ten thousand customers to lose power in Toronto. July 8 A parking garage in Windsor collapses sending one man to the hospital. David Lloyd Johnston is named the next Governor General of Canada. He will assume office on October 1. July 13 – Up to of snow falls in mountainous regions of Alberta. July 16 Four people die and two people are critically injured when a float plane crashes near Maria-Chapdelaine. A ride at the Calgary Stampede malfunctions injuring five people. July 17 – Parks Canada had a no-entry fee day for all parks, national historic sites and National Marine Conservation Areas, to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Canada's national parks system. July 22 – A riot breaks out at a detention centre in Quebec City leaving two people dead. July 26 – A pipeline owned by Enbridge that was carrying oil to Sarnia leaks three million litres of oil into a creek in Michigan. July 28 – Todd Hardy, MLA for Whitehorse Centre (1996–2000), (2002–2010) and the former leader of the Yukon New Democratic Party from 2002 to 2009, dies in office. July 29 – The Department of National Defence reveals that edits made on Wikipedia pages relating to the Joint Strike Fighter jet and the Conservative government's decision to spend as much as $18 billion on the aircraft, were traced back to the Defence Research and Development Canada. July 30 – Wildfires in the Cariboo region force evacuations and cause state of emergencies to be called. August August 1 – Six people are killed after their minivan crashes head-on with an RV near Golden, British Columbia. August 3 – Bernard Callebault, a well known Calgary chocolate company, goes into receivership. August 10 – The BC Federation of Labour starts an investigation into a work camp near Golden, British Columbia, where 24 workers were subject to significant abuse, food deprivation, and poor sleeping quarters. August 11 – The town of Oka buys the land from Norfolk Financial that caused the Oka Crisis 20 years earlier. August 12 – A Thai ship, the carrying Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka, is intercepted by , off the coast of British Columbia. August 14 – approximately 9:15 p.m. ET: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrest a man outside of 24 Sussex Drive, after he was found igniting a small quantity of flammable liquid, starting a small fire. He was turned over to Ottawa