August 2, 2005
- Air France Flight 358 slides off the runway at Toronto Pearson International Airport and bursts into flames in a nearby ravine. All 309 passengers and crew on board survive.
- Five new Senators are appointed, including: former Vancouver mayor Larry Campbell, former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's Chief of Staff Hugh Segal, former Quebec MP Andrée Champagne, Dennis Dawson of Quebec and Winnipeg businessman Rod Zimmer.(CTV)
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