* 2008 – Jake Warren, Canadian diplomat ( b. 1921 )

* Anything But Conservative, or ABC campaign, 2008 Canadian federal election political campaign

* 1916 – Eldon Rathburn, Canadian composer ( d. 2008 )

On January 11, 2008, Talk Is Free Theatre presented the Canadian professional premiere ( in concert ) at the Gryphon Theatre in Barrie, Ontario, with a fundraiser performance on January 13 at the Diesel Playhouse in Toronto, Ontario.

Annual celebrations also take place in Hong Kong, entitled Canada D ' eh and held on June 30 at Lan Kwai Fong, where an estimated attendance of 12, 000 was reported in 2008 ; in Afghanistan, where members of the Canadian Forces mark the holiday at their base ; and in Mexico, at the American Legion in Chapala, and the Canadian Club in Ajijic.

* 2008 Ottawa radio licences: On November 21, 2008, federal Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages James Moore issued a statement calling on the CRTC to review its approval of two new radio stations, Frank Torres ' CIDG-FM and Astral Media's CJOT-FM, which it had licensed in August 2008 to serve the Ottawa-Gatineau radio market.

During the 2008 Canadian parliamentary dispute, two of Canada's opposition parties signed an agreement to form what would become the country's second coalition government since Confederation if the minority Conservative government was defeated on a vote of non-confidence ; unseating Stephen Harper as Prime Minister.

* 2008 – Edward Samuel Rogers, Canadian entrepreneur ( b. 1933 )

Former heavyweight rower Dominic Seiterle is a member of the Canadian national rowing team and won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's 8 + event.

* 1943 – Pit Martin, Canadian ice hockey player ( d. 2008 )

* 1924 – Erik Nielsen, Canadian politician ( d. 2008 )

* 1917 – Louis-Philippe de Grandpré, Canadian lawyer and justice of the Supreme Court of Canada ( d. 2008 )

* 1987 – Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey player ( d. 2008 )

The Canadian and U. S. holdings were transferred to of NRDC Equity Partners ' portfolio company, Hudson's Bay Trading Company, as of the fall of 2008.

* 2008 – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes an historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to a residential school abuse in which children are isolated from their homes, families and cultures for a century.

* 2008 – Oliver Schroer, Canadian fiddler, composer, and producer ( b. 1956 )

* 1968 – Daniel MacMaster, Canadian singer ( Bonham ) ( d. 2008 )

In 2008, the U. S. and Canadian manga market was valued at $ 175 million.

* 1966 – Jeff Healey, Canadian guitarist ( The Jeff Healey Band ) ( d. 2008 )

* 2008 – Daniel MacMaster, Canadian singer ( Bonham ) ( b. 1968 )

* 1938 – Ron Lancaster, American-born Canadian football player and coach ( d. 2008 )

* 1926 – Walter " Killer " Kowalski ( wrestler ) Canadian professional wrestler ( d. 2008 )

* Aba ( film ), Sri Lanka 2008 film

* Affinity ( film ), a 2008 feature film based on Sarah Waters ' novel

* Meet Bill, a 2008 comedy film formerly known as Bill

* The Legend of Bloody Mary, a 2008 horror film

* MARy, a 2008 horror film, aka Bloody Mary

* The Twisted Tale of Bloody Mary, a 2008 drama film

Their story was later recounted in the books Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors and Miracle in the Andes as well as the film Alive, by Frank Marshall, and the documentaries Alive: 20 Years Later ( 1993 ) and Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed in the Mountains ( 2008 ).

* He is prominently featured in the 2008 film The Black Candle, directed by M. K.

* Cinema ( 2008 film ) or Bommalattam, a Tamil film

* The 2008 film Hellboy 2: The Golden Army featured movements of Capoeira in the fighting sequences with Abraham Sapien.

* The Class ( 2008 film ) ( Entre les murs ), a prize-winning French film

Beginning with Sans Soleil, he developed a deep interest in digital technology, which led to his film Level 5 ( 1996 ) and Immemory ( 1998, 2008 ), an interactive multimedia CD-ROM, produced for the Centre Pompidou ( French language version ) and from Exact Change ( English version ).

* Conspiracy ( 2008 film ), action-drama starring Val Kilmer

* Cyclops ( 2008 film ), a US-American fantasy film

* The Dungeon Masters, a 2008 documentary film.

However, Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006 ( The 26th film in the franchise ) got a private screening in Washington, D. C. in November 2008.

was a 2008 musical based on the 1990 anime film of the same name.

In the 2008 film August, directed by Austin Chick, he played a supporting role as Ogilvie, alongside Josh Hartnett and Rip Torn, with whom he had worked in 1976 for The Man Who Fell to Earth.

A documentary film entitled Forgotten Ellis Island, on the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital was created by Lorie Conway and released in 2008.

J. J. Abrams, producer of the 2008 film Cloverfield, mentioned that a scene in his film, which shows the head of the Statue of Liberty crashing into a New York street, was inspired by the poster for Escape from New York.