1988

Calgary hosts the XV Winter Olympics.

Pan Am Flight 103 blows up over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people.

The Iran-Iraq War ends, with an estimated one million lives lost.

Embalmers fear AIDS risk. Apr 4, 1988. Landriault said: They can fire me tomorrow if they force me to do an AIDS case.

"A Change for the Better' - AIDS Vancouver opens membership. May 1988.

Vander Zalm Axes Funds for AZT ...Bill Vander Zalm's announced that people with AIDS in British Columbia would have to pay up to $2,000.00 per vear for the widely used AIDS drug AZT.' Vander Zalm Cartoon. Vancouver Western News. May 18, 1988

The number of women living in sub-Saharan Africa with HIV/AIDS exceeds that of men.

The first needle-exchange program in North America is established in Washington.

First World Aids Day.

International AIDS Society Formed.

Canadian AIDS Society (CAS) becomes a registered charity, operating with three emplovees.

'Safer Sex Guidelines: A Resource Document for Educators and Counsellors' is published by CAS, which were the first safe sex guidelines for Canada.

Casey House is founded by June Callwood.