bill Graham orders the withdrawal of Canada's ambassador to Iran after Canada is denied attendance at the trial of Mohammed Reza Aghdam Ahmadi, alleged murderer of Canadian-Iranian citizen Zahra Kazemi.
July 15 - Peterborough is hit with 235 mm of rain, backlogging the city's sewer system and flooding streets.
July 16 - Iran announces it will allow some diplomatic observers at the trial of Zahra Kazemi's alleged murderer; Canada suspends the withdrawal of its ambassador to Iran.
July 18 - Trial of Zahra Kazemi's alleged killer abruptly ends; Canadian ambassador to Iran is recalled.
July 19 - Stepfather of missing Regina girl Tamra Keepness is charged with assault causing bodily harm; the alleged altercation occurred at 3 a.m. the morning of July 6, four hours after Tamra was last seen by the family.
July 22 - An arrest is made in the Cecilia Zhang murder case, 9 months after she was abducted.
July 24 - An Iranian court acquits the accused killer of Iranian-Canadian journalist Zahra Kazemi of charges of "semi-intentional murder".
July 30 - Two audits claim that suspended Canada Post president Andre Ouellet overlooked contract-tendering and hiring protocols and ran a massive expense budget; he is given a week to explain his actions.
August
August 5 - Bill Clinton signs his autobiography My Life at a Toronto bookstore and draws huge lineups.
August 6 - Former NDPMPSvend Robinson pleads guilty to theft over $5000 for stealing a ring, and receives a conditional discharge; he avoids jail time and a criminal record but receives a sentence of 100 hours of community service.
September 10 - The federal government announces $500-million to help cattle farmers hurt by the restricted trade of cattle stemming from one case of Mad Cow disease in 2003.
October 19 - A lawyer in Toronto successfully challenges a traffic ticket on the basis that the city had not posted bilingual traffic signs in accordance with Ontario's French Language Services Act of 1986. The city is expected to appeal the decision.
October 20 - British Columbia lowers its provincial sales tax from 7.5% to 7%.
October 20 - The Canadian dollar closes at $0.8029, its first time above $0.80 since 1993.
October 25 - Alberta premier Ralph Klein obtains a dissolution of the legislature; an election is called for November 22.
November 16 - It is announced that U.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush will visit Canada November 30 for a two-day visit, his first formal visit to the country since becoming president in 2001.
December 19 - Prime Minister Paul Martin arrives in Libya for an official two-day visit. This is the first visit to that country by a Canadian prime minister.
December 23 - Danny Williams, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador pulls down the Canadian flags in a protest of his province's treatment by the federal government.
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