to discuss how to help Haiti rebuild after the devastating earthquake. Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea is pied in her face at the Canada Centre for Inland Waters, west of Toronto, by PETA member Emily McCoy, 37, of New York City, United States. Newfoundland and Labrador residents witness an unidentified flying object in the sky. February February 1 – Two young boys, Jayden and Connor McConnell are found drowned in a bathtub in Alberta, Canada. Their mother, Allyson McConnell, later admits to drowning the pair, with the killings believed to be revenge against her husband for ending their marriage. February 5 – New Democratic Party Leader Jack Layton announces that he has prostate cancer. February 7 – The building which houses the CTV Ottawa newsroom is destroyed by an early morning fire. February 8 – CFB Trenton Commander Colonel Russell Williams is charged with two counts of murder against two women and two counts of sexual assault of another two women. February 11 – Prime Minister Stephen Harper addresses the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, before the Olympics opening ceremony. Provincial Liberals approve while federal Liberals disapprove. February 12 2010 Olympics: An anti-Olympics protest disrupts the Torch relay route. 2010 Olympics: Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed during training at the Whistler Sliding Centre. February 14 – 2010 Olympics: Canadian Alexandre Bilodeau won the first ever Olympic gold medal won by a Canadian on Canadian soil. February 15 – Canada closes its ports to fishing boats from the Danish territories of Greenland and Faroe Islands, as a result of their refusal to accept international shrimp quotas. February 18 – John Babcock, the country's last surviving World War I veteran, dies at the age of 109. February 20 – The Council of the Federation met with their American counterpart, the National Governors Association, in a Washington, D.C. hotel, for an hour-long session entitled "Common Border, Common Ground" to talk about issues such as environment and trade. February 22 – 2010 Olympics: Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir became the first North American couple to win the ice dancing gold. February 26 – A winter storm knocks out hydro across Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes. February 28 Canada wins its 14th gold in the 2010 Winter Olympics making it the most gold ever won by one country. The closing ceremonies are held in BC Place. March March 6–13 – The 2010 Arctic