Winter Games were held in Grande Prairie, Alberta. March 10 – Environment Canada reports that the winter of 2009–2010 was the warmest and driest on record in Canada, an average of 4 °C warmer than normal nationwide. March 12 The opening ceremony for the 2010 Winter Paralympics is held in Vancouver. Three women are shot, two die at a home in Mountain View, Ontario. Three men are shot by a former employee at a car dealership in Edmonton. Two of the men die at the scene. March 13 – Two people die, and thirty others are injured during an avalanche at a snowmobile event near Revelstoke, British Columbia. March 17 – The territory of Nunavut bans importation of alcohol from Europe, in retaliation for the European Union ban on seal products. March 19 – An avalanche kills a woman snowmobiler on Eagle Pass Mountain. March 20 Two skiers die during an avalanche near Wells Gray Provincial Park. This is the third deadly avalanche to happen in British Columbia within a week. Victoria Police Department are caught using excessive force. March 24 – New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham announces the proposed sale of NB Power falls through, citing Hydro-Québec's "concerns over unanticipated costs". April April 18 – The 2010 Juno Awards were held in St. John's. April 21 – Governor General Michaëlle Jean issued an apology to Rwanda for Canada's "inaction" during the Rwandan genocide in 1994. April 23 Thousands attended an Olympic parade in Montreal, which featured the nations winners from the 2010 Winter Olympics. A man dies in hospital after being crushed at a Tim Hortons drive-thru in Wallaceburg. April 24 – Princess Anne arrives in St. John's for a two-day tour of the city. April 25 – A mine collapses on three workers killing one in central Yukon. April 29 Canada offers Michigan a $550 million loan to help build a new bridge between Detroit and Windsor. A snowstorm hits Alberta, dropping 20 centimetres of snow and causing power outages. April 30 – A publication ban is put into place during the Victoria Stafford trial. May May 4 – Three people die after their truck collides with a train at a crossing in Edmonton. May 10 – A landslide in Saint-Jude, Quebec, sweeps a house killing four people. May 11 – Donald Ethell becomes lieutenant governor of Alberta, replacing Norman Kwong. May 13 – 41 people are arrested