Puppydog Tales, a British animated series for children narrated by comedienne Victoria Wood starts premiering on Knowledge Network before airing in its homeland, where it will begin airing on September 17 of the same year.
The British children's television series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends begins airing on YTV as a stand alone after airing as a segment on its US spin-off series Shining Time Station (which aired since September 3 1991). This was also the first channel to broadcast Thomas in all provinces and territories in Canada and also the first time to do so. The series will also continue to air on YTV until 1994.
March 26
Well respected television journalist Barbara Frum dies after a battle with leukemia. Many media outlets would pay tribute to her in the days following her death.
The controversial docudrama The Boys of St. Vincent airs on CBC Television. The film caused such a scandal it was temporarily banned from airing in Ontario by the court of appeals, fearing it would prejudice a similar trial.
Headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, TVNC (now the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, APTN) provides programming by and targeting Indigeonus peoples in Canada. The network is primarily available over-the-air in the territories of northern Canada, Labrador, and far northern Quebec via four full-power stations (CHTY, CHTG, CKCA, and CHWT), plus a series of low-poweredrebroadcasters, but would adopt their current name, and become available nationwide on Cable and satellite television seven years later.
