in Toronto, women's event held in Montreal. September 10 – Jeffrey Buttle retires from competitive figure skating. September 19 – Laval, Quebec's El Generico (Sami Zayn) and Marieville, Quebec's Kevin Steen win their first ROH Tag Team Championship by defeating at the Boston University for Ring of Honor's Driven 2008 November 22 – The Laval Rouge et Or win their fifth Vanier Cup by defeating the Western Ontario Mustangs 44 to 21 in the 44th Vanier Cup played at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton November 23 – The Calgary Stampeders win their sixth Grey Cup by defeating the Montreal Alouettes 22 to 14 in the 96th Grey Cup played at Olympic Stadium at Montreal. Niagara Falls, Ontario's Sandro DeAngelis was awarded the game's Most Outstanding Canadian Deaths January January 1 – Stefanie Rengel, age 14, is stabbed to death. David Bashaw, 17, and Melissa Todorovic, 15, were both tried as adults. Convicted of first-degree murder, they received life sentences. January 3 – Milt Dunnell, sportswriter (born 1905) January 4 – Mort Garson, electronic musician (born 1924) January 5 – John Ashley, referee in the National Hockey League (born 1930) January 10 – Allan McEachern, lawyer, judge and university chancellor (born 1926) January 11 – Murray Cohl, film producer, co-founder of the Toronto Film Festival and Canada's Walk of Fame (born 1929) January 19 – Don Wittman, sportscaster (born 1936) January 20 – Talivaldis Kenins, composer (born 1919) January 21 – Pam Barrett, politician (born 1953) January 22 – Mike Cacic, football player for BC Lions (born 1937) February February 2 – Barry Morse, actor (born 1918) February 15 – Willie P. Bennett, folk music singer-songwriter (born 1951) February 16 – Harry Flemming, journalist (born 1933) February 17 Bill Juzda, ice hockey player (born 1920) Val Ross, writer and journalist (born 1950) February 18 – Mickey Renaud, junior ice hockey center (born 1988) February 23 – Denis Lazure, politician (born 1925) February 28 – Milt Harradence, lawyer, pilot, politician and judge (born 1922) February 29 – Ralph Hansch, Olympic ice hockey player (born 1924) March March 2 – Jeff Healey, jazz and blues-rock guitarist and vocalist (born 1966) March 8 – Donald C. MacDonald, politician (born 1913) March 9 – Simon Reisman, civil servant and chief negotiator of the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement (born 1919) March 11 – J. I. Albrecht, manager and director in the CFL (born 1931) March