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Y2K Survival
After multiple predictions that computers would not be able do handle the change of the century (1900-2000) they predicted we would loose everything send civilization back to the start. Fortunately the philosphers were wrong, and everything went on just like before. -
First 3D movies in the 2000s
The first 3D movie to be released in the 2000s was Ultimate G's. It wasn't a very popular movie, but it led to more and more 3D movies throughout this decade. Now the majority of movies are coming out in 3D and, just recently, the 3D TV came our. Movies became a big part of culture in the 2000s and that is why this is crucial. -
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Hip Hop Fashion
In the first half of the 2000s people wore baggy shirts, jerseys, and jeans for the guys and tight jeans and spegghetti straped shirts for the girls with hooded sweaters also. Phatfarm shoes and hightops were also very popular. The 2000s were very "fadish" and there was a lot of quick changes in fashion, so this description may not apply to everyone at the time. Fashion was always changing. -
Windows 2000 Released
Microsoft released windows 2000, it was the last NT-based(a family of operating systems) Windows release which does not include Microsoft Product Aviation. -
Nisga'a treaty passed
This treaty was passed by the senate giving the Nisga'a people the right to self government, $196.1 million dollars, and 2019 square kilometres of land -
Ecoli Tradgedy in Walkerton
AFter manure from a farm near by was washed into the water system of Walkerton (which is not to far from here) 2500 people fell ill from ecoli. Seven people died, memorial service held earlier this month as a ten year aniversary. -
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Drought Plagues Prairies
In the summer of 2000 the driest summer in 34 years happened, causing a massive drought and trouble in the crops. For the first time there were limits set on use of water. Some places went over 30 days (35 days) without rain. -
2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney Austrailia
Canada won 3 gold, 2 silver, and 8 bronze medals (a total of 14). The "big star" of the event for Canada was Simon Whitfield who won gold in the triathlon event which was usually a weak spot for Canada. -
Jean Chretian Elected
Jean Chretian won his third consecutive majority government -
George Bush becomes Presdient of the United States
in the closest election in U.S. history George Bush beat oposition Al Gore -
First Space Tourist
Dennis Tito becomes the first space tourist by paying $19 million to board the International Space Station. -
Bratz Dolls
Bratz Dolls came out in the 2000s. They were the "step up" from Barbie dolls and there was also a Barbie versus Bratz controversy for a while. Bratz Dolls did not sell very well for their first year on the market, but five years after that they sold a total of 125 million dolls worldwide. -
9/11
Twin towers were hit at 9:03 and 8:46 A.M by planes which had been hijacked causing both towers to collapse by late morning. Another hijacked plane crashed into the pentagon, and another one crashed into a field in Penslyvania, people assume it was on its way to Washington. 2995 casualties were tallied in total. Later that day it was discovered to be Al Queda and Osama Bin Laden that were responsible for the attacks, which were then announced as terrorist attacks -
Apple Ipods
On October 23, 2001 Apple Computers publicly announced their portable music digital player the iPod, created under project codename Dulcimer. -
Nano-tex
Nano-tex - nanotechnology wearable fabrics invented by Nano-tex LLC. -
Virtual Keyboard
The virtual keyboard was invented in 2002 by a team of researchers from the Israeli-based company KVB. The invention uses a red laser to project the keyboard onto a flat surface. -
2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake Utah U.S.A
Canada was awarded 7 gold, 3 silver, and 7 bronze medals (a total of 17 medals). This was the big hockey year where Wayne Gretzsky hid the "lucky loonie" under the ice. Both Canadian hockey teams (women's and men's) ended up winning gold. Also our figure skating pairs, Jamie Salé and David Pelletier also won gold after the controversy over this event. -
American Idol
American Idol made it's debut on June 11th 2002. This became one of the most popular TV shows in the 2000s. This show caused other shows like it to come along, for example So You Think You Can Dance and Britain's/America's Got Talent. -
Bowling for Columbine
This is another movie by Michael Moore based on the shooting at Columbine. It focused on the issue of gun control and violence in America and compared it to Canada and other countries. -
Kodak Digital Camera
Kodak digital camera with 2.3-inch organic light emitting diode display. -
SARS Outbreak Hits Canada
The first case of SARS occured in Toronto, Sui-Chui Kwan came back from a trip to Hong Kong and later died of Sars. From then on it got worse and worse, eventually leading to the closings of multiple hospitals. March 26, Health Canada declares A Public Health Emergency. -
Blu-Ray technology
The first blu-ray player consumer device was in stores on April 10, 2003, in Japan. -
MySpace
Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe found MySpace.com, one of the world's most popular online social networking services. -
Ontario legalized same-sex marriage
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Black Eyed Peas: First Major Hit
Black Eyed Peas was very popular in the 2000s. Their first major hit came from their third album Elephunk and the song was called "Where is Love?". This album was released on June 24th 2003. -
SARS concert in Toronto
This was a concert held by the Rolling Stones to help revive the economy in Toronto after the SARS outbreak. Because of the outbreak many people didn't wish to go to tourist sites and attractions therefore causing Toronto's economy to go down. This concert helped the economy by having a huge concert attracting 450,000-500,000 people. -
Black out
Massive power outage occured after a busy Ohio plant shut down because part of its service area was blocked by trees. This cause a snowball effect, as that plant shut down, it put more pressure on another plant, which then shut down, and then another etc. Eventually much of Ontario and some Northern states were left powerless for a large amount of time -
Chretian steps down as P.M, replaced by Paul Martin
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Saddam found by U.S troops
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Adidas 1 Thinking Shoes
Adidas 1 the thinking shoes with a built in microprocessor that decides how soft or firm support the wearer needs. Chosen by Popular Science magazine as the best recreation invention of 2004. -
liberals win federal election. first minority government in 25 years.
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Mars Exploration Rover
Mars Exploration Rovers land on Mars; Opportunity discovers evidence that an area of Mars was once covered in water. -
Fahrenheit 9/11
This was the highest grossing documentary of all time. It is a Michael Moore movie about the controverseys on Terrorist attacks based on the 9/11 incident. -
2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens Greece
Canada recieved 3 gold, 6 silver, and 3 bronze medals (a total of 12). Adam van Koeverden won a gold and a bronze medal in canoeing and the mens fours in rowing won silver. Also, Kyle Shewfelt won a gold medal in his gymnastics floor routine. This is the same person who injured both of his legs before the 2008 Olympic Games. -
Greatest Canadian
Tommy Douglas is crowned The Greatest Candian to Have Ever Lived -
Tsunami
Earthquake in the Indian Ocean causes a huge tsunami which devastated countries bordering the Indian Ocean -
YouTube
YouTube - the online video sharing and viewing community - was invented in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim. YouTube was named Time Magazines Invention of the year in 2006. -
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Twilight Series Come Out
The twilight books were 4 of the most popular books read by young adults and teens. The book Breaking Dawn (the last book) won the 2008 British Book Award for Children's Book of the Year and the whole series won the 2009 Kids Choice Award over Harry Potter. -
GPS
In 2005, the first modernized GPS satellite was launched and began transmitting a second civilian signal (L2C) for enhanced user performance. -
First partial face transplant
The first successful partial face transplant is performed in France -
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Feminin Fashion
In the second half of the 2000s fashion became very feminin and designer like. Girls started to wear leggings with baggy shirts and belts. A lot of flowery patterns and frillyness became popular. Button up shirts and graphic tees became popular with the guys. Uggs came into play and became very popular really quickly. The late 2000s was a huge time for fashion. This description is very general. There were a lot of different fashions at this time because of the fadishness of the 2000s. -
New Horizons Launch to Pluto
New Horizons is launched on a 9 year voyage to Pluto, January 19. -
Stephen Harper elected
After passing the Motion of no cofidence which caused another election, Stephen Harper was victorious and won, and became Prime Minster of Canada in a minority government -
2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino Italy
We won 7 gold, 10 silver and 7 bronze medals (a total of 24) in these Olympic Games. This was Cindy Klassen's big year winning 5 medals including 1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals in speed skating. The womens hockey team won gold once again and Jeffrey Buttle won a bronze medal in mens figur skating. This was big because he was not favoured to win and figure skating is not Canada's strong subject. -
Vaccine for Cervical Cancer
Australian of the Year Dr Ian Frazer develops a vaccine for cervical cancer. -
Nintendo Wii
Nintendo Wii is first launched in 2006 in Japan. -
stephen harper elected as P.M
first Conservitive P.M in 14 years -
Virginia Tech Shooting
Student goes on a killing massacre through out the University, killed 32 people, in between kills he posted videos of him self talking venting and showing off his weapons. After murdering the many other students he proceeded and killed himself. -
Apple Iphone "Original"
The Apple Iphone original was released, this is the first of the many Iphones coming. -
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Jesse Imeson
Jesse Imeson went on the run after killing 3 people, he ended going through grand bend, and area's of london, he was armed and dangerous, and managed to stay on the run for a month.
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Britney Spears Comeback
In 2007 Britney Spears made a comeback with her new record, Blackout. This album was ranked #2 in the UK Albums Chart and the U.S. Billboard 200. -
LCD TVs
LCD TVs become the majority with a 50% market share of the 200 million TVs forecast to ship globally in 2008 -
Artificial DNA
Japanese scientists create a form of artificial DNA. -
Apple Iphone 3G
Apple Iphone 3G was released. -
2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing China
We won 3 gold, 9 silver, and 6 bronze medals (a total of 18) in these Olympics. There were two really big records broken in these Olympic Games. Michael Phelps (an American swimmer) broke the record of most gold medals won by a single person. He won 8 gold medals in total. Usain Bolt also beat the record for fastest 100m (9.69s) and 200m (19.30s). The last record for 100m was held by a Canadian. Our big event was mens eights who won a gold in rowing. -
Oil/ Gas companies threatened
After recieving threat letters from an unkown source, a bomb is detonated and almost ruptured a sour gas pipe line. -
Tori Stafford
Tori Stafford is aubducted. The search for her went on for over a month, until her body parts were discovered in a forest. -
SWINE FLU
First cases of swine flu identified in Canada, people get prepared to dea with it. The scare began. -
Apple Iphone 3Gs
Iphone 3Gs is released. -
Death of Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson was found unconsious (dead) in his mansion. People could argue that this situation could be compared with the death of Elivis Presley or John Lennon. It was a huge tradegy in the music world. There was a thoughtful funeral held for Micheal and his funeral was watched on TVs in the homes of many fans. -
Water on the moon
NASA/ISRO discovers water on the Moon. -
Obama Becomes President of U.S
he is the first African American President. -
Avatar is Released
Avatar beat the highest grossing movie of all time in Canada and the US (Titanic). It made 2.728 billion dollars world wide. -
Haiti
Haiti rocked by earthequake
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Gold Medal on Home Turf
Alexadre Bilodeau WINS GOLD!
first time a Canadian Athlete won a Gold medal on hom turf in the Olympics
