Events January 1 - Product labeling using the metric system is introduced February 18 - Sylvia Ostry is appointed Canada's first female Deputy Minister. March 4 - Television cameras are allowed to film in Parliament March 24 - The beaver becoms an official symbol of Canada March 26 - Alberta election: Peter Lougheed's PCs win a second consecutive majority April 1 - Environment Canada switches to degrees Celsius April 2 - The CN Tower is completed in Toronto May 30 - The Yukon and the Northwest Territories are given seats in the Senate June 11 - Saskatchewan election: Allan Blakeney's NDP win a second consecutive majority June 18 - Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau announces the creation of the Foreign Investment Review Agency July 7 - David Lewis is replaced by Ed Broadbent as leader of the NDP July 23 - The Soviet Atlantic fishing fleet is banned from entering Canadian ports due to overfishing July 30 - Petro-Canada, the government-owned oil and gas company, is formed. September - Ontario schools begin to teach exclusively using the metric system September 11 - John Napier Turner resigns from government for reasons that are still not known to this day September 18 - Ontario election: Bill Davis's PCs win a minority October 4 - Mirabel Airport opens October 14 - Federal government introduces wage and price controls to limit inflation November 10 - The SS Edmund Fitzgerald, based in Sault Ste. Marie sinks November 18 - The wearing of seatbelts is made mandatory in Ontario November 28 - Canadair nationalized December 22 - William R. Bennett sworn in as Premier of British Columbia, replacing David Barrett Izzy Asper acquires Winnipeg television station CKND, the beginning of what would become a nationa media empire. Rohinton Mistry immigrates to Canada Arts and literature New books World of Wonders - Robertson Davies A Fine and Private Place - Morley Callaghan The Unwavering Eye: Selected Poems, 1969-1975 - Irving Layton It's Me Again - Donald Jack The Island Means Minago - Milton Acorn Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang - Mordecai Richler Un jardin au bout du monde - Gabrielle Roy Jardin des délices - Roch Carrier Awards See 1975 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. Stephen Leacock Award: Morley Torgov, A Good Place to Come From Vicky Metcalf Award: Lyn Harrington Music March 1 - Anne Murray and Oscar Peterson each win a Grammy Award. Paul Anka - Times of Your Life is released Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns Televison Saturday Night Live produced by Canadian Lorne Michaels and also featuring Paul Shaffer and Dan Aykroyd premieres. Births April 22 - Greg Moore - race car driver May 24 - Marc Gagnon - Olympic gold medalist Deaths January 25 - Charlotte Whitton - famed mayor of Ottawa