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Events from the year 1978 in Canada.

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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 15 - The Sudbury Strike of 1978 begins.
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 governing Liberals lose five seats, which leads to a general election the following May.
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 inadmissible class
VIA Rail is established
Despite accusations of marital infidelity, Colin Thatcher, who would later become famous for his involvement in the murder of his ex-wife, is re-elected to the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly.
The CBC became the first broadcaster in the world to use an orbiting satellite for television service, linking Canada “from east to west to north.”

April 6 - Thomas Herschmiller, rower, Olympic silver medalist and World Champion
April 18 - Alexis Mazurin, comedian and radio personality (d.2005)
April 26 - Tyler Labine, actor
May 12 - Amy Sloan, actress
May 15 - Dwayne De Rosario, soccer player
May 15 - Caroline Dhavernas, actress
June 2 - Shane Niemi, sprint athlete
June 13 - Matt Bradley, ice hockey player
June 14 - Steve Bégin, ice hockey player
June 28 - Simon Larose, tennis player