January - A massive ice storm, caused by El Niño, strikes southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting in widespread power failures, severe damage to forests, and a number of deaths.
February 7 - February 22 - Nagano Olympics Canada wins the fourth-most medals, but is embarrassed when their star-filled hockey team fails to win a medal.
February 13 - Three girls, all under 18 years of age, are found guilty in Victoria, BC, of killing 14-year-old Reena Virk. Three others plead guilty of assault.
February 16 - The Supreme Court is asked to rule on the legality of Quebec separatism.
March 12 - Mutual Life of Canada aquires MetLife to become Canada's second-largest insurace company.
March 23 - Senator Andrew Thompson is forced to resign his Senate seat after not attending for two years.
March 24 - The 1998 Nova Scotia election leaves the Liberals and NDP tied for the most seats.
March 27 - Jean Charest announces that he will seek the leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party.
March 27 - The federal government agrees to compensate hepatitis C victims of tainted blood.
April 1 - Floods in the Saguenay region of Quebec force 2000 from their homes.
April 2 - The Supreme Court rules that Alberta's laws discriminting against homosexuals are unconstiutional.
April 3 - Members of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary are permited side arms for the first time.
April 17 - Dafydd Rhys Williams flies aboard the Space ShuttleColumbia, becoming the first non-American to serve as medical officer.
April 17 - The Toronto Dominion Bank and the Candian Imperial Bank of Commerce announce plans to merge, the merger is later blocked by the government, however.
Canada's Sesame Street switches to showing exclusively Canadian content, renaming itself Sesame Park, as it no longer uses any American made segments from Sesame Street
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The French government names Karen Kain as an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters