February 17 – The Montreal newspaper La Presse publishes an interview with a man who says 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.[7] Despite having urged caution upon the initial reports, numerous organizations and governments respond to the 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 in Quebec.[8]
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.
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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.[12][13]
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July 29 – A caravan of motorcycles are 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 die 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.
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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 and London, Ontario[15]
October 1 – Daphne Odjig, 97, Canadian First Nations artist
October 2 – Hanna Zora, 77, Iraqi-born Iranian-Canadian Chaldean Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of Ahwaz (1974–2011) and Mar Addai of Toronto (2011–2014).
October 3 – Isobel Finnerty, 86, Canadian politician, senator (1999–2005).
October 4 –
Hso Khan Pha, 78, Burmese-born Canadian geologist and exiled prince of Yawnghwe.
Jim Parrott, 74, Canadian politician, MLA for Fundy-River Valley (2010–2014).
Bing Thom, 75, Hong Kong–born Canadian architect, brain aneurysm.
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