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An envelope mailed to Citizenship and Immigration Minister Elinor Caplan containing a mysterious blue powder caused the Immigration Canada building to be sealed off. A Winnipeg laboratory on February 1 said the powder posed no health risk.
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Canada begins banning imports of beef and beef products from Brazil due to concerns of mad cow disease.
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Prime Minister Jean Chrétien becomes the first foreign leader to visit the newly elected President of the United States, George W. Bush, in Washington, D.C.
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Canada becomes the first country in the world to legalize medical marijuana
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Canada's border with the United States is on high alert in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in the United States. Canadian government initiates both "Operation Support" and "Operation Yellow Ribbon."
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the 2001 Attack on Afghanistan begins. Canadian fighter pilots and ground troops are involved in the war
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Vancouver resident Aaron Webster is killed in what many believe to be a gay bashing attack
