March 11 - Joseph Heath wins the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for Enlightenment 2.0: Restoring Sanity to Our Politics, Our Economy, and Our Lives March 14–15 - Juno Awards of 2015 March 15 - 17th Jutra Awards March 19 - Kim Thúy's novel Ru wins the 2015 edition of Canada Reads April 30 - Terry Fallis wins the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour for No Relation, his second win of that award. September 10–20 - 2015 Toronto International Film Festival September 21 - Buffy Sainte-Marie wins the 2015 Polaris Music Prize for her album Power in the Blood October 28 - 2015 Governor General's Awards winners are announced November 10 - André Alexis wins the Scotiabank Giller Prize for his novel Fifteen Dogs Deaths in 2015 January January 1 - Eric Cunningham, 65, politician, Ontario MPP for Wentworth North (1975–1984) (born 1949). January 5 Jim Burton, 53, ice hockey player (Hershey Bears) and coach, heart attack (born 1951). Dan Held, 53, ice hockey player (born 1951). January 7 Gilbert Finn, 94, businessman, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (1987–1994) (born 1920). J. P. Parisé, 73, ice hockey player, (Minnesota North Stars), lung cancer (born 1941). January 10 - Francis Simard, 67, revolution activist and criminal, aneurism (born 1947). January 16 - Ted Harrison, 88, painter (born 1926). January 17 - Don Harron, 90, comedian (born 1924). January 24 - Link Byfield, Canadian journalist and author (born 1951) January 27 - Joseph Rotman, 80, businessman and philanthropist January 31 - Vic Howe, 85, ice hockey player (New York Rangers), dementia and cardiac arrest (born 1929). February February 9 Claude Ruel, 76, ice hockey coach and executive (born 1938). Max Yalden, 84, civil servant and diplomat February 13 - John Robert Evans, 85, academic and businessperson February 15 - Steve Montador, 35, ice hockey player (born 1979). March March 20 - Bud Ings, 89, former member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island March 21 - Alberta Watson, 60, film and television actress (born 1955) March 25 - Richard Butson, 92, mountaineer (born 1922) April April 4 - Elmer Lach, 97, ice hockey player (born 1918) April 6 - Dollard St. Laurent, 85, ice hockey player (born 1929) April 9 - Jurgen Gothe, 70 or 71, CBC Radio broadcaster (born 1944) April 26 - Marcel Pronovost, 84, ice hockey player, Hockey Hall of Famer April 30 - Steven Goldmann,