August 20 - The Sudbury, Ontario tornado event, with winds up to 100 miles per hour, hits Sudbury and Field, Ontario.[3] It was one of the worst tornadoes in Canadian history — killing six people, injuring 200, and causing C$17 million dollars in property damage.
October 5 - Award-winning news & current affairs program, 24Hours starts on CBWT in Winnipeg.
October 10 - October Crisis: Quebec Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte is kidnapped by FLQ.
October 13 - Canada and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations.
October 16 - October Crisis: Pierre Trudeau introduces the War Measures Act to deal with the FLQ threat. Trudeau also addresses the nation in a televised speech explaining why he invoked the War Measures Act.[5]
October 17 - October Crisis: The body of Pierre Laporte is found in the trunk of a car.
John A. Drobnicki, "Sawchuk, Terrance Gordon ('Terry')," in The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Thematic Series: Sports Figures (Scribner's, 2002), Vol. 2, pp. 335-336.
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