Ottawa Ontario - Fisheries Minister John Fraser reverses himself, and orders a recall of 1,000,000 cans of rancid tuna after media reports that some cans contained rotting fish. Fraser resigns Sept. 23 because his Ministry at first refused to recall the Star-Kist product. He is later elected Speaker of the House of Commons.

Also On This Day...

Ottawa Ontario - Terry Fox 1958-1981 invested as a Companion of the Order of Canada. The one-legged cancer victim whose marathon run across Canada raised millions of dollars for cancer research is the youngest so honoured.

And in Today's Canadian Birthdays...

Sylvia Tyson 1940-
folk-country singer, was born Sylvia Fricker on this day in Chatham, Ontario in 1940. She grew up singing in the choir at her family's church, but at age 15, decided she wanted to be a folk singer, and moved to Toronto after finishing high school. She soon hooked up with coffee house singer and ex rodeo cowboy Ian Tyson, and in 1960 they started performing as Ian and Sylvia, marrying in 1964. In 1961 they cut their first album, and Ian's song Four Strong Winds became a major international hit. Sylvia's song, You Were on My Mind was a 1965 hit for the We Five, and was also recorded by fellow Canadians Joni Mitchell and Gord Lightfoot. In 1970 they pulled together their Great Speckled Bird country rock band, and started a CTV network show, Nashville North, later the Ian Tyson show, but their professional and marital lives split under the strain. Sylvia hosted a CBC radio folk show Touch The Earth from 1975-80, cut several solo albums, and recently toured with the a cappella gospel group Quartette.

Also Doug Fisher 1919-
politician, journalist, was born on this day in Sioux Lookout, Ontario in 1919. Fisher was known as The Giant Killer after his 1957 defeat of C. D. Howe in Port Arthur for the CCF. He held the seat for the NDP until 1965, when he left politics to work as a syndicated columnist for the Toronto Telegram and Sun newspapers, and host a weekly CJOH-TV Ottawa public affairs show. He was also a Director of Hockey Canada from 1971-78).

Also Don Harron 1924-
journalist, entertainer, was born on this day in Toronto in 1924. Harron worked for the CBC while a student at U of T, joined the Stratford Festival in the early years, and had several stage and film roles in England and Hollywood. He wrote the libretto for the Charlottetown Festival's musical Anne of Green Gables, and hosted CBC's Morningside 1977-82, and the Don Harron Show on CTV 1983-85. He also developed the characters of Parry Sound farmer Charlie Farquharson and Toronto matron Valerie Rosedale for the stage, and published Farquharson's satirical Histry of Canada and Jogfree of Canada, and Debunks Illustrated Guide to the Canadian Establishment.

Also Daniel Lanois 1951-
record producer, singer/songwriter, was born on this day in Hull, Quebec. Lanois moved with his mother and brother to Ancaster, Ontario at the age of 10. By age 17, he was playing in local bands and operating his first studio out of the basement of his parents' house. In 1974 he and his brother Roger opened the Grant Avenue Studio in Hamilton, and soon attracted such Canadian acts as Martha and the Muffins, The Parachute Club, M&M, Luba, Ian Tyson, Sylvia Tyson and Robbie Robertson, as well as international stars such as Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel and The Neville Brothers. A few years later, he set up a studio in London, England to work with Brian Eno, U2 and Emmylou Harris, and also began to record his own material. In 1989 he cut his first solo album, Acadie, including the hit Jolie Louise, featured on the TV series Northern Exposure. In 1993 he released his second solo album, For The Beauty of Wynona, and worked with his sister Jocelyne on the music for the Canadian production of Camille. He also wrote the soundtrack to Billy Bob Thornton's 1996 film, Sling Blade. Find out more at the Unofficial Daniel Lanois web site.