Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index See also: 1985 in Canada, other events of 1986, 1987 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'. Table of contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths Events May 2 - Joseph Ghiz becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing James Lee May 8 - Alberta election: Don Getty's PCs win a fifth consecutive majority August 6 - Bill Vander Zalm becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Bill Bennett October 20 - Saskatchewan election: Grant Devine's PCs win a second consecutive majority Canadian dollar value sinks to $.7020 US Sanctions against South Africa's Apartheid Canada honoured by United Nations as a haven for many foreign refugees Births Deaths This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.